Dance Appreciation Chapter 14

CH 14; pg 261

Which dance style introduced popping, or flexing your muscles to the beat while verbally making popping sounds?

- Disco Dance

-Style Funk Dance

-Style Modern Dance

- Style Swing Dance Style

Style Funk Dance

CH 14; pg 261

True or False:

Hip-hop dance, which began in the Bronx during the 1970s, had become a national trend by the 1980s; by the 1990s it had reached global proportions as style.

True

Which dance is considered as powerhouse dance and has a combination of Latin and Afro-Cuban dances, danced to a 4/4 medium to fast tempo?

- Macarena

- Swing Dance

- Salsa

- Ballet

Salsa

CH 14; pg 264-265

Which major dance figure has established the following:

LINES Ballet (1982); the San Francisco Dance Center (1991);

LINES Ballet School (2001); and a BFA in dance program with Dominican University, the first of its kind on the West Coast (2006).

- Alonzo King

- Peter Martins

- Eliot Field

- Karole Armitage

Alonzo King

CH 14; 268-269

Which choreographer in the postmodern dance did the following while creating dances: "creates complex pieces interweaving text, props, and movement that ranges from everyday gestures to technical dance steps".

- Trisha Brown

- Garth Fagan

- David Gordon

- Lar Lubovitch

David Gordon

CH 14; pg 270

Which of the following choreographers had the following characteristics while creating dance works: musicality, eclectic music choices, use of complex rhythms that create a strong underpinning for dances that display wit, themes of community, and contrasting views of emotions.

- Mark Morris

- Bebe Miller

- Susan Marshall

- Bill T. Jones

Mark Morris

In the 21st century, Contemporary modern dance artists from the 20th century embrace the 21st century and its changes. The lines continue to blur between contemporary ballet and contemporary post-postmodern

True

Which dance style emerged in the 21st century with the following characteristics: Expressive, explosive movements with hard stops, followed by contrasting movements

- Krump

- Gangam Style

- Electro Dance

- Contermporary Dance

Krump

True or False:

Today's ballets are diverse, including the classics or restaged ballet classics, 20th-century masterpieces from ballet and modern dance giants, and contemporary ballet or modern dance choreographers.

True

Which female artist has the following characteristics of her dance works: Exploration of movement possibilities, body weight, idea of falling, exploration of movement in relation to mathematics with layered movement phrases performed as accumulations. Her work also includes motion capture and creating a unified design of movement, music and visuals.

- Twyla Tharp

- Trisha Brown

- Camille A. Brown

- Merce Cunningham

Trisha Brown