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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. 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
Historical forms of dance
Modern dance choreography
Dallet evolution
Space between dancers
2. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Alignment
Pathway
The 8 basic steps
4 Elements of dance movements
3. Social dance - which celebrated births - special events - and rites of passage; ritual dance - which maintained tradition - religious rituals (temple dances) - and hunting magic; and fertility dance - which marked the changing seasons (especially for
Historical forms of dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dallet evolution
Modern dance
4. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Degree of Energy
18th and 19th Centuries
Renaissance (1400-1600)
5. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Ballet
Form and Shape
Meter
Elements of dance: Levels
6. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Syncopation
Pointe
Improvisation
7. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Rumba flamenco
8. 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.
Meter
Native Americans
Level
Pas de deux
9. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Barre
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Promenade
10. Dancing on the toes
Form and shape
Pointe
Allegro
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
11. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Body movement
Flamenco dance
12. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Passe
Kinesthetic awareness
Force
13. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
Pirouette
Arabesque
Allegro
14. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Nonlocomotor
Form and shape
18th and 19th Centuries
Line
15. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Pathway
Choreography
Forc
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
16. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dance teaching - prep
Dallet evolution
17. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Syncopation
Pathway
Play and sing with movement
Dance activities should begin with these
18. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Styles of dance and movement
Form and Shape
Other theatrical production
19. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Dallet evolution
Social dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements of dance
20. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Flamenco dance
Alignment
Spotting
Rumba flamenco
21. Countable patterns
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Characteristics of folk dance
22. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Classical
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Degree of Energy
23. 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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Nonlocomotor
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Quality of Energy
24. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Classical
Romantic Era
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
25. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Focus
Focus
Styles of dance and movement
Social dance styles
26. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Cultural dances
Interactions between dancers
Minuet
Dance teaching - prep
27. Speed: fast or slow
Other theatrical production
Force
Tempo
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
28. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Degree of Energy
Abstraction
Forc
Syncopation
29. 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
Pas de deux
Pathway
Modern dance choreography
Elements of dance: Force
30. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Level
Virtuoso dancing
Beat
31. 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
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Classical
Pirouette
32. 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
Syncopation
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Allegro
Classical
33. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Dallet evolution
Form and shape
Virtuoso dancing
Degree of Energy
34. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Form and shape
Spotting
35. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Extension
Rhapsodic rhythms
18th and 19th Centuries
4 Elements of dance movements
36. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Elements of dance: Time
Range
Spotting
37. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Characteristics of folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance post -1960s
38. 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
Cultural dances
Pas de deux
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Ballet
39. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Classical
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Minuet
Focus
40. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pirouette
Syncopation
Elevation
41. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Dance post -1960s
Kinesthetic awareness
42. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Force
Form and shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Elevation
43. 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
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Extension
Well - known musical productions
Choreography
44. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Allegro
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Well - known musical productions
Force
45. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Modern dance
Range (of movement)
Late 20th Century
Well - known musical productions
46. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Level
Dance post -1960s
Folk dance
Social dance styles
47. 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
Postmodern dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Grand jete
Alignment
48. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Choreography
Combined locomotor
49. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Lifts
Focus
Form and Shape
Elements of dance: Levels
50. 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
Native Americans
Play and sing with movement
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt