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Dancers/Choreography
Dancers, choreographers, works
Question | Answer |
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Pioneer of modern dance in the 19th century | Martha Graham |
Wrote the ballet "Apollo" | George Balanchine |
the first pioneer of contemporary ballet through the development of neoclassical ballet | George Balanchine |
Mother of modern dance | Isadora Duncan |
Began choreography after seeing an advertisement with the Egyptian goddess Isis | Ruth St. Denis |
Ted Shawn's wife | Ruth St. Denis |
Ruth St. Denis's husband | Ted Shawn |
Created a company of all male dancers, "Jacob's Pillow" in Massachusetts. | Ted Shawn |
Father of German modern dance | Rudolf von Laban |
Female student and teacher at Denishawn | Doris Humphrey |
These two established a school and developed a technique based on fall and recovery with a strong emphasis on balance and pull of gravity | Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman |
Martha Graham's first male dancer; Married Martha Graham | Eric Hawkings |
Began black performance dance; combined native Carribean and modern dance | Katherine Dunham |
Father of post-modern dance and student of Martha Graham; collaborated with composer John Cage | Merce Cunningham |
Father of Jazz dance | Jack Cole |
Pioneer of musical theatre choreography | Agnes de Mille |
Choreographer of "West Side Story" | Jerome Robbins |
Famous breakthrough musical by Agnes de Mille | Oklahoma |