Modern Dance

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Across
  1. 3. The style of dance pioneered by Paul Taylor, focusing on everyday ____.
  2. 4. A famous dancer who used chance (like dice) to influence choreography and freed dance from spatial constraints.
  3. 6. This kind of technique emphasizes exploration and freeing the body to move with current emotions.
  4. 8. A word used to describe Paul Taylor’s focus on people’s ____, feelings, and interaction.
  5. 9. The type of music that Merce Cunningham used to free dance from traditional constraints.
  6. 10. The technique used by Merce Cunningham where movement order is determined by throwing these.
Down
  1. 1. The movement style that was rejected by modern dancers in the 1960s, seen as rigid and formulaic.
  2. 2. The technique that involves exploring the body's movement potential through controlled, smooth transitions.
  3. 4. A type of dance improvisation, using objects and partners to explore movement.
  4. 5. This key component of release technique helps dancers move fluidly and connect all body parts.
  5. 7. This type of dance, popular after World War II, combined elements like ballet, social, and folk dance.