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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. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Rhapsodic rhythms
2. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Alignment
Rhythm
3. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Rumba flamenco
Abstraction
Pathway
Individual - group - or class
4. 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
Promenade
Spotting
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
5. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Rumba flamenco
Alignment
Force
6. 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
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance teaching - prep
Classical
7. 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
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - prep
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
8. 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
Social dance styles
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Postmodern dance
Movement materials
9. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Flamenco dance
10. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Elements of dance: Time
Creative movement
Nonlocomotor
Pirouette
11. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Flamenco dance
Space between dancers
Pathway
12. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Barre
Improvisation
Elements of dance: Time
Play and sing with movement
13. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Postmodern dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Dallet evolution
14. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Social dance styles
Theatrical dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
15. 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
Forc
Native Americans
Characteristics of folk dance
Modern dance
16. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Abstraction
Nonlocomotor
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
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
Modern dance choreography
Creative movement
Dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
18. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Flamenco dance
Interactions between dancers
Framework for dance activity instruction
Forc
19. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Theatrical dance
Elevation
20. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Minuet
Folk dance
Level
Classical
21. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Barre
Historical forms of dance
Degree of Energy
Modern dance
22. 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
Ballet
Spotting
Elements of dance: Force
Attitude
23. Wide - narrow - big - or little
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Attitude
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Range
24. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Ballet
Rhapsodic rhythms
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
25. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Line
Religious or ceremonial dance
Social dance and mass culture
Movement materials
26. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
4 Elements of dance movements
Space
Barre
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
27. The Church attempted to restrict pagan dance - often associated with fertility - but folk dances evolved from earlier ritual dance (e.g. - Maypole dance; origins in primitive fertility rituals [dancing around a pole]; associated with spring)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Improvisation
Elements of dance: Force
Direction
28. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Minuet
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
The 8 basic steps
29. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Rhapsodic rhythms
Framework for dance activity instruction
Level
Focus
30. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
18th and 19th Centuries
Syncopation
31. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Other theatrical production
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dallet evolution
Dance - pointe
32. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Grand jete
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Native Americans
33. 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.
Play and sing with movement
Kinesthetic awareness
Native Americans
Maypole dance
34. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Form and Shape
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Passe
35. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Attitude
Rumba flamenco
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Styles of dance and movement
36. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Space
Modern dance
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - prep
37. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Quality of Energy
38. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Level
39. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Quality of Energy
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Elements of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
40. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Elements of dance: Time
Abstraction
Cultural dances
41. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Square dancing and barn dancing
Elements of dance: Force
Lifts
Promenade
42. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Social dance and mass culture
Beat
43. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Interactions between dancers
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Modern dance
44. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Rhythm
Line
Choreography
Arabesque
45. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Adagio
Social dance and mass culture
Syncopation
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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Elements of dance: Force
47. 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
Pointe
Flamenco dance
Focus
Ballet
48. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Direction
Adagio
Square dancing and barn dancing
49. 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
Kinds of Levels
Flamenco dance
Choreography
Late 20th Century
50. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Quality of Energy
Dance
Range
Other theatrical production