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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. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Framework for dance activity instruction
Social dance
2. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Elements of dance: Force
Quality of Energy
Social dance
3. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Historical forms of dance
Promenade
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
4. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dance post -1960s
Dance teaching - prep
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
5. Dancing on the toes
Social dance
Extension
Pointe
Lifts
6. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Postmodern dance
Promenade
Romantic Era
Syncopation
7. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Alignment
Space
Dance post -1960s
Classical
8. Pantomime/dance expression
Extension
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Maypole dance
Native Americans
9. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Space
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dallet evolution
10. High - medium - or low
Level
Dallet evolution
4 Elements of dance movements
Range
11. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Syncopation
Choreography
12. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Kinesthetic awareness
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Forc
Meter
13. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Flamenco dance
Modern dance
Native Americans
Historical forms of dance
14. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
18th and 19th Centuries
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Pirouette
Direction
15. Speed: fast or slow
4 Elements of dance movements
Well - known musical productions
Tempo
Rhapsodic Rhythms
16. Growth of contemporary dance - post - modernism in the 1960s; movement toward simplicity and a less sophisticated technique; 'No' manifesto - a frequent rejection of costumes and stories
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhapsodic rhythms
Late 20th Century
Pirouette
17. A leap from one leg to the other in which the working leg is kicked or thrown away from the body and into the air; the pose achieved in the air differs - a does the direction the leap takes
Pathway
Characteristics of folk dance
Grand jete
Framework for dance activity instruction
18. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance - pointe
Space between dancers
19. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Social dance styles
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Postmodern dance
Dance activities should begin with these
20. Formal dancing spread to the Continent; expansion of professional dancing masters; professional choreography at the Paris Opera (opera and dance); costuming; introduction of the waltz (1-2-3) rhythm; court dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Other theatrical production
Abstraction
18th and 19th Centuries
21. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Postmodern dance
The 8 basic steps
Characteristics of folk dance
22. Based upon the subjective interpretation of internalized feelings - emotions - and moods - Unlike formal ballet - this is often unstructured and makes deliberate use of gravity and body weight to enhance movement - It also encourages students to expr
Flamenco dance
Modern dance choreography
Play and sing with movement
Interactions between dancers
23. Movement without previous planning
Creative movement
Improvisation
Pointe
Kinds of Levels
24. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Social dance and mass culture
Maypole dance
The 8 basic steps
Elevation
25. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Range (of movement)
Flamenco dance
Syncopation
26. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Dance activities should begin with these
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Spotting
27. 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
Flamenco dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Styles of dance and movement
28. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Direction
Degree of Energy
Dance
Meter
29. Characteristics: circle form (rhythmic motion within a circle); use of imagery - Gender roles: war and hunting for men - seasons and planting for women; early accompaniment came from drums - harps - flutes - and chants
Grand jete
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Space
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
30. 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
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
31. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Abstraction
32. Gaze - floor - or away
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Focus
Extension
Renaissance (1400-1600)
33. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Tempo
Creative movement
Flamenco dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
34. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Direction
Styles of dance and movement
35. 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
Virtuoso dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Attitude
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
36. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance post -1960s
Adagio
Minuet
37. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Dance - pointe
Space
Line
Pas de deux
38. 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
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance activities should begin with these
The 8 basic steps
39. Countable patterns
Dance post -1960s
Rhythm
Rhapsodic rhythms
Focus
40. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Well - known musical productions
Social dance and mass culture
Theatrical dance
Late 20th Century
41. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Virtuoso dancing
Abstraction
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
42. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Improvisation
Native Americans
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
43. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Styles of dance and movement
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Characteristics of folk dance
44. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Direction
Abstraction
Form and shape
Attitude
45. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Minuet
Range (of movement)
46. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dance post -1960s
Social dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
47. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Improvisation
Range (of movement)
Body movement
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
48. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Modern dance choreography
Kinds of Levels
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Native Americans
49. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Dance teaching - prep
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Beat
50. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Dance - pointe
Improvisation
Historical forms of dance