DANCE 200 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
Fredrick Ashton - Answers -Contemporary choreographer
-Developed lyrical works- tender, gracious
-Cinderella
-Leading comic choreographer
-Raised in South America
George Balanchine - Answers choreographer in the world of Ballet
Founder of the New York City Ballet est. 1948
The Nutcracker was his first full length work for NYCB
Merged classical ballet with contemporary style
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL - Answers Fredrick Ashton
2 british
1 american
1 Japanese company
fused several idioms and created dramatic story pieces - Answers karole armitage, jiri kylian, bill t. jones,
Ralph lemon
international ballet festival was first held in - Answers havana
danceafrica festival was created by - Answers chuck davis
3 trends in theatrical and concert dance beginning in 1960s - Answers 1. blend ballet, jazz, tap and
modern
2. blend theatrical with social and ethnic, sports and circus
3. blend dance with other media (film, music, writers)
When dance is only one element of many, the total theatrical event is called - Answers performance art
9 interests of postmodern dance choreographers - Answers improvisations
break down dependence on technique
increase difficulty
,experiment with environments
experience with accompaniment
explore subject matter
explore varied body types
mix in unisex style
explore new technologies
the postmodern movement was galvanized by - Answers Judson Dance Theatre, or Judson Church
judson church changed names to - Answers grand union
Trisha brown - Answers danced on rooftops, walls, rafts
dancers seldom moved in unison
horizontal walking
El Triology
Anna Halprin - Answers from san francisco, lived in NYC, believed people should use self-expression,
used charts and graphs to create her movement, used equipment such as stair case
worked with earth elements
improvisation was influenced by - Answers again martial arts
Pilobolus - Answers dance class at Dartmouth taught stunts, contortions, balance and leverage, men
signed up for the class on a dare
bill t. jones - Answers energetic, forceful movement with film and dialogue
still / here
AIDS
mark Morris - Answers eastern-europeans folk dance
Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels
, classical music
story telling
dance that expressed emotions
mark Morris dance group
white oak dance project - Answers mark Morris
the hard nut
gender jokes
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange - Answers explores interaction of senior adults and younger dancers in a
dance-theatre format
halleluija
Rennie Harris Puremovement - Answers hip hop company
break barriers of dance form
wide range of music
"rome and jewels"
old enemy of ballet - Answers modern dance
when did dance begin to blend - Answers during second generation of modern dancers
postmodern dancers - Answers open to the idea of using popular, street music, linking close to jazz,
blending of every type of dance
jazz ballets - Answers jazz performed on pointe
Jofferey Ballet
"centre stage"
Joffrey ballet - Answers jazz performed on pointe
"center stage"
when did the cross influence between modern and ballet begin - Answers early 20th century
isadora duncan
Fredrick Ashton - Answers -Contemporary choreographer
-Developed lyrical works- tender, gracious
-Cinderella
-Leading comic choreographer
-Raised in South America
George Balanchine - Answers choreographer in the world of Ballet
Founder of the New York City Ballet est. 1948
The Nutcracker was his first full length work for NYCB
Merged classical ballet with contemporary style
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL - Answers Fredrick Ashton
2 british
1 american
1 Japanese company
fused several idioms and created dramatic story pieces - Answers karole armitage, jiri kylian, bill t. jones,
Ralph lemon
international ballet festival was first held in - Answers havana
danceafrica festival was created by - Answers chuck davis
3 trends in theatrical and concert dance beginning in 1960s - Answers 1. blend ballet, jazz, tap and
modern
2. blend theatrical with social and ethnic, sports and circus
3. blend dance with other media (film, music, writers)
When dance is only one element of many, the total theatrical event is called - Answers performance art
9 interests of postmodern dance choreographers - Answers improvisations
break down dependence on technique
increase difficulty
,experiment with environments
experience with accompaniment
explore subject matter
explore varied body types
mix in unisex style
explore new technologies
the postmodern movement was galvanized by - Answers Judson Dance Theatre, or Judson Church
judson church changed names to - Answers grand union
Trisha brown - Answers danced on rooftops, walls, rafts
dancers seldom moved in unison
horizontal walking
El Triology
Anna Halprin - Answers from san francisco, lived in NYC, believed people should use self-expression,
used charts and graphs to create her movement, used equipment such as stair case
worked with earth elements
improvisation was influenced by - Answers again martial arts
Pilobolus - Answers dance class at Dartmouth taught stunts, contortions, balance and leverage, men
signed up for the class on a dare
bill t. jones - Answers energetic, forceful movement with film and dialogue
still / here
AIDS
mark Morris - Answers eastern-europeans folk dance
Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels
, classical music
story telling
dance that expressed emotions
mark Morris dance group
white oak dance project - Answers mark Morris
the hard nut
gender jokes
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange - Answers explores interaction of senior adults and younger dancers in a
dance-theatre format
halleluija
Rennie Harris Puremovement - Answers hip hop company
break barriers of dance form
wide range of music
"rome and jewels"
old enemy of ballet - Answers modern dance
when did dance begin to blend - Answers during second generation of modern dancers
postmodern dancers - Answers open to the idea of using popular, street music, linking close to jazz,
blending of every type of dance
jazz ballets - Answers jazz performed on pointe
Jofferey Ballet
"centre stage"
Joffrey ballet - Answers jazz performed on pointe
"center stage"
when did the cross influence between modern and ballet begin - Answers early 20th century
isadora duncan
