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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Pathway
Combined locomotor
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Ballet
2. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Well - known musical productions
Folk dance
Arabesque
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
3. 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
Dance
Elements of dance: Time
Attitude
Play and sing with movement
4. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Level
Styles of dance and movement
Social dance styles
Direction
5. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Classical
Rhapsodic rhythms
Kinesthetic awareness
Grand jete
6. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Range
7. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Ballet
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Promenade
Space
8. Even or uneven beat
Framework for dance activity instruction
Beat
Historical forms of dance
Dallet evolution
9. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Pirouette
Square dancing and barn dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Postmodern dance
10. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Classical
Choreography
Social dance styles
Line
11. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Kinds of Levels
Movement materials
Adagio
12. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Body movement
Social dance
Lifts
Alignment
13. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Passe
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
14. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Theatrical dance
Social dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Kinesthetic awareness
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
Individual - group - or class
Folk dance
Elements of dance
Modern dance choreography
16. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
The 8 basic steps
Allegro
Forc
Rhapsodic Rhythms
17. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Styles of dance and movement
Elements of dance: Time
Modern dance choreography
Modern dance
18. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Elements of dance: Time
Body movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
19. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Promenade
Well - known musical productions
Forc
Flamenco dance
20. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dance post -1960s
Form and Shape
21. 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
Classical
Passe
Form and shape
Creative movement
22. 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
Syncopation
Interactions between dancers
Styles of dance and movement
Space
23. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance activities should begin with these
Pirouette
Movements involved in the space element of dance
24. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Creative movement
25. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Square dancing and barn dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Adagio
26. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Focus
Flamenco dance
Abstraction
Individual - group - or class
27. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Dance activities should begin with these
Folk dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Late 20th Century
28. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Romantic Era
Syncopation
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance - pointe
29. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rumba flamenco
Elements of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Improvisation
30. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Virtuoso dancing
Elements of dance: Levels
Barre
31. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Romantic Era
Kinesthetic awareness
Kinds of Levels
32. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Form and Shape
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Syncopation
Pathway
33. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Allegro
Degree of Energy
Social dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
34. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Allegro
Body movement
Modern dance choreography
35. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Flamenco dance
Classical
Degree of Energy
Social dance
36. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Modern dance
Level
Social dance
37. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
4 Elements of dance movements
Social dance
Folk dance
Barre
38. Dancing on the toes
Focus
Pointe
Dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
39. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Kinesthetic awareness
Range (of movement)
Social dance and mass culture
40. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Elements of dance: Time
Maypole dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
41. Movement without previous planning
Folk dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Social dance
Improvisation
42. 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
Focus
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Virtuoso dancing
43. 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
Barre
Theatrical dance
Pas de deux
Tempo
44. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Promenade
Dance post -1960s
Framework for dance activity instruction
Spotting
45. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Promenade
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Syncopation
Lifts
46. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Religious or ceremonial dance
Adagio
Dance teaching - prep
The 8 basic steps
47. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Degree of Energy
Individual - group - or class
Modern dance
Late 20th Century
48. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Quality of Energy
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
49. 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
Promenade
Dallet evolution
Dance teaching - prep
Elements of dance
50. 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
Social dance and mass culture
Nonlocomotor
Dance teaching - prep
Ballet