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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. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Range (of movement)
Form and Shape
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Lifts
2. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Square dancing and barn dancing
Space
Kinesthetic awareness
Modern dance
3. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Tempo
Elements of dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Pointe
4. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Degree of Energy
Interactions between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Passe
5. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rhythm
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Syncopation
6. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Syncopation
Flamenco dance
Kinds of Levels
7. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Elements of dance
Direction
Martha Graham and psychodrama
8. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Level
Kinesthetic awareness
Level
Syncopation
9. 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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Folk dance
Elements of dance: Levels
10. 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
Syncopation
Cultural dances
Postmodern dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
11. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Minuet
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Styles of dance and movement
Space between dancers
12. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Combined locomotor
Minuet
Barre
13. Gaze - floor - or away
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Social dance styles
Focus
Religious or ceremonial dance
14. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Tempo
Elements of dance: Levels
Movement materials
Form and Shape
15. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Dance teaching - prep
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Pirouette
16. 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
Classical
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Improvisation
Spotting
17. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Alignment
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Barre
18. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Force
Other theatrical production
Kinds of Levels
Social dance
19. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Extension
Space between dancers
20. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Focus
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Level
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
21. 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
Extension
18th and 19th Centuries
Nonlocomotor
Social dance and mass culture
22. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Pas de deux
Forc
Classical
Rhapsodic rhythms
23. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
4 Elements of dance movements
Forc
24. Dancing on the toes
4 Elements of dance movements
Quality of Energy
Pointe
Minuet
25. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Pathway
Dance
26. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Form and Shape
Kinesthetic awareness
Cultural dances
Alignment
27. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Form and shape
Pathway
Abstraction
28. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Force
Framework for dance activity instruction
Arabesque
Flamenco dance
29. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Modern dance choreography
Creative movement
Force
Framework for dance activity instruction
30. Often danced on May Day in various European nations such as Germany and Sweden - taught in American schools today - The maypole is a tall pole decorated with floral garlands - flags - and streamers - Ribbons are attached to a pole - so that children
Maypole dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Pathway
Native Americans
31. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Promenade
18th and 19th Centuries
Well - known musical productions
32. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Late 20th Century
Combined locomotor
Dance - pointe
33. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Direction
Abstraction
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
34. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Meter
Well - known musical productions
Spotting
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
35. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Dance activities should begin with these
Square dancing and barn dancing
Level
Social dance styles
36. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Spotting
Body movement
Tempo
Dance post -1960s
37. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Pirouette
Line
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Focus
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
Meter
Beat
Dance teaching - prep
Barre
39. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Romantic Era
Direction
Movement materials
40. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Grand jete
41. 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
Grand jete
Dance teaching - prep
Virtuoso dancing
Allegro
42. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Modern dance choreography
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Meter
43. 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)
Line
Arabesque
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Level
44. 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
Dance post -1960s
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance teaching - floor pattern
45. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Dallet evolution
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Focus
Level
46. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Tempo
Direction
Religious or ceremonial dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
47. 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
Lifts
Pointe
Characteristics of folk dance
Range (of movement)
48. 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
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Forc
Classical
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
49. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Movement materials
Combined locomotor
Choreography
18th and 19th Centuries
50. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Historical forms of dance
Line
Alignment
Adagio