Styles
A performance which incorporates song, acting, spoken word and dance.
Musical Theatre
A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air.
Leap
African-American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the most successful dance companies in the world.
Alvin Ailey
Style that incorporates hitting the accents in the music and is usually dark.
Contemporary
Soft and slowly moving dance style that incorporates jazz and ballet.
Lyrical
A highly technical form of dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts in the 15th century.
Ballet
A spin around on one leg where the other leg is in passé.
Turn/pirouette
Modern dancer and choreographer who reshaped American dance.
Martha Graham
Contemporary dance started in the....
1900's
Performed to music that has...
Lyrics
A classification shared by a broad range of dance styles that is usually very upbeat.
Jazz
Step out on foot turned out, and swing yourself around with your leg, keeping the base leg extremely straight
Illusion
American dancer, musical-theatre choreographer, actor and theatre and film director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen such as Cabaret and Chicago.
Bob Fosse
This type of music is the most commonly used for this style.
Instrumental
Lyrical dance tells a...
Story
Characterized by footwear striking the floor as a form of percussion.
Tap
A leap where the front leg is straight and the back leg is in attitude.
Calypso
Founded the Joffrey Ballet School as a premier dance company originally in Chicago.
Robert Joffrey
True or false. Contemporary dance focuses especially on turn out.
False
Lyrical dance started to become a style in the
1970's
This involves breaking, locking and popping.
Hip Hop
Start on the floor and push up on your toes in a hinging position.
Toe roll up
American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States.
Misty Copeland
Father of Contemporary Dance
Merce Cunningham
Mother of lyrical dance
Suzi Taylor