The Visual Imagination of Modern Dance

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1. Which woman danced an emotional solo about anguish, first performed around the time of the Great Depression? She was encased in a tube of jersey material, making disturbing shapes as she moved. Martha Graham, "Lamentation" Katherine Dunham in "Shore Excursion" Judith Jamieson, "Cry" Helen Tamiris, "Negro Spirituals"

2. Who used light and cloth to depict movements such as a moth, a butterfly, and fire? Irene Castle Isadora Duncan Loie Fuller Maud Allen

3. Who danced a modern ballet about sexual awakening, as a half-human, half-animal character, with turned in feet, and two dimensional movements like a Greek frieze? Michel Fokine, "Acis and Galatea" Vaslav Nijinsky, "L'après-midi d'un faune" Anna Pavlova, "Dying Swan" Sergei Lifar, "Apollo"

4. Which work featured large, silver helium balloons floating around the stage at random? The design was by Andy Warhol. Alwin Nikolais, "Masks, Props and Mobiles" Merce Cunningham, "Rainforest" Trisha Brown, "Glacial Decoy" Yvonne Rainer, "Trio A"

5. This work began at the choreographer's loft apartment, and ended at an empty parking lot. Across the street was a church, lit up with dancers as saints in a representation of the story of Joan of Arc. Who choreographed it, and which work was it? Martha Graham, "Seraphic Dialogue" Meredith Monk, "Vessel" Trisha Brown, "Walking on the Wall" Helen Tamiris, "Negro Spirituals"

6. Which gemstones sparkled (metaphorically) in the dance movements and costumes in George Balanchine's ballet "Jewels"? Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds Emeralds, Rubies, Amber Sapphires, Rubies, Diamonds Rubies, Jade, Diamonds

7. German choreographer Pina Bausch is famous for transforming the stage for her epic works. Her stage has been covered in sand, water, tables and chairs, etc. In which work was the stage covered in carnations, and featured live dogs barking at the dancers? "Cafe Muller" "Nelken" "Le Sacre du Printemps" "Arien"

8. This work began with a semi-naked Christ (played by a woman) climbing off the crucifix. The work is a stinging critique of the frantic search for religious devotion, social ties and sexual intimacy. Who choreographed it, and which work is it? Bill T Jones, "Still/Here" Siobhan Davis, "White Man Sleeps" Lloyd Newson, "Strange Fish" Twyla Tharp, "Catherine Wheel"

9. Which choreographer dazzled London's West End with a "Swan Lake" featuring an all-male corps de ballet of swans? Xavier du Frutos Mark Morris Matthew Bourne Lloyd Newson

10. In which Cunningham work do real dancers partner electronic bodies created by a special dance software? "Points in Space" "Summerspace" "Biped" "Beach Birds"