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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Level
Choreography
The 8 basic steps
2. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Beat
3. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Religious or ceremonial dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Nonlocomotor
Late 20th Century
4. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Social dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Tempo
5. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Barre
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance teaching - floor pattern
6. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Elements of dance
Direction
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Framework for dance activity instruction
7. 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
Improvisation
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Historical forms of dance
Spotting
8. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Folk dance
Lifts
Body movement
9. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Quality of Energy
Space
Theatrical dance
10. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Syncopation
Pas de deux
11. Gaze - Floor - Away
18th and 19th Centuries
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Choreography
Focus
12. 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
Extension
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements of dance: Time
Square dancing and barn dancing
13. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Barre
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Extension
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
14. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Pas de deux
Virtuoso dancing
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dance - pointe
15. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Range
Native Americans
Abstraction
Modern dance
16. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Ballet
Rhapsodic rhythms
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance post -1960s
17. 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 - pointe
Styles of dance and movement
Cultural dances
Movement materials
18. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Postmodern dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Line
19. 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
Theatrical dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Tempo
20. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance activities should begin with these
Classical
21. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Dance teaching - prep
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
22. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Adagio
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
23. 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
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance teaching - prep
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Combined locomotor
24. 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
Range (of movement)
Attitude
Arabesque
Combined locomotor
25. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Modern dance
Pathway
Play and sing with movement
Dance
26. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Pointe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Pathway
Dallet evolution
27. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Elements of dance
Space between dancers
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
28. Movement without previous planning
Social dance
Individual - group - or class
Improvisation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
29. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Theatrical dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance
30. 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
Pathway
Pas de deux
Syncopation
Styles of dance and movement
31. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Beat
Framework for dance activity instruction
Rhapsodic Rhythms
32. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Combined locomotor
Allegro
Modern dance
Rumba flamenco
33. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Elements of dance: Force
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Lifts
34. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Beat
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
35. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Virtuoso dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Choreography
36. 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
Spotting
Dance - pointe
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pas de deux
37. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Ballet
4 Elements of dance movements
Nonlocomotor
Level
38. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Attitude
Dance activities should begin with these
Romantic Era
39. Based upon the subjective interpretation of internalized feelings - emotions - and moods - Unlike formal ballet - this is often unstructured and makes deliberate use of gravity and body weight to enhance movement - It also encourages students to expr
Modern dance choreography
Social dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Meter
40. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Level
Degree of Energy
Modern dance
Cultural dances
41. 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
Rhythm
Space between dancers
Late 20th Century
Ballet
42. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Social dance and mass culture
Square dancing and barn dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
43. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Line
Pathway
Postmodern dance
Social dance
44. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Social dance
Pathway
Dance post -1960s
45. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Social dance and mass culture
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Tempo
Framework for dance activity instruction
46. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dallet evolution
Dance teaching - floor pattern
47. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Abstraction
Range (of movement)
Other theatrical production
48. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Grand jete
Other theatrical production
Elements of dance: Time
Ballet
49. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Level
Space
Form and shape
Late 20th Century
50. Dancing on the toes
Pointe
Styles of dance and movement
Square dancing and barn dancing
Minuet