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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. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Elements of dance: Force
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
2. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Styles of dance and movement
Pathway
Movement materials
3. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
The 8 basic steps
Syncopation
4. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Nonlocomotor
Modern dance
Range (of movement)
5. High - medium - or low
Postmodern dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Level
6. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Quality of Energy
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Meter
7. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Elements of dance: Time
18th and 19th Centuries
Interactions between dancers
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
8. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
9. A period from about 1820 to 1870 in which ballet was characterized primarily by supernatural subject matter - long white tutus - dancing on the toes - and theatrical innovations that permitted the dimming of the house lights for theatrical illusion
Minuet
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Romantic Era
10. Gaze - Floor - Away
Pas de deux
Elements of dance: Time
Social dance
Focus
11. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance activities should begin with these
Historical forms of dance
12. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Allegro
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Romantic Era
13. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Framework for dance activity instruction
Modern dance
Dance post -1960s
Grand jete
14. 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
Form and Shape
Creative movement
Combined locomotor
15. 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
Postmodern dance
Tempo
Other theatrical production
Attitude
16. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Degree of Energy
Grand jete
Flamenco dance
17. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Folk dance
Pointe
Extension
Pathway
18. Must include these four factors: Dance movements must predate the 19th century - Dance is performed by peasants or royalty - The choreography is derived from tradition - There is no teacher
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Ballet
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dance teaching - floor pattern
19. 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
Dance teaching - prep
Modern dance
Dallet evolution
20. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Syncopation
Dallet evolution
Native Americans
21. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Social dance
Level
Forc
22. 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
Space
Play and sing with movement
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
23. 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 teaching - floor pattern
Meter
Nonlocomotor
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
24. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Syncopation
Combined locomotor
Postmodern dance
25. A leap from one leg to the other in which the working leg is kicked or thrown away from the body and into the air; the pose achieved in the air differs - a does the direction the leap takes
Grand jete
Direction
The 8 basic steps
Postmodern dance
26. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Alignment
Tempo
Combined locomotor
Lifts
27. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Arabesque
Individual - group - or class
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Choreography
28. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Interactions between dancers
Dance activities should begin with these
Theatrical dance
Direction
29. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Classical
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Elements of dance: Time
Adagio
30. 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
Kinesthetic awareness
Elements of dance: Time
Social dance and mass culture
31. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
4 Elements of dance movements
Rumba flamenco
Form and shape
Virtuoso dancing
32. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Level
Pointe
Kinesthetic awareness
Kinds of Levels
33. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Range
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
34. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Nonlocomotor
Play and sing with movement
35. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Alignment
Social dance styles
Focus
36. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Virtuoso dancing
Kinesthetic awareness
Combined locomotor
37. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Elements of dance: Time
Syncopation
Beat
38. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Kinds of Levels
Elements of dance: Levels
39. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Dallet evolution
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Elements of dance: Time
Grand jete
40. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Flamenco dance
Level
41. Pantomime/dance expression
Kinesthetic awareness
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Minuet
42. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dance
Body movement
Kinesthetic awareness
43. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
The 8 basic steps
Pointe
44. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Styles of dance and movement
Space between dancers
Syncopation
Form and Shape
45. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Passe
Pathway
Line
Movements involved in the space element of dance
46. 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
Native Americans
Styles of dance and movement
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Martha Graham and psychodrama
47. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Pathway
Line
Space between dancers
48. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Maypole dance
Direction
Theatrical dance
Space
49. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Modern dance
Social dance styles
Line
50. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Pirouette
Rhapsodic rhythms
Historical forms of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan