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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. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Combined locomotor
Syncopation
2. Gaze - floor - or away
Rhapsodic rhythms
Renaissance (1400-1600)
18th and 19th Centuries
Focus
3. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Characteristics of folk dance
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Folk dance
4. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Religious or ceremonial dance
Form and Shape
5. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Minuet
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Social dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
6. 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
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Maypole dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Combined locomotor
7. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Allegro
Dance - pointe
Theatrical dance
Passe
8. 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
Movement materials
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Individual - group - or class
Elevation
9. 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
Form and Shape
Syncopation
Styles of dance and movement
Play and sing with movement
10. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Arabesque
Postmodern dance
11. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Minuet
Focus
12. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Cultural dances
Spotting
Syncopation
Square dancing and barn dancing
13. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Space
14. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance activities should begin with these
15. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
Choreography
Religious or ceremonial dance
Elements of dance: Levels
16. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Dance post -1960s
Classical
17. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Classical
Alignment
Dance teaching - prep
Adagio
18. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Kinesthetic awareness
19. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Passe
Kinds of Levels
20. 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
Movement materials
Postmodern dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Flamenco dance
21. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Body movement
22. 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
Kinds of Levels
The 8 basic steps
Pas de deux
Level
23. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Pointe
Flamenco dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dance
24. 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
Minuet
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Tempo
25. Pantomime/dance expression
Well - known musical productions
Combined locomotor
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
26. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Range (of movement)
Lifts
27. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Dallet evolution
Pirouette
Social dance
Elements of dance: Time
28. 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
Form and shape
Modern dance
Attitude
Pas de deux
29. 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
Dallet evolution
Styles of dance and movement
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elements of dance: Time
30. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Social dance
Quality of Energy
Pirouette
Rhapsodic rhythms
31. 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
Interactions between dancers
Focus
Pathway
32. 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
Modern dance choreography
Historical forms of dance
Social dance and mass culture
Rhythm
33. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Flamenco dance
Level
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Lifts
34. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Postmodern dance
Late 20th Century
Pirouette
35. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Rhythm
4 Elements of dance movements
Characteristics of folk dance
Form and Shape
36. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Elements of dance
Social dance styles
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
37. 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.
Elements of dance: Time
Alignment
Creative movement
Native Americans
38. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Pathway
Elements of dance
Quality of Energy
39. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Space
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dallet evolution
40. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Social dance
Pathway
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
41. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Well - known musical productions
Kinds of Levels
Attitude
42. 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
Grand jete
Cultural dances
Space between dancers
Barre
43. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Syncopation
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
44. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Beat
Dallet evolution
Other theatrical production
Spotting
45. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Focus
Virtuoso dancing
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
46. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Folk dance
Styles of dance and movement
Movement materials
47. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Allegro
Syncopation
48. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Historical forms of dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
49. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Historical forms of dance
Arabesque
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Space
50. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Modern dance choreography
Spotting
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements of dance