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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 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
Dance activities should begin with these
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Elements of dance: Levels
Classical
2. 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
Pointe
Elements of dance: Time
Styles of dance and movement
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
3. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Rumba flamenco
Modern dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
4. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Degree of Energy
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Adagio
5. Gaze - Floor - Away
Beat
Barre
Forc
Focus
6. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Folk dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Modern dance choreography
Religious or ceremonial dance
7. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Barre
Pointe
Lifts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
8. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Social dance and mass culture
Pointe
Theatrical dance
Elements of dance: Time
9. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Extension
Pointe
Tempo
Minuet
10. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Pathway
Space
Form and shape
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
11. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Pathway
Improvisation
Square dancing and barn dancing
12. 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
Kinds of Levels
Rhapsodic rhythms
Extension
13. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Space between dancers
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Alignment
14. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Ballet
Force
Pathway
Spotting
15. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Dance - pointe
Pathway
Late 20th Century
16. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Line
Barre
Square dancing and barn dancing
Interactions between dancers
17. 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
Well - known musical productions
Elements of dance: Force
Styles of dance and movement
Modern dance choreography
18. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Historical forms of dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Rhythm
19. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Focus
Religious or ceremonial dance
Forc
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
20. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Classical
Social dance and mass culture
Romantic Era
Dallet evolution
21. 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
Focus
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Movement materials
Well - known musical productions
22. 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
Individual - group - or class
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
23. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elevation
Choreography
Range (of movement)
24. Pantomime/dance expression
Individual - group - or class
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Interactions between dancers
25. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Syncopation
Native Americans
Form and shape
Nonlocomotor
26. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Nonlocomotor
Square dancing and barn dancing
27. 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
Social dance styles
Range (of movement)
Elements of dance: Time
Grand jete
28. A round rail attached to the wall horizontally - about 3 1/2 feet above the floor - for dancers to hold during the first half of technique class; it is also used for stretching the legs by placing the feet or legs on it
Framework for dance activity instruction
Barre
Extension
Dance
29. 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
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Meter
Choreography
Attitude
30. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Cultural dances
Extension
Range
31. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Postmodern dance
Degree of Energy
Choreography
Ballet
32. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Rhapsodic rhythms
Social dance and mass culture
33. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Interactions between dancers
Pas de deux
34. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Elements of dance: Time
Movement materials
Arabesque
Modern dance
35. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Forc
Pirouette
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
36. 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
Cultural dances
Rhythm
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Social dance
37. 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
Dance
Rumba flamenco
Pathway
Characteristics of folk dance
38. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Syncopation
Focus
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
39. A pose in which the working leg is extended with a straight knee directly behind the body (both the height of the leg and the position of the arms are variable)
Arabesque
Framework for dance activity instruction
Space
Focus
40. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Extension
Movements involved in the space element of dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Cultural dances
41. 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.
Native Americans
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Direction
Ballet
42. Countable patterns
Romantic Era
Rumba flamenco
Range (of movement)
Rhythm
43. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Well - known musical productions
Space between dancers
Form and shape
Promenade
44. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Rhythm
Syncopation
Creative movement
Popular historical dances that are often used today
45. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Well - known musical productions
Late 20th Century
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Body movement
46. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Line
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Allegro
47. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Interactions between dancers
Space between dancers
Elements of dance: Force
Historical forms of dance
48. 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
Form and shape
18th and 19th Centuries
Late 20th Century
Adagio
49. High - medium - or low
Folk dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Level
Romantic Era
50. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Elements of dance: Force
Theatrical dance
Allegro
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)