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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. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Form and Shape
Elements of dance: Force
Dance activities should begin with these
2. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Adagio
Extension
Classical
3. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Extension
Beat
Pas de deux
Movements involved in the space element of dance
4. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Modern dance choreography
Range
Dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
5. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance
Direction
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Modern dance
6. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Pathway
Line
7. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dallet evolution
18th and 19th Centuries
Well - known musical productions
8. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Virtuoso dancing
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Form and Shape
9. 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
Postmodern dance
Movement materials
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Lifts
10. 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
Social dance styles
Religious or ceremonial dance
Social dance and mass culture
Quality of Energy
11. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
4 Elements of dance movements
Social dance styles
Minuet
12. Speed: fast or slow
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Tempo
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Adagio
13. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Level
Range
Virtuoso dancing
14. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Rhapsodic rhythms
Spotting
Level
15. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Play and sing with movement
Other theatrical production
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Interactions between dancers
16. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Barre
Nonlocomotor
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Kinesthetic awareness
17. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Movement materials
Form and shape
Tempo
Body movement
18. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Force
Rhapsodic Rhythms
19. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Folk dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Pirouette
20. 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
Movement materials
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Grand jete
Minuet
21. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Modern dance
Grand jete
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
22. Pantomime/dance expression
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - key words and counts
23. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Historical forms of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Allegro
24. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Elements of dance: Time
Pirouette
Native Americans
25. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Social dance
Social dance and mass culture
Play and sing with movement
26. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pathway
Form and Shape
Dallet evolution
27. A term coined in the 1960s by those who wanted to create movement outside the influences of any of the then - traditional modern dance pioneers - such as Cunningham - Graham - Humphrey - Lim
Postmodern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Forc
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
28. 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
Elements of dance: Time
Elevation
Level
29. 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.
Dance activities should begin with these
Individual - group - or class
Native Americans
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
30. 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)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Abstraction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
31. 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
Beat
Theatrical dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
32. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Social dance
Native Americans
Modern dance choreography
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
33. 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
Forc
Other theatrical production
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
34. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Styles of dance and movement
Syncopation
Allegro
35. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Passe
Romantic Era
Syncopation
Direction
36. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Theatrical dance
Pathway
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Pas de deux
37. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Direction
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Late 20th Century
38. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Social dance styles
Rumba flamenco
Other theatrical production
Individual - group - or class
39. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Theatrical dance
Quality of Energy
Kinesthetic awareness
40. 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
Quality of Energy
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Pas de deux
Creative movement
41. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Romantic Era
Social dance
Styles of dance and movement
42. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Attitude
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
18th and 19th Centuries
43. Countable patterns
Combined locomotor
Spotting
Dance teaching - prep
Rhythm
44. 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
Play and sing with movement
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Maypole dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
45. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Degree of Energy
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Rhapsodic rhythms
Martha Graham and psychodrama
46. 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
Degree of Energy
4 Elements of dance movements
Play and sing with movement
Elements of dance: Force
47. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Kinds of Levels
Arabesque
48. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Alignment
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Force
Focus
49. 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
Cultural dances
Range
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Direction
50. 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
Body movement
Arabesque
Flamenco dance
Dallet evolution