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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Pas de deux
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Elevation
2. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Elements of dance: Time
Pas de deux
Interactions between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
3. 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
Lifts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Cultural dances
Kinesthetic awareness
4. 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
Play and sing with movement
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Classical
5. Movement without previous planning
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance post -1960s
Improvisation
Flamenco dance
6. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Pirouette
Abstraction
The 8 basic steps
7. Developed in France (1500s) - and moved to Italy; this led to the development of court dancing in Europe (nobility in a palace setting); patronage of the Medicis; 'dancing masters'; steps were slow (adagio) and fast (allegro); lack of spontaneity (de
4 Elements of dance movements
Nonlocomotor
Ballet
Play and sing with movement
8. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Form and shape
Social dance
Elements of dance: Time
Improvisation
9. 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
Virtuoso dancing
Degree of Energy
Combined locomotor
10. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Range
Level
Modern dance
Pathway
11. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Maypole dance
Dance post -1960s
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Rhapsodic rhythms
12. 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
Attitude
Dance - pointe
Choreography
Virtuoso dancing
13. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Theatrical dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Minuet
Social dance styles
14. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Framework for dance activity instruction
Play and sing with movement
Historical forms of dance
Abstraction
15. 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
Modern dance choreography
Range
The 8 basic steps
Form and Shape
16. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Abstraction
Line
Social dance and mass culture
Nonlocomotor
17. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Social dance styles
Styles of dance and movement
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Folk dance
18. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Renaissance (1400-1600)
18th and 19th Centuries
19. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Pas de deux
Elevation
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
20. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Grand jete
Elements of dance: Levels
Modern dance
21. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Religious or ceremonial dance
Virtuoso dancing
Pas de deux
22. 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
Rumba flamenco
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Passe
23. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Range
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Social dance
24. 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).
Pas de deux
Pathway
Dance teaching - floor pattern
18th and 19th Centuries
25. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Kinesthetic awareness
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Other theatrical production
Adagio
26. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Postmodern dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Individual - group - or class
Elements of dance
27. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Attitude
Interactions between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
28. 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
Dallet evolution
Direction
Styles of dance and movement
Nonlocomotor
29. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Lifts
Nonlocomotor
Combined locomotor
Pointe
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
Quality of Energy
Rhythm
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Postmodern dance
31. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Elements of dance: Force
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
32. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Styles of dance and movement
Dance activities should begin with these
Maypole dance
Romantic Era
33. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Social dance and mass culture
Meter
Allegro
Promenade
34. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Pointe
Modern dance choreography
Choreography
Range
35. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Modern dance
Pathway
Range (of movement)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
36. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Framework for dance activity instruction
37. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Rumba flamenco
Pointe
18th and 19th Centuries
38. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Forc
Pirouette
Social dance styles
Syncopation
39. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Nonlocomotor
Lifts
Form and Shape
Barre
40. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Social dance styles
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
41. 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)
Attitude
Space between dancers
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Arabesque
42. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Elevation
Degree of Energy
Social dance
Dance - pointe
43. Gaze - Floor - Away
Individual - group - or class
Movement materials
Focus
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
44. Dancing on the toes
Beat
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Passe
Pointe
45. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Late 20th Century
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Creative movement
Movements involved in the space element of dance
46. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
4 Elements of dance movements
Styles of dance and movement
Tempo
Nonlocomotor
47. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Dance post -1960s
Range
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Force
48. Countable patterns
Grand jete
Passe
18th and 19th Centuries
Rhythm
49. Gaze - floor - or away
Maypole dance
Focus
Dallet evolution
Form and shape
50. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Combined locomotor
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