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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. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Movement materials
2. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Dallet evolution
Characteristics of folk dance
Nonlocomotor
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
3. Dancing on the toes
Space between dancers
Pointe
Late 20th Century
Choreography
4. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Level
Well - known musical productions
Dance activities should begin with these
The 8 basic steps
5. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Syncopation
Kinesthetic awareness
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
6. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Nonlocomotor
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Cultural dances
Dance teaching - floor pattern
7. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Choreography
Kinds of Levels
Focus
Level
8. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Space
Quality of Energy
Elevation
9. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
4 Elements of dance movements
10. 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)
Late 20th Century
Arabesque
Adagio
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
11. Quality of energy: sustained (smooth) - suspended (light) - swing (under - curve) - sway (over - curve) - collapsed (loose) - percussive (sharp) - or vibrate (shudder) - Degree of energy: strong - weak - heavy - light - dynamic - static - flowing - o
Range
Elements of dance: Time
Elements of dance: Force
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
12. Countable patterns
Range
Rhythm
Framework for dance activity instruction
Rhapsodic Rhythms
13. 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
Direction
Focus
Dallet evolution
Late 20th Century
14. Raising the leg to a straightened position with the foot very high above the ground; the ability to lift and hold the leg in position of the ground
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Elevation
Level
Extension
15. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Modern dance choreography
Maypole dance
Meter
16. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Religious or ceremonial dance
Minuet
Postmodern dance
17. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Dance - pointe
The 8 basic steps
Social dance styles
Direction
18. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Rhapsodic rhythms
Postmodern dance
Dance post -1960s
19. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Flamenco dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Grand jete
20. 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
Pathway
Modern dance choreography
Romantic Era
Form and Shape
21. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Space between dancers
Beat
Dallet evolution
Space
22. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Postmodern dance
Lifts
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Direction
23. Movement without previous planning
Quality of Energy
Styles of dance and movement
Improvisation
Beat
24. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Rumba flamenco
Range (of movement)
Social dance and mass culture
25. 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
Movement materials
Modern dance
Pas de deux
Combined locomotor
26. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Focus
Creative movement
Modern dance
Movement materials
27. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Adagio
Square dancing and barn dancing
Promenade
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
28. 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
Creative movement
Direction
Modern dance
29. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Body movement
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
30. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Forc
Folk dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Body movement
31. 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
Modern dance choreography
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Pointe
Cultural dances
32. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Theatrical dance
Postmodern dance
Well - known musical productions
Other theatrical production
33. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Virtuoso dancing
Individual - group - or class
Elements of dance: Force
34. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Elements of dance: Time
Form and shape
Other theatrical production
Dance post -1960s
35. 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 teaching - prep
Maypole dance
Rumba flamenco
Passe
36. 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
Syncopation
Range
Modern dance choreography
Historical forms of dance
37. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Forc
Maypole dance
Modern dance
Late 20th Century
38. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Kinesthetic awareness
Cultural dances
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Folk dance
39. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
The 8 basic steps
Promenade
Body movement
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
40. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Attitude
Forc
Modern dance
Elevation
41. 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 teaching - key words and counts
Meter
Framework for dance activity instruction
Movement materials
42. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Social dance
Allegro
Dance activities should begin with these
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
43. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Space
Combined locomotor
Historical forms of dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
44. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Range
Quality of Energy
45. 1. Originated with the Andalusian Gypsies in Spain 2. Forceful rhythms 3. Hand clapping 4. Rapid foot movements 5. Use of castanets 6. Colorful costumes
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Folk dance
Flamenco dance
Range (of movement)
46. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Flamenco dance
Space between dancers
Allegro
Focus
47. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Modern dance
Quality of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Creative movement
48. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Flamenco dance
Attitude
Dance activities should begin with these
Historical forms of dance
49. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Range
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Passe
50. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance teaching - key words and counts
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Passe