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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. 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
Theatrical dance
Spotting
Forc
2. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Meter
Modern dance
Grand jete
Force
3. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Dance post -1960s
The 8 basic steps
Romantic Era
Social dance
4. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Choreography
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance teaching - floor pattern
5. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Styles of dance and movement
Creative movement
Space
Theatrical dance
6. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
4 Elements of dance movements
Social dance styles
Religious or ceremonial dance
7. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Syncopation
Religious or ceremonial dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
8. 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
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Promenade
Kinesthetic awareness
Historical forms of dance
9. 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)
Dance teaching - prep
Modern dance choreography
Social dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
10. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Dance teaching - floor pattern
18th and 19th Centuries
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pointe
11. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Nonlocomotor
Line
The 8 basic steps
Pathway
12. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Native Americans
Pointe
Pathway
Line
13. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Folk dance
Individual - group - or class
Postmodern dance
Combined locomotor
14. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Form and shape
Attitude
Framework for dance activity instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
15. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Combined locomotor
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance post -1960s
16. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Focus
Social dance styles
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Kinds of Levels
17. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Pirouette
Extension
Dance post -1960s
Modern dance choreography
18. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Well - known musical productions
Creative movement
Pointe
Tempo
19. 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
Space between dancers
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Late 20th Century
20. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Pirouette
Kinesthetic awareness
Dallet evolution
21. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Romantic Era
Allegro
Syncopation
Creative movement
22. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Individual - group - or class
Meter
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
23. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Interactions between dancers
Characteristics of folk dance
24. Must include these four factors: Dance movements must predate the 19th century - Dance is performed by peasants or royalty - The choreography is derived from tradition - There is no teacher
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Range
Maypole dance
Rhythm
25. 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
The 8 basic steps
Classical
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Kinesthetic awareness
26. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Dance - pointe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Allegro
Kinds of Levels
27. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Range (of movement)
Theatrical dance
Promenade
28. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Arabesque
Interactions between dancers
Quality of Energy
Promenade
29. Speed: fast or slow
Syncopation
Tempo
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Social dance and mass culture
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
Modern dance choreography
Other theatrical production
Grand jete
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
31. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Syncopation
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Framework for dance activity instruction
32. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Interactions between dancers
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Virtuoso dancing
Pathway
33. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Level
Barre
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
34. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Square dancing and barn dancing
Adagio
35. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Minuet
Virtuoso dancing
Extension
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
36. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Classical
Focus
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Levels
37. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Modern dance
Forc
Characteristics of folk dance
38. 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
Rumba flamenco
4 Elements of dance movements
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
39. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Promenade
Form and shape
40. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Adagio
Promenade
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Syncopation
41. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Dallet evolution
Religious or ceremonial dance
Classical
Elevation
42. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Dance - pointe
Social dance and mass culture
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Grand jete
43. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Arabesque
Spotting
44. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Range
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Styles of dance and movement
45. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
18th and 19th Centuries
Movement materials
Elements of dance: Levels
46. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Modern dance choreography
Modern dance
Native Americans
47. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Tempo
Form and Shape
Styles of dance and movement
Other theatrical production
48. 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
Ballet
Forc
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Social dance and mass culture
49. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Rhapsodic rhythms
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Promenade
Other theatrical production
50. 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.
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Social dance and mass culture
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Native Americans