Famous Dancers and Choreographers
This choreographer is famous for choreographing the music video for Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time"
Who is Fatima Robinson?
This movement means to bend.
This genre of dance is not just dance but a culture that was born in the 1970s in Bronx New York.
What is Hip Hop?
This word describes the places that a group of dancers stand when they dance.
What is "formation"?
This is a Jazz dancer and choreographer who is responsible for creating "Jazz Hands"
Who is Bob Fosse?
This movement means to rise.
What is "relevé"?
This style of dance is characterized by sharp movements, precise lines, and isolations of different body parts. It is often seen on broadway or in commercials.
What is Jazz?
A person who creates dances is called a...
What is a choreographer?
This choreographer is famous for choreographing for popular music artists such as Beyonce, Normani, and Victoria Monet.
Who is Sean Bankhead?
This is a movement where you turn with your toe on your knee.
What is "pirouette"?
This style of dance is very rhythmic and grounded. Each dance has a different beat that is played by drums and the dance is passed down from generation to generation.
What is West African Dance?
This word means to dance to the beat of the music.
What is "Musicality?"
This choreographer is known as the father of theatrical jazz dance.
Who is Jack Cole?
This leg action means to stretch.
What is "tendu"?
This genre of dance (Not Taught in Class)was developed in the 1920s and a form of rebellion agains the traditional style of ballet. There are several different styles of this genre, such as "Horton, Limon, and Taylor"
What is Modern Dance?
This is when dancers perform movement that they make up in the moment.
What is improvisation? What is freestyle?
This dance pioneer founded the most famous modern dance company in the world in 1958. He choreograhed dances about the black experience, his most famous being "Revelations".
Who is Alvin Ailey
This movement is the brushing action of the leg.
What is "battement"?
This style of dance (not taught in class) is when a dancers wears specific shoes that create sounds and rhythms on the floor.
What is tap dancing?
This is a way that choreographers can manipulate or change movement.
What is a choreographic device?