Modern Dance History Test Practice

Pioneer of Musical Theater

Created the famous witch dance.

One of the most noted figures in German dance

He's the founder of Jacob's Pillow.

"Lamentation" is her signature piece

Developed a dance technique of contraction and release

Katherine Dunham was not only a dancer but also an

6 adopted daughters who were students and passed on her technique

Inspired by natural movements. She died dramatically as she was strangled to death by a scarf.

Isadora Duncan is known as...

First male dancer in the Martha Graham Company. He broke away and formed his own company.

Collaborated with the composer John Cage

Movement for movement sake derived out of the

Formed the Denishawn School. They were husband and wife as well as dance partners.

Student of Lester Horton, he choreographed Revelations

The Queen of Black Dance, she believed black dance should have equal status as European dance.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater uses this technique

A dance center in Massachusetts that was founded by Ted Shawn for dancers to retreat.

Developed a dance technique based on fall and recovery.

Modern dance is known as a rebellious dance form from ballet ideals.

Developed a dance technique based on anatomical and natural movement.

Infused dance with multimedia. He believed art was motion based not emotion based.

Did the lights, music, and costumes all himself

All of these choreographers/ dancers are African American except

When something is experimental, radical, unorthodox, or unusual as an idea or concept it is