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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
The 8 basic steps
Allegro
Elements of dance: Levels
2. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Spotting
Folk dance
Social dance and mass culture
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
3. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Dance post -1960s
Virtuoso dancing
Lifts
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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Classical
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Allegro
5. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Kinesthetic awareness
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dance teaching - prep
Meter
6. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Rumba flamenco
Historical forms of dance
Dallet evolution
Lifts
7. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Space between dancers
Quality of Energy
Elements of dance: Force
8. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Elements of dance: Force
Line
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
9. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Postmodern dance
Play and sing with movement
Combined locomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
10. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Elements of dance: Time
Kinds of Levels
Spotting
11. 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
Ballet
Modern dance
Force
Dance teaching - floor pattern
12. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Virtuoso dancing
Pointe
Historical forms of dance
4 Elements of dance movements
13. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Classical
Dance teaching - prep
Quality of Energy
Rhapsodic Rhythms
14. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Beat
Social dance and mass culture
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
15. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Degree of Energy
Modern dance choreography
Range
Beat
16. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Dance - pointe
Rhapsodic rhythms
Allegro
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
17. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Elements of dance: Force
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Movement materials
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
18. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Range
Elements of dance
Improvisation
Tempo
19. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Square dancing and barn dancing
Classical
Creative movement
Pirouette
20. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Styles of dance and movement
Well - known musical productions
21. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Meter
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Well - known musical productions
22. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
23. 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)
Play and sing with movement
Arabesque
Dance post -1960s
Creative movement
24. High - medium - or low
Individual - group - or class
Meter
Force
Level
25. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Abstraction
Force
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Modern dance
26. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Kinesthetic awareness
Range (of movement)
Choreography
27. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Syncopation
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
28. 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
Late 20th Century
Other theatrical production
Individual - group - or class
29. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Kinesthetic awareness
Space between dancers
Ballet
Passe
30. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Pathway
Dance teaching - floor pattern
31. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Forc
Spotting
Kinds of Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
32. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Social dance and mass culture
Rhapsodic rhythms
Martha Graham and psychodrama
33. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Social dance
Pas de deux
Folk dance
34. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Direction
Line
Social dance
Form and shape
35. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Lifts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
36. 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
Line
Cultural dances
Range (of movement)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
37. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Choreography
Dance
38. 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
Barre
Modern dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Postmodern dance
39. Dancing on the toes
Attitude
Syncopation
Pointe
Body movement
40. 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
Dallet evolution
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Rhapsodic rhythms
Religious or ceremonial dance
41. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Form and Shape
Elements of dance: Force
Focus
Pirouette
42. 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
Pathway
Maypole dance
Dance teaching - prep
Rumba flamenco
43. 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
Dallet evolution
18th and 19th Centuries
Movements involved in the space element of dance
44. 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
Classical
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Extension
45. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Late 20th Century
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance activities should begin with these
Flamenco dance
46. 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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Tempo
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Elements of dance: Force
47. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Space
Adagio
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Folk dance
48. Gaze - Floor - Away
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Form and shape
Pathway
Focus
49. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Postmodern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
The 8 basic steps
50. Gaze - floor - or away
Passe
Level
Line
Focus
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