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San Diego State University
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Dance 181 | Introduction to Dance
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2022
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Dance 64 1. Who was Merce Cunningham and what did he contribute to the world of dance? He was an American modern dancer and choreographer who developed new forms of abstract dance movement. 2. According to your textbook, Alwin Nikolais' choreography was identified as what? His dances combine motion with various technical effects and a complete freedom from technique and established patterns. 3. What is the Judson Church, and what is its significance to Modern dance? Post modern choreographers reduced dance to simplest form to examine what it really was, eliminated theme and story-line and formal technique, refused to work with trained dancers.Judson Church, church in New York with stage in it, performances often happened and became the Judson Dance Theatre where dancers rejected conventional teachings to express a different rhythm. Disbanded in 1968 4. What was the name of Pina Bausch's dance company, and where did it originate? The company was Tanztheater . In 1973, Bausch started as artistic director of the Wuppertal Opera ballet, which was later renamed as the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, run as an independent company. 5. According to your textbook, what is "dance fusion?" Dance fusion is a dance form that fuses different dance genres, as well as, Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts together