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1
When did Merce Cunningham's dancers hear the music they were dancing to?
The first time they performed
During rehearsal
After they learned the whole dance
Before they started dancing
2
What is Denishawn?
the name of a dance
a last name
the company Ted and Ruth created
a dance move
3
Why did Ted Shawn need dance physical therapy?
He was paralyzed
He broke his leg
He fractured his spine
He was old
4
Who is known as the "Father of American Dance?"
Michael Jackson
Ted Shawn
Merce Cunningham
Alvin Ailey
5
Which of these is NOT a modern dance pioneer?
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Loie Fuller
Ted Shawn
6
What was the name of Isadora Duncan's dance group?
Duncan Dancers
Izzy and Company
Duncans
Isadorables
7
Who discovered the effects of lights on fabric?
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
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Where did modern dance begin?
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
9
Modern dance has its own vocabulary
False
True
10
Who is considered the "mother of Modern Dance"?
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
Doris Humphrey
11
Merce Cunningham used what type of procedures?
Musical
Cpncepts
Chance
Asymmetrical
12
What did Isadora Duncan think about ballet?
It was challenging.
It was deforming the human body.
It was beautiful.
It was weird.
13
What do you call a sequence of movements?
Phrase
Dance
Movements
Sentence
14
Who was the first American modern dancer to achieve international acclaim?
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
15
Which modern pioneer was interested in Eastern cultures such as Japan, India and Egypt?
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
16
Modern dance focuses on natural feeling and one's personal expression.
True
False
17
Modern dance is the rebellion from what genre of dance?
Ballet
Contemporary
Ballroom
Jazz
18
Who was inspired by music and art...especially Greek statues?
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
Isadora Duncan
19
When did modern dance begin?
2000
20th centrury
19th century
21st century
20
Who created the music for Merce Cunningham?
John Cunningham
John Smith
John Wilkes Booth
John Cage
21
Ted Shawn's dance style was?
rigid and grounded
masculine and vigorous
powerful and sharp
smooth and flowy
22
I am prepared for my test on modern dance.
False
True
23
Ted Shawn started the school of dance for what?
women
injured/handicap
anyone
men
24
Whose dance style was simple yet entrancing and told a story?
Ted Shawn
Loie Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
25
Who did Ted Shawn marry?
Loie Fuller
Pearl Primus
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
