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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. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Modern dance
The 8 basic steps
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
2. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Promenade
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Postmodern dance
3. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Ballet
18th and 19th Centuries
Pathway
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
4. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Space between dancers
Pointe
5. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Ballet
Modern dance
Native Americans
Level
6. 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)
Characteristics of folk dance
Modern dance choreography
Arabesque
Well - known musical productions
7. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Pas de deux
Quality of Energy
Force
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
8. 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
Range (of movement)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Improvisation
9. 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
Social dance
Ballet
Play and sing with movement
Direction
10. High - medium - or low
Level
Syncopation
Well - known musical productions
Popular historical dances that are often used today
11. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Degree of Energy
Other theatrical production
Late 20th Century
12. 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
Focus
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Pas de deux
Native Americans
13. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Creative movement
Modern dance
Grand jete
14. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dance - pointe
15. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Social dance and mass culture
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Pirouette
16. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Elevation
Improvisation
Focus
Dance - pointe
17. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Allegro
Square dancing and barn dancing
Virtuoso dancing
Elements of dance: Levels
18. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Adagio
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Minuet
Allegro
19. Gaze - Floor - Away
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Focus
Dance
Dance - pointe
20. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Attitude
Classical
Space between dancers
Body movement
21. Dancing on the toes
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Lifts
Other theatrical production
Pointe
22. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Elements of dance: Force
Modern dance
23. 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
Arabesque
Classical
Characteristics of folk dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
24. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Interactions between dancers
Dance - pointe
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance teaching - floor pattern
25. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Promenade
Ballet
Native Americans
26. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Religious or ceremonial dance
Range
Elements of dance: Time
Level
27. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Ballet
Improvisation
Level
28. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Theatrical dance
Pathway
Beat
Rhapsodic Rhythms
29. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Beat
Rumba flamenco
Forc
Minuet
30. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Rumba flamenco
Minuet
31. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Space between dancers
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Improvisation
32. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Choreography
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Syncopation
Abstraction
33. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Alignment
Kinds of Levels
Native Americans
34. 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
Dance activities should begin with these
Cultural dances
Social dance and mass culture
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
35. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Theatrical dance
Pointe
Martha Graham and psychodrama
36. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Modern dance choreography
Pointe
37. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Other theatrical production
Passe
Range (of movement)
Modern dance choreography
38. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Body movement
Cultural dances
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Ballet
39. 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
Focus
Barre
Elevation
Religious or ceremonial dance
40. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Pointe
41. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Kinds of Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Degree of Energy
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
42. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Abstraction
Folk dance
43. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Religious or ceremonial dance
Form and shape
Combined locomotor
Modern dance choreography
44. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Pas de deux
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
45. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
46. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Nonlocomotor
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Social dance styles
47. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Beat
Rumba flamenco
48. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Abstraction
Space
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Individual - group - or class
49. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Framework for dance activity instruction
Nonlocomotor
Flamenco dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
50. 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).
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Arabesque
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Well - known musical productions