Styles of Dance
A style of dance that originated in France.
What is ballet?
The foundation of hip-hop dance.
What is break dancing?
Term means to bend.
What is a plié?
The building blocks to choreography.
What is improvisation?
The first principal African American ballet dancer.
Who is Misty Copeland?
A style of dance that originated on the streets in the Bronx, NYC.
What is hip-hop?
A style of dance that was influenced by African dances and Irish Jigging.
What is tap dance?
Term means to stretch.
What is a tendu?
Time, Space/Body, and Energy.
What are the elements of dance?
A modern dancer who's name is a type of cracker.
Who is Martha Graham?
A style of dance that was born out of rebellion against ballet.
What is modern dance?
George Balanchine's Ballet dance company in NYC.
What is the American Ballet Theatre (ABT)?
Term means to link.
What is a chaine turn?
Sourcing movement creation from ideas, images, feelings, and objects.
What is abstraction?
Known as the "Sun King" and popularized ballet.
Who is King Louis the XIV?
Often associated with a genre of music.
What is jazz dance?
A dance organization in Durham, NC that allows for dancers and educators of dance to take classes, intensives, see performances, and more.
What is the American Dance Festival (ADF)?
Term means to chase.
Performing a movement phrase in reverse.
What is retrograding?
Dancer on Dancing with the Stars who has won 6 mirror ball trophies and has a famous sister.
Who is Dereck Hough?
A dance from the Philippines performed with bamboo poles.
What is the Tinikling dance?
A dance center in Massachusetts that was originally known as The Denishawn School of Dance.
What is Jacob's Pillow?
Tap step named after famous curly haired child actress in the 1930's.
What is a Shirley Temple?
What is a motif?
Famous tap dancer who's tap sounds were used in the movie Happy Feet.
Who is Savion Glover?