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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. 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
Degree of Energy
Alignment
Historical forms of dance
Styles of dance and movement
2. 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)
Spotting
Arabesque
Pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
3. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Arabesque
Level
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Time
4. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Direction
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Movement materials
Well - known musical productions
5. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
18th and 19th Centuries
Beat
Quality of Energy
Social dance styles
6. 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
Focus
Barre
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Meter
7. 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).
Level
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Quality of Energy
Dance teaching - floor pattern
8. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Line
Maypole dance
Interactions between dancers
Focus
9. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pointe
10. High - medium - or low
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Level
Space
Flamenco dance
11. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Syncopation
Other theatrical production
Barre
12. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Virtuoso dancing
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Pas de deux
Space
13. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
4 Elements of dance movements
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Space between dancers
14. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Cultural dances
15. Speed: fast or slow
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Tempo
Lifts
16. 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
Cultural dances
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Attitude
Minuet
17. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Modern dance
Flamenco dance
Elements of dance: Levels
18. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Social dance and mass culture
Folk dance
Dance teaching - prep
Abstraction
19. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Extension
Modern dance
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
20. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Well - known musical productions
Combined locomotor
Pathway
Level
21. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Force
Folk dance
22. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Dallet evolution
Direction
Syncopation
Tempo
23. 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
Beat
Passe
Dance activities should begin with these
Ballet
24. 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
Minuet
Promenade
Movement materials
25. 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
Play and sing with movement
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Form and Shape
26. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Focus
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dallet evolution
Well - known musical productions
27. 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
Late 20th Century
Social dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance post -1960s
28. 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
Combined locomotor
Religious or ceremonial dance
Spotting
Social dance
29. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Level
Kinesthetic awareness
30. Refers to the lexicon of dance as taught in the original academies - also used in reference to ballets as created during the Imperial Russian days - such as The Sleeping Beauty - The Nutcracker - and Swan Lake - also refers to a style of performing
Classical
Line
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Passe
31. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Rumba flamenco
Form and Shape
Syncopation
Pirouette
32. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Kinesthetic awareness
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Attitude
33. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Range (of movement)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elements of dance
34. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Rhapsodic rhythms
Level
Choreography
35. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Beat
Pathway
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Maypole dance
36. 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
Space
Meter
Grand jete
Pathway
37. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Pathway
Beat
Creative movement
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
38. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Modern dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Postmodern dance
39. Polka - square dances - historic dances
18th and 19th Centuries
Ballet
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Flamenco dance
40. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Elements of dance
Pathway
Movement materials
41. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Historical forms of dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Ballet
42. 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
Social dance styles
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Maypole dance
Combined locomotor
43. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Social dance and mass culture
Meter
Allegro
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
44. 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
Alignment
Abstraction
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Play and sing with movement
45. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Tempo
Dance teaching - prep
Elevation
Rhapsodic Rhythms
46. 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
Play and sing with movement
Form and Shape
Ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
47. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Creative movement
Dance - pointe
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Lifts
48. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Theatrical dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
49. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Improvisation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Rhapsodic rhythms
50. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Space between dancers
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
The 8 basic steps