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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Dance activities should begin with these
Line
Folk dance
Late 20th Century
2. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Movement materials
Elements of dance: Time
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Native Americans
3. Even or uneven beat
Form and Shape
Beat
Space between dancers
Arabesque
4. Often carry important historical significance from ancient civilizations Examples: Chinese ribbon dance - Polish polonaise - India's Kathakali or Bharatanatyam dance - Clogging - traditionally from Wales - which involves double taps on both the heel
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Flamenco dance
Cultural dances
Form and Shape
5. Often danced on May Day in various European nations such as Germany and Sweden - taught in American schools today - The maypole is a tall pole decorated with floral garlands - flags - and streamers - Ribbons are attached to a pole - so that children
Elevation
Maypole dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Allegro
6. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Beat
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Classical
7. A 'passing' position in which the foot passes by the knee of the supporting leg - When this position is held - as in pirouettes - with the foot of the working leg resting against the knee of the supporting leg - it is known as retire
Passe
Extension
Pas de deux
Cultural dances
8. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
9. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Barre
Rumba flamenco
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Modern dance
10. High - medium - or low
Level
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Meter
11. Countable patterns
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Elevation
Dallet evolution
Rhythm
12. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Romantic Era
13. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance
Dance post -1960s
Theatrical dance
Interactions between dancers
14. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Passe
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Folk dance
15. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Space
4 Elements of dance movements
Pas de deux
16. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Level
Abstraction
Flamenco dance
17. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Folk dance
Adagio
Forc
Space
18. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
4 Elements of dance movements
Elevation
Creative movement
Social dance
19. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Folk dance
Focus
Romantic Era
Interactions between dancers
20. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
4 Elements of dance movements
Historical forms of dance
21. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Abstraction
Kinesthetic awareness
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Modern dance choreography
22. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Postmodern dance
Folk dance
Space between dancers
23. 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
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Religious or ceremonial dance
Pas de deux
Rumba flamenco
24. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Modern dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
The 8 basic steps
Dance
25. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Range
Pointe
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
26. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Religious or ceremonial dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Native Americans
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
27. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Historical forms of dance
Folk dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance - pointe
28. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Focus
29. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Creative movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Range
30. 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
Elevation
Postmodern dance
Folk dance
31. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Range (of movement)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements of dance
Pirouette
32. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Focus
Movement materials
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
33. Quality of energy: sustained (smooth) - suspended (light) - swing (under - curve) - sway (over - curve) - collapsed (loose) - percussive (sharp) - or vibrate (shudder) - Degree of energy: strong - weak - heavy - light - dynamic - static - flowing - o
Elements of dance: Force
Promenade
Elements of dance: Time
Elements of dance
34. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Late 20th Century
Elevation
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
35. 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
Romantic Era
Direction
Ballet
Dance activities should begin with these
36. 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
Forc
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Theatrical dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
37. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Adagio
Range
Dance - pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
38. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Space
Meter
Virtuoso dancing
Choreography
39. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Quality of Energy
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Range (of movement)
Native Americans
40. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Pointe
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Modern dance
Form and Shape
41. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Abstraction
Pathway
42. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Social dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Rumba flamenco
43. Social dance - which celebrated births - special events - and rites of passage; ritual dance - which maintained tradition - religious rituals (temple dances) - and hunting magic; and fertility dance - which marked the changing seasons (especially for
Historical forms of dance
Beat
Improvisation
Tempo
44. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Native Americans
Forc
Combined locomotor
45. Primary school children love to play and sing with movement in the simple sing - along dances of London Bridge - Hokey Pokey - Ring Around the Rosie - The Farmer in the Dell - B.I.N.G.O. - Pop Goes the Weasel - and Skip to My Lou
Nonlocomotor
Play and sing with movement
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
46. The continued evolution of ballet; emphasis on emotions and fantasy; true pointe work; evolution of 'lightness in flight'; - this differed from other dance forms in placement and alignment of the body - as well as in training - Focus on the ballerina
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Alignment
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
47. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Forc
Line
Social dance
48. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Elements of dance: Time
Kinesthetic awareness
Creative movement
Play and sing with movement
49. Intense movement often depicting pain - fear - and love; dance forms 'sculptured' by human body positions; contraction and release of the torso - 'fall and recover'; angular gestures; schools and dance companies
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Extension
Social dance and mass culture
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
50. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Dance teaching - prep
Characteristics of folk dance
The 8 basic steps