Who The Hell?
Had their own dance company and was an innovator of African American Modern Dance
Who the hell was Katherine Dunham?
Social dance that utilized the swingout with high energy agile steps in partners
What is the Lindy Hop?
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was the inventor of tap dance
False
Who is Master Juba?
Specialty acts such as burlesque, comedy, song and dance typically performed by women for male audiences
What is vaudeville?
Bob Fosse came from this period with a style of limp wrist, angular movement, and sensuality
What were the 1960s?
The first Black dancer in white vaudeville
Who the hell was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
Characterized by fast legwork, minimal body and arm movement that stressed the upbeat
What is the Buck and Wing?
Michael Bennett choreographed Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
False
Who is Michael Peters?
Comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface
What are minstrel shows?
Tap dance is characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels and originated during this time period
What were the early 1900s?
Danced for Busby Berkeley in 42nd Street
Who the hell is Eleanor Powell? (1930s)
Originated in the South Bronx as a alternative to gang warfare
What is Breakdancing?
Jazz dance followed and evolved with jazz music
A dedicated instrumental dance number during a musical theater performance for the purpose of dancing
What is a Dream Ballet?
Katherine Dunham was a modern-trained choreographer/dancer from this period who was responsible for Dream Ballet- Oklahoma!
What were the 1940s?
The link between Bob Fosse and Jack Cole
Who the hell was Matt Mattox?
The 6 Africanist qualities in American Jazz dance
What are polyrhythms/polycentrism, ephebism, “Coolness," Satire, Balance in asymmetry, and Music Qualities?
Old people dancing with youthful vitality are valued examples of ephebism in Africanist cultures
True
A record company responsible for The Supremes, The Temptations, and other popular groups from the 1960s
What is Motown?
Josephine Baker was from this period and was known as "too risque" for American audiences
What were the 1920s?
The author of Anthology of Jazz Dance
The 7 characteristics of Jazz dance
What are isolations, call-and-response, improvisation, evolution with jazz music, a sense of power, emphasis on the beat and vernacular dance form?
Bob Fosse was the director of the film An American in Paris
False
Who was Gene Kelly?
Movement can initiate from any part of the body
What is polycentrism?
The Lindy Hop flourished from this time period to the other time period
What were the 1910s to the 1930s?