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| 2508206032 | Gender roles associated with 19th century ballet | Women are fragile, not sexual & need to be rescued by the men who are said to be the hero | 0 | |
| 2508206033 | Why did these gender roles seem less appropriate for some part of the population in beginning of 20th century? | Chekckckckdk | 1 | |
| 2508206034 | Characteristics that make dance a ballet | 5 canonical positions | 2 | |
| 2508206035 | Founder of Ballet Russe | Sergei Diaghilev | 3 | |
| 2508206036 | Two important dancers with the Ballet Russe | Vaslay Nijinsky & Anna Pavlova | 4 | |
| 2508206037 | Two important choreographers with the Ballet Russe | Leonid Massine & Michel Fokine | 5 | |
| 2508206038 | Describe what was unique or different about Nijinsky's Afternoon of a Faun | 120 hour rehearsals. Studied rhythm of tense muscularity, not rhythmically tied to music, erotic, still & angular with flexed wrists and feet | 6 | |
| 2508206039 | Balanchine's contributions to ballet | Dance to music relationship is essential - founded School of American Ballet & Ballet Caravan. Development in modern neoclassical ballet & merged the corps de ballet so it was less hierarchical | 7 | |
| 2508206040 | Two famous Balanchine ballerinas | Suzanne Farrell & Patricia McBride | 8 | |
| 2508206041 | The founder of a popular form of exercise based on modern "scientific" principles that influenced many early modern dancers | Francois Delsarte | 9 | |
| 2508206042 | What the above person said: "Grace is..." | Grace is efficiency of movement | 10 | |
| 2508206043 | Three social trends that influenced the beginning of modern dance. | 1. Age of invention 2. Art nouveau 3. Women's movement | 11 | |
| 2508206044 | The founding "mothers" of modern dance | 1. Isadora Duncan 2. Loie Fuller 3. Ruth St. Denis | 12 | |
| 2508206045 | Two contributions Loie Fuller made to the art of performing dance | 1. Darkened theater 2. Projected stage light | 13 | |
| 2508206046 | What Duncan thought motivated dance and what great art influenced her | 1. Motivated is motivated by emotion 2. The art of Ancient Greece - and Boticelli's Primavera | 14 | |
| 2508206047 | One culture that Ruth St. Denis researched for her dances | India | 15 | |
| 2508206048 | The name and founders of the first school of modern dance | Denishawn: Ruth St Denis & Ted Shawn | 16 | |
| 2508206049 | Name two famous pupils of this school | Martha Graham & Doris Humphrey | 17 | |
| 2508206050 | Principles associated with Doris Humphrey and what she felt was the full potential of the art form, and her most famous pupil. | 1. All patterns of movement consist of opposition, succession & unison 2. Group dance is like a symphony - full potential of the art form 3. Movement is based on fall & recovery 4. All movement has sustained flow, rest & accents 5. Famous pupil: Jose Limon | 18 | |
| 2508206051 | Name one dance choreographed by Jose Limon | Dances for Isadora | 19 | |
| 2508206052 | Name an influential German Modern dance pioneer | Mary Wigman | 20 | |
| 2508206053 | Name a well known pupil of the above pioneer | Hanya Holm | 21 | |
| 2508206054 | What was significant about the technique of Hanya Holm? | Used technique without stylization | 22 | |
| 2508206055 | Name five principles of Martha Graham's work | 1. Art should be indigenous, not imported 2. Music should be created to fit a specific dance 3. Dance is introspective & psychological 4. Changes of breathing lead to contraction and release 5. Use floor strength like roots of a tree | 23 | |
| 2508206056 | Name one famous Graham dancer | Merce Cunningham | 24 | |
| 2508206057 | Name one well known Graham dance | Letter to the World | 25 | |
| 2508206058 | Name 5 principles associated with Merce Cunningham | 1. Not every movement means something 2. Spine is the axis of the body 3. Dance on stage can include pedestrian actions 4. The only relationship between music, dance & set is that they occupy the theater at the same time 5. Elements of chance and disassociation with the music lead to freedom in choreogrpahy | 26 | |
| 2508206059 | On what was Katherine Dunham's work based? | Caribbean dance routes | 27 | |
| 2508206060 | Significance of Anna Sokolow's work | Socially conscious themes inspired by her ethnic background and political awareness | 28 | |
| 2508206061 | Two major choreographers who created work for Ballet Caravan | Agnes DeMille & Anthony Tudor | 29 | |
| 2508206062 | Two characteristics of Agnes DeMille's choreography | Classical, Modern, Narrative | 30 |
