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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. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Other theatrical production
Movement materials
Combined locomotor
2. 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
Spotting
Attitude
18th and 19th Centuries
Modern dance choreography
3. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Native Americans
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Nonlocomotor
4. 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
Social dance styles
Dance teaching - prep
Dance activities should begin with these
Quality of Energy
5. 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
Line
Social dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
6. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Social dance
Rumba flamenco
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
7. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Historical forms of dance
Elements of dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
8. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance - pointe
Virtuoso dancing
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
9. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Pointe
Nonlocomotor
Dance - pointe
Postmodern dance
10. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Well - known musical productions
Space between dancers
Modern dance
Late 20th Century
11. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Alignment
Ballet
Modern dance
Cultural dances
12. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Abstraction
4 Elements of dance movements
Quality of Energy
13. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Pathway
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - floor pattern
14. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Extension
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Force
Interactions between dancers
15. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Religious or ceremonial dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
Body movement
16. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
Social dance and mass culture
Arabesque
Classical
17. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Characteristics of folk dance
Adagio
Dance activities should begin with these
Nonlocomotor
18. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Nonlocomotor
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
19. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Passe
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
20. 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
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Grand jete
Level
21. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Ballet
Rumba flamenco
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
4 Elements of dance movements
22. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Flamenco dance
Level
Line
Social dance styles
23. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Form and Shape
Other theatrical production
Cultural dances
Flamenco dance
24. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Extension
Theatrical dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Syncopation
25. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Elements of dance: Force
Forc
Well - known musical productions
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
26. 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
Meter
Ballet
Rhapsodic rhythms
Barre
27. 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
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Classical
Elements of dance: Levels
28. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Quality of Energy
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance teaching - prep
Historical forms of dance
29. Must include these four factors: Dance movements must predate the 19th century - Dance is performed by peasants or royalty - The choreography is derived from tradition - There is no teacher
Flamenco dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Level
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
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
Allegro
Religious or ceremonial dance
Theatrical dance
Postmodern dance
31. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Syncopation
The 8 basic steps
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Improvisation
32. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Folk dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Improvisation
33. Raising the leg to a straightened position with the foot very high above the ground; the ability to lift and hold the leg in position of the ground
18th and 19th Centuries
Extension
Space
Late 20th Century
34. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Passe
Pathway
35. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Nonlocomotor
Forc
Form and Shape
Direction
36. 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
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Religious or ceremonial dance
Combined locomotor
37. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Focus
Classical
38. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Modern dance choreography
Form and Shape
Elements of dance: Levels
Social dance styles
39. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Kinds of Levels
Syncopation
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
40. 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)
Styles of dance and movement
Dance teaching - prep
Tempo
Arabesque
41. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Social dance styles
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historical forms of dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
42. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Quality of Energy
Dance teaching - prep
Alignment
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
43. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Adagio
Force
Modern dance choreography
Elements of dance: Time
44. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Elements of dance: Force
Individual - group - or class
Allegro
4 Elements of dance movements
45. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Late 20th Century
Improvisation
Spotting
Virtuoso dancing
46. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Native Americans
Pathway
Focus
47. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Native Americans
Improvisation
48. Countable patterns
Rhythm
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Barre
Movement materials
49. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Pas de deux
Space
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Elements of dance: Levels
50. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Virtuoso dancing
Pathway