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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Attitude
Dallet evolution
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
2. 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
Dance
Body movement
Historical forms of dance
Maypole dance
3. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Direction
Movement materials
Interactions between dancers
Abstraction
4. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Postmodern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
5. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Beat
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Native Americans
6. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Pathway
Level
Improvisation
Social dance
7. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Combined locomotor
Dallet evolution
Direction
8. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Well - known musical productions
Folk dance
Passe
Rhapsodic Rhythms
9. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Historical forms of dance
Space
Elements of dance
10. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Force
Spotting
Promenade
Elevation
11. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Elements of dance: Time
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Meter
12. 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
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Form and shape
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Force
13. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Nonlocomotor
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance post -1960s
14. 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
Social dance styles
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Ballet
15. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Movement materials
Romantic Era
Square dancing and barn dancing
16. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Ballet
Syncopation
Native Americans
Choreography
17. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Beat
Barre
Rhapsodic rhythms
18. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Elements of dance: Force
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Direction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
19. Countable patterns
Minuet
Rhythm
Lifts
Spotting
20. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
21. 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
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Attitude
Combined locomotor
22. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Grand jete
Native Americans
Modern dance
23. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Theatrical dance
Degree of Energy
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
24. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Elements of dance: Time
Dance post -1960s
Social dance styles
Abstraction
25. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Cultural dances
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Quality of Energy
Combined locomotor
26. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Nonlocomotor
Rhapsodic rhythms
Extension
Grand jete
27. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
4 Elements of dance movements
Body movement
Creative movement
28. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Grand jete
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Meter
Modern dance
29. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Spotting
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance activities should begin with these
30. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Theatrical dance
Nonlocomotor
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
31. 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
Grand jete
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Postmodern dance
32. 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.
Native Americans
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Rhythm
Quality of Energy
33. 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
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Characteristics of folk dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
34. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Quality of Energy
Styles of dance and movement
Late 20th Century
35. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Kinesthetic awareness
Dance - pointe
Individual - group - or class
Martha Graham and psychodrama
36. Even or uneven beat
Play and sing with movement
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Beat
Pathway
37. High - medium - or low
Form and shape
Level
Form and Shape
Elements of dance: Force
38. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
The 8 basic steps
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
39. Gaze - floor - or away
Modern dance
Creative movement
Syncopation
Focus
40. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Range
Individual - group - or class
Range (of movement)
Spotting
41. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Line
Movement materials
Nonlocomotor
Choreography
42. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Minuet
Alignment
Range (of movement)
Individual - group - or class
43. Dancing on the toes
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Modern dance
Pointe
44. 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
Level
Passe
Dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
45. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Attitude
Cultural dances
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
46. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Elements of dance
Extension
Allegro
47. 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
Tempo
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
48. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Well - known musical productions
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance
49. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Framework for dance activity instruction
Religious or ceremonial dance
Beat
50. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Grand jete
Modern dance