Deck 10: Dance

Question 1

The origins of which of the following are traced to the early seventeenth century, when dancers performed interludes between scenes of an opera?

A) modern dance
B) social dance
C) ballet
D) court dance

Answer 1

ballet

Question 2

The origins of which of the following are usually traced to the American dancers Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis?

A) modern dance
B) social dance
C) ballet
D) court dance

Answer 2

modern dance

Question 3

Which of the following is based largely on African American spirituals and experience?

A) Swan Lake
B) New Dance
C) Revelations
D) Medea

Answer 3

Revelations

Question 4

The pretext of a dance can be a

A) feeling
B) state of mind
C) narrative
D) all of these

Question 5

Whose specialty is involving bodies in almost acrobatic positions?

A) Mark Morris Dance Group
B) Pilobolus
C) Twyla Tharp
D) Martha Graham

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of social dance?

A) It often has a religious purpose.
B) It often has a practical purpose.
C) It is a form of recreation.
D) It is more stylized and less openly energetic than the court dance.

Question 7

Who of the following has been particularly successful in founding a school of modern dance that focuses on the rhythms of heartbeat and pulse?

A) Mark Morris Dance Group
B) Pilobolus
C) Twyla Tharp
D) Martha Graham

Question 8

Which of the following court dances was a favorite at Queen Elizabeth's court in the sixteenth century?

A) allemande
B) minuet
C) pavane
D) volta

Question 9

Today, tourists can still view the ritual dances of the American Southwest that symbolize

A) the sun
B) death
C) rain
D) animals

Question 10

Which of the following is true about Isadora Duncan?

A) She felt that the emphasis of ballet should be on the movement of the arms and legs.
B) The dances she developed were built mainly on narrative pretexts.
C) She rebelled against the stylization of ballet practiced by the early Greek dancers.
D) She often danced in bare feet.

Question 11

The origin of the ballet goes back to the

A) early seventeenth century
B) Middle Ages
C) Renaissance
D) nineteenth century

Question 12

Which of the following is true about Swan Lake?

A) It was highly unconventional for the Romantic Age in which it was conceived.
B) It had archetypal overtones.
C) It had no pretext.
D) Its music was composed by Stravinksy.

Question 13

One of the following was not a leader in modern dance:

A) Martha Graham
B) Meredith Monk
C) Isadora Duncan
D) Sarah Bernhardt

Question 14

Discuss a specific modern dance from the text. In what ways does the dance differ from its predecessor, ballet? In what ways is it similar? Be specific and thorough.