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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Theatrical dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Postmodern dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
2. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Creative movement
Classical
Individual - group - or class
3. 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
Extension
Alignment
18th and 19th Centuries
4. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Force
Elements of dance
Late 20th Century
5. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Form and shape
Level
6. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Alignment
Range (of movement)
Syncopation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
7. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Styles of dance and movement
Native Americans
8. 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
Social dance styles
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Romantic Era
Social dance and mass culture
9. 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
Modern dance choreography
Dance post -1960s
Elevation
10. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Focus
Alignment
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Social dance styles
11. 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
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Social dance and mass culture
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Maypole dance
12. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Tempo
Meter
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Virtuoso dancing
13. 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.
Abstraction
Line
Dance - pointe
Native Americans
14. Gaze - floor - or away
Religious or ceremonial dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Syncopation
Focus
15. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Force
Rhapsodic rhythms
Space between dancers
Pirouette
16. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Body movement
Pas de deux
Syncopation
Postmodern dance
17. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Alignment
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Social dance styles
Nonlocomotor
18. 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
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Characteristics of folk dance
Elements of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
19. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Space between dancers
Square dancing and barn dancing
Flamenco dance
Barre
20. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Social dance
Body movement
Ballet
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
21. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Elements of dance: Force
The 8 basic steps
Level
22. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Pathway
Form and shape
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Choreography
23. Countable patterns
Cultural dances
Dance
Rhythm
Square dancing and barn dancing
24. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Late 20th Century
Ballet
Choreography
Pathway
25. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Lifts
Focus
Styles of dance and movement
26. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Movement materials
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Movements involved in the space element of dance
27. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance - pointe
Body movement
Creative movement
Dance activities should begin with these
28. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Allegro
Interactions between dancers
Folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
29. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Elements of dance: Time
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Attitude
Framework for dance activity instruction
30. Characteristics: circle form (rhythmic motion within a circle); use of imagery - Gender roles: war and hunting for men - seasons and planting for women; early accompaniment came from drums - harps - flutes - and chants
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Form and shape
Kinesthetic awareness
Level
31. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Ballet
Syncopation
Rhythm
32. 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
Historical forms of dance
Focus
Elements of dance: Time
33. 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 in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Modern dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
34. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
Modern dance
Cultural dances
Range
35. 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
Lifts
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance
Postmodern dance
36. 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
Late 20th Century
Folk dance
Pas de deux
Modern dance
37. Dancing on the toes
Elements of dance: Force
Rumba flamenco
Level
Pointe
38. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Form and Shape
Late 20th Century
Quality of Energy
39. Even or uneven beat
Syncopation
Focus
Flamenco dance
Beat
40. 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)
Romantic Era
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Dance
41. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Focus
Promenade
Elements of dance
Interactions between dancers
42. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Meter
Modern dance choreography
Dance activities should begin with these
43. 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
Level
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Interactions between dancers
Classical
44. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Minuet
Characteristics of folk dance
Romantic Era
45. 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
Form and shape
Styles of dance and movement
Modern dance choreography
Characteristics of folk dance
46. A 'passing' position in which the foot passes by the knee of the supporting leg - When this position is held - as in pirouettes - with the foot of the working leg resting against the knee of the supporting leg - it is known as retire
Extension
Passe
Social dance and mass culture
Native Americans
47. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Social dance styles
Space
Line
Attitude
48. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Square dancing and barn dancing
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Creative movement
Social dance styles
49. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dallet evolution
Rhythm
Allegro
50. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Elements of dance
Syncopation
Abstraction
Pirouette