Understanding Dance
________ is the term coined by sociologist Emile Durkheim used to describe the euphoric self-transcendence individuals feel when they move together in ritual, prayer, or work.
What is Collective Effervescence?
What are the 4 types of Religious Dances?
What are Dances of Imitation?
What are Medicine Dances?
What are Commemorative dances?
What are Dances of Spiritual Connection?
________ was the dancing mania that swept over Europe during and immediately after the Black Death.
What is Dance of Death?
Ballet becam popular in the 15th century starting in ____.
What is Italy?
Judson Dance Theatre/Post Modern dance artists began experimenting with _____________ and site specific works.
What is improvisation?
___________ are the brain's natural pain relievers and can produce both euphoria and social bonds among strangers.
What is Endorphins?
The institutional character of art is like language and is essentially private or public?
What is public?
______________ was a time when instrumental music became the accompaniment for many social dances.
What is Renaissance?
_________ was the first to being ballet out of the court and into the theatres.
Who is Louis XIV?
The "mother of Modern Dance?"
Who is Isabella Duncan?
What are the 5 Elements of Dance?
What is Body?
What is Action?
What is Space?
What is Time?
What is Energy?
Human beings ________________ their movements naturally.
What is synchronize?
What is Pre-Classical Dances?
During the second half of the _______ century, there was a gradual shift of the center of ballet activity from France to Russia.
What is the 19th Century?
Developed a technique based on the idea of "contracting" and "releasing".
Who is Martha Graham?
Psychologist William H. McNeill, claims that activates such as walking together cultivate a sense of empowerment through joint action known as _____________.
What is we-agency?
Technology and virtual reality can or cannot give you the same endorphin rush as authentic social synchrony?
What is can?
During the ____________, the creation of any art was frowned upon and even banned, unless it was created specifically for the purpose of glorifying the church.
What are the Middle Ages?
______________ was the title of the ballet that incited a riot in 1913.
What is the Rite of Spring?
Modern dance choreographer who rebelled against the traditional methods of choreographing, and did not feel the "self" had to be the main focus on stage.
Who is Alwin Nikolais?
What are the 8 Functions of Dance?
What is Cultural Idnetity?
What is Religious Worship?
What is Social Order and Power?
What is Cultural Mores?
What is Performing/Theatrical Art Form?
What is Medium of Cultural Fusion?
What is Social, Recreational, and Physical Outlet?
What is Indicator of who we are and where we are going?
What is a choreographer?
The Renaissance period saw the rise of ________ dance as a professional art form.
What is Ballet?
_________ are slow, sustained movements, typically the opening section of a ballet, & ___________ are fast movements, including leaps, turns, and beats.
What is Adagio and Allegro?
Modern dance choreographer who used untraditional methods of choreography such as "chance" and "indeterminacy".
Who is Merce Cunningham?