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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance

Subjects : cset, performing-arts, dance
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1. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication






2. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind






3. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)






4. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8






5. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)






6. Pantomime/dance expression






7. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity






8. 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)






9. 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






10. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving






11. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms






12. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...






13. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes






14. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions






15. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements






16. 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






17. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy






18. Speed: fast or slow






19. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period






20. High - medium - or low






21. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles






22. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')






23. Floor - elevated - or air patterns






24. 1. Originated with the Andalusian Gypsies in Spain 2. Forceful rhythms 3. Hand clapping 4. Rapid foot movements 5. Use of castanets 6. Colorful costumes






25. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy






26. Dancing on the toes






27. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances






28. 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






29. 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






30. Ballet - jazz - and tap






31. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)






32. 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






33. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning






34. Countable patterns






35. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.






36. Gaze - floor - or away






37. Separate the dance into the steps. Begin by teaching the steps - describing and demonstrating each separately. Steps are done slowly at first - using counts - and then at the proper tempo - Teach one part of the basic step pattern at a time; when two






38. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed






39. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets






40. Refers to the lexicon of dance as taught in the original academies - also used in reference to ballets as created during the Imperial Russian days - such as The Sleeping Beauty - The Nutcracker - and Swan Lake - also refers to a style of performing






41. 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).






42. 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






43. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head






44. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period






45. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)






46. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance






47. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus






48. Movement without previous planning






49. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)






50. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa