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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. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Form and shape
Range (of movement)
Adagio
2. 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
Meter
Social dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
3. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Space
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Framework for dance activity instruction
Classical
4. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Attitude
Degree of Energy
Dallet evolution
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
5. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Form and shape
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Promenade
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
6. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dallet evolution
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Social dance
7. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Dance post -1960s
Abstraction
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
8. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Pas de deux
Dance teaching - floor pattern
18th and 19th Centuries
Level
9. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Focus
Arabesque
Rumba flamenco
Dance post -1960s
10. 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
Classical
Force
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pathway
11. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Virtuoso dancing
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Kinds of Levels
12. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Passe
Historical forms of dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
13. Have the dancers walk through the floor pattern. Then combine the steps with the floor pattern - first without music - and then with music (remember that not all dances have a set floor pattern).
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Framework for dance activity instruction
14. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Other theatrical production
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance
Play and sing with movement
15. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Movement materials
Tempo
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
16. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Space
Classical
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Elements of dance: Levels
17. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance
Maypole dance
18. 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
Rumba flamenco
Romantic Era
Attitude
Dance activities should begin with these
19. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Pas de deux
Form and shape
18th and 19th Centuries
Minuet
20. Speed: fast or slow
Beat
Tempo
Cultural dances
Virtuoso dancing
21. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Characteristics of folk dance
Styles of dance and movement
Religious or ceremonial dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
22. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Interactions between dancers
Pas de deux
Romantic Era
Alignment
23. Intense movement often depicting pain - fear - and love; dance forms 'sculptured' by human body positions; contraction and release of the torso - 'fall and recover'; angular gestures; schools and dance companies
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Framework for dance activity instruction
Creative movement
Elevation
24. 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
Tempo
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Elements of dance: Time
25. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Elements of dance: Time
Beat
Body movement
Adagio
26. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Syncopation
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
27. '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 - floor pattern
Pirouette
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Grand jete
28. 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
Elevation
18th and 19th Centuries
Line
29. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Extension
Lifts
Range
18th and 19th Centuries
30. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Nonlocomotor
Form and Shape
31. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Rhythm
Pointe
Dance activities should begin with these
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
32. 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
Social dance
Space between dancers
18th and 19th Centuries
Historical forms of dance
33. Even or uneven beat
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Beat
34. 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
Alignment
Quality of Energy
Dance teaching - prep
Focus
35. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Social dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Kinds of Levels
Theatrical dance
36. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Lifts
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historical forms of dance
37. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Focus
Dance
Degree of Energy
Postmodern dance
38. 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
Play and sing with movement
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Range (of movement)
Passe
39. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Allegro
Dance - pointe
40. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Space
Minuet
Social dance styles
Romantic Era
41. Dancing on the toes
Flamenco dance
Dallet evolution
Pointe
Popular historical dances that are often used today
42. Gaze - Floor - Away
Focus
Dance
Arabesque
Play and sing with movement
43. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Spotting
Movement materials
Line
Creative movement
44. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Flamenco dance
45. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pathway
Late 20th Century
46. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Modern dance
Ballet
Dance post -1960s
Range (of movement)
47. Gaze - floor - or away
Nonlocomotor
Pathway
Elements of dance
Focus
48. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Barre
Folk dance
49. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Pas de deux
50. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Elements of dance: Force
Postmodern dance