Modern Dance Jeopardy

Famous Modern Choreographers

100

This multi-award winning female helped bring Tanztheater Wuppertal much international recognition after working there as a choreographer in 1973

Pina Bausch

200

This choreographer is best known for his iconic work "Revelations" that premiered in 1960

Alvin Ailey

300

This choreographer was an Associate Choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater before forming her own company Kidd Pivot in 2002

Crystal Pite

400

This choreographer is known as the "Mother of Modern Dance"

Martha Graham

500

This choreographer revolutionized American dance in the 1930's by going to the roots of black dance and rituals transforming them into significant artistic choreography that speaks to all 

Katherine Dunham

Anatomy

100

These bony landmarks are known as your "sits bones"

Ischial Tuberosity

200

This lower section of the spine containes 5 vertebrae 

Lumbar

300

This action of the body refers to moving away from the midline

ABduction

400

This muscle group helps to flex the hip and extend the knee

Quadriceps

500

This anatomical term refers to the lower half of the body

Inferior

Modern Moves

100

This term was introduced by the modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham as one of the key elements of her own dance technique. It refers to the forward curving of the spine, starting from the pelvic zone.  

Contration

200

This is the action of dancing without defining movement previously

Improvisation

300

This is a weight shift from the feet to the hands where you balance vertically upside down

Inversion

400

This is a twisting movement in the spine that moves from the head to the tail

Spiral

500

This is a back and forth motion of the leg, usually in attitude

Leg Swing

Body Awareness and Functionality

100

This term refers to how the head, shoulders, spine, hips, knees and ankles relate and line up with each other. 

Alignment

200

This means to engage in contemplation, reflection or mental exercise

Mediation

300

This is the ability of an individual to maintain control of the centre of the body whilst moving 

Core Stability

400

This upside down yoga move creates length throughout the entire body, particularly in the back body, including the heels, calves, hamstrings, glutes, hips, and lower back 

Downward Facing Dog

500

This dome-shaped muscle help us breathe

Diaphragm

Miscellaneous Modern

100

This word is used by choreographers or dancers to talk about the action of executing choreography inversely, from the end to the beginning (like a rewinding video).

Retrograde

200

This type of performance is created to exist in a certain place

Site-specific

300

This dance farm space started by Ted Shawn hosts a dance festival every summer

Jacob's Pillow

400

This non-profit organization combines the art of film making and dance

Dance Films Association

500

This modern technique uses flat backs and lateral stretches, tilt lines and lunges 

Horton