She began experimenting with the effects of gas lighting on her silk costumes.
Who is Loie Fuller
100
Is considered the founding mother of American modern dance.
Who is Isadora Duncan
100
Movement around a center point: bend, curl, fall, spiral, snake, push and pull
What is Axial Movement
100
A dramatic change of level to the floor and the planned reversal of the movement.
What is Fall and Recovery
100
A trot like movement
What is Prance
200
Her first professional job was as a variety act in 1894 at Worth's Family Theatre and Museum in New York
Who is Ruth St. Dennis
200
Ruth St. Denis and __________ opened Denishawn which, as a school and company, nurtured leaders of the next wave of modern dancers.
Who is Ted Shawn
200
Rhythm taken from the natural breathing pattern.
What is Breath Rhythm
200
The body part or the location where the movement begins. Movement can be centrally (core) or peripherally (distal) initiated.
What is Initiation
200
The leg supporting your weight
What is Supporting leg
300
She was the most highly regarded modern dancer and choreographer in Central Europe and one of the principal proponents of modern dance during the 1920s and '30s.
Who is Mary Wigman
300
By 1930, she had identified a new system of movement she called contraction and release.
Who is Martha Graham
300
1.) Weight Distribution
2.) Focus
3.)Center Control
What is Concepts of Balance
300
Knowing what your body is performing (movement, alignment, energy...) without having to see yourself (in the mirror, video...)
What is Kinesthetic Awareness
300
Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
What is Swing
400
She was a choreographic master, Theoretician, and creator of the technique known as fall as recovery.
Who is Doris Humphrey
400
He was inspired to become a dancer at fifteen after seeing Ruth St. Denis during a touring performance.
Who is Charles Weidman
400
The shortening of the muscles primarily in the mid section of the body.
What is Contraction
400
Movement which travel through space: walk, run, skip, hop, leap, jump, slide and gallop.
What is Locomotors
400
A seemingly off balance on one foot with the body in the shape of an "X"
What is Tilt
500
One of the legendary pioneers of American modern dance in the 1930s.
Who is Hanya Holm
500
Made her solo debut in 1928
Who us Agnes de Mille
500
Maintaining proper skeletal alignment while stationary and in motion.
What is Dynamic Alignment
500
Tempo of Music
What is Meter
500
Performed in a 3/4 time. Plie, releve, releve while traveling.