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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Promenade
Elevation
Syncopation
2. The Church attempted to restrict pagan dance - often associated with fertility - but folk dances evolved from earlier ritual dance (e.g. - Maypole dance; origins in primitive fertility rituals [dancing around a pole]; associated with spring)
Other theatrical production
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
3. Countable patterns
Forc
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Elements of dance
Rhythm
4. A period from about 1820 to 1870 in which ballet was characterized primarily by supernatural subject matter - long white tutus - dancing on the toes - and theatrical innovations that permitted the dimming of the house lights for theatrical illusion
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Romantic Era
Minuet
Tempo
5. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Direction
Improvisation
6. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Improvisation
Range
Kinesthetic awareness
7. Gaze - floor - or away
Cultural dances
Improvisation
Focus
Barre
8. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Pas de deux
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Alignment
9. There are many regional differences; all had recreational aspects and basic steps such as running - walking - hopping - and skipping; all are linked to culture - music - and the history of a group; they take the form of a circle
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Modern dance
10. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Rumba flamenco
Pathway
Elevation
Pirouette
11. Have the dancers walk through the floor pattern. Then combine the steps with the floor pattern - first without music - and then with music (remember that not all dances have a set floor pattern).
Nonlocomotor
Force
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Forc
12. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Pointe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Romantic Era
Movement materials
13. Ethnic and cultural dance - Cultural dances - Religious or ceremonial dance - Folk Dance - Play and sing with movement - Maypole dance - Modern Dance - Theatrical dance - Social dance
Body movement
Romantic Era
Folk dance
Styles of dance and movement
14. Dancing on the toes
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Pointe
Play and sing with movement
Cultural dances
15. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Kinds of Levels
16. To cue the steps and directional changes - and to alert students (e.g. - 'ready'); this helps students keep the main rhythmic pattern and encourages them to gain a sense of the whole
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
17. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Pirouette
Spotting
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Modern dance
18. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Pirouette
Attitude
Elements of dance: Levels
Range (of movement)
19. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Characteristics of folk dance
Modern dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
20. Have expressed mourning the spirit in dance movement. They have also used dance as a ritual to prepare for battles and to celebrate joyful occasions.
Kinesthetic awareness
Theatrical dance
Native Americans
Historical forms of dance
21. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Historical forms of dance
Forc
22. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Allegro
Individual - group - or class
Rhapsodic rhythms
Kinesthetic awareness
23. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Postmodern dance
Form and Shape
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Popular historical dances that are often used today
24. Literally - 'a step for two'; this refers to a specific codified form that is choreographed in many classical ballets; this is also used to refer to any section of a dance performed by two dancers together
Pas de deux
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Force
Level
25. A term coined in the 1960s by those who wanted to create movement outside the influences of any of the then - traditional modern dance pioneers - such as Cunningham - Graham - Humphrey - Lim
Choreography
Native Americans
Body movement
Postmodern dance
26. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
4 Elements of dance movements
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Religious or ceremonial dance
27. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Interactions between dancers
Beat
Range (of movement)
Elements of dance
28. A pose modeled after the statue of the winged Mercury by Giovanni Bologna in which the working leg is extended behind the body with the knee bent; it can also be held in front of the body
Form and shape
Ballet
Attitude
Dance post -1960s
29. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Adagio
Body movement
Late 20th Century
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
30. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Combined locomotor
Lifts
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Beat
31. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Modern dance choreography
Native Americans
Abstraction
Individual - group - or class
32. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
33. High - medium - or low
Body movement
Square dancing and barn dancing
Level
Form and shape
34. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Space
Direction
Well - known musical productions
35. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Dallet evolution
Nonlocomotor
Historical forms of dance
Modern dance
36. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elements of dance: Time
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Forc
37. Developed in France (1500s) - and moved to Italy; this led to the development of court dancing in Europe (nobility in a palace setting); patronage of the Medicis; 'dancing masters'; steps were slow (adagio) and fast (allegro); lack of spontaneity (de
Pirouette
Rumba flamenco
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Ballet
38. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Characteristics of folk dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Folk dance
Form and shape
39. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Elevation
Force
Beat
Degree of Energy
40. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Arabesque
Pirouette
Body movement
41. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Form and Shape
Dance
Space
42. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Square dancing and barn dancing
Extension
Framework for dance activity instruction
Other theatrical production
43. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Direction
Pathway
Choreography
44. Appreciated the qualities of the individual; primitive expression and emotion; 'new freedom' of movement; choreography of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham and their harsh break from restrictive classical ballet and tutu; broadening the minds of the p
Line
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Improvisation
Maypole dance
45. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Kinesthetic awareness
Elements of dance: Time
Historical forms of dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
46. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Interactions between dancers
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Tempo
47. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Choreography
Dance - pointe
Meter
48. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Body movement
Pathway
Tempo
Elements of dance: Levels
49. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Elements of dance: Levels
Theatrical dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Range (of movement)
50. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Force
Focus