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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Interactions between dancers
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Folk dance
2. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Social dance
Dance post -1960s
3. Countable patterns
Individual - group - or class
Modern dance
Pointe
Rhythm
4. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Alignment
Play and sing with movement
Rumba flamenco
5. 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
Spotting
Styles of dance and movement
Choreography
Grand jete
6. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Quality of Energy
Promenade
Well - known musical productions
7. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Grand jete
Syncopation
8. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Form and shape
Attitude
Elements of dance
9. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Force
Pathway
10. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Creative movement
Choreography
Other theatrical production
Elements of dance: Time
11. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Play and sing with movement
Interactions between dancers
Combined locomotor
12. 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
Ballet
Barre
Cultural dances
Elements of dance: Levels
13. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Elements of dance: Time
Play and sing with movement
Focus
14. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Flamenco dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Classical
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
15. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Allegro
Forc
Postmodern dance
16. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Flamenco dance
Movement materials
Postmodern dance
17. Gaze - floor - or away
Space
Focus
Modern dance
Interactions between dancers
18. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Grand jete
Kinds of Levels
4 Elements of dance movements
Pas de deux
19. Gaze - Floor - Away
Dance teaching - prep
Styles of dance and movement
Combined locomotor
Focus
20. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Tempo
21. Dancing on the toes
Attitude
Characteristics of folk dance
Romantic Era
Pointe
22. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Pirouette
Social dance and mass culture
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
23. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Dance teaching - prep
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Allegro
24. 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
Range (of movement)
Syncopation
Attitude
Ballet
25. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Religious or ceremonial dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
26. Even or uneven beat
Beat
Allegro
Minuet
Forc
27. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Syncopation
Social dance styles
Modern dance
Movement materials
28. 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
Improvisation
Passe
Postmodern dance
Abstraction
29. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Forc
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Rhapsodic rhythms
30. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Native Americans
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Styles of dance and movement
Syncopation
31. Speed: fast or slow
Range (of movement)
Tempo
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
32. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Modern dance choreography
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Native Americans
33. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Dance
Alignment
Rhapsodic rhythms
Social dance
34. Movement without previous planning
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Improvisation
Maypole dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
35. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Elements of dance
Creative movement
Abstraction
Social dance and mass culture
36. 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
Combined locomotor
Play and sing with movement
Arabesque
37. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Dance post -1960s
Quality of Energy
Adagio
Allegro
38. 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)
Force
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historical forms of dance
39. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Folk dance
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
40. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Other theatrical production
4 Elements of dance movements
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Syncopation
41. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Modern dance choreography
Degree of Energy
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance teaching - prep
42. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Cultural dances
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Movement materials
Level
43. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Syncopation
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Modern dance choreography
Late 20th Century
44. 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
Combined locomotor
Spotting
Styles of dance and movement
Religious or ceremonial dance
45. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Pathway
Force
Dallet evolution
46. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Pathway
Dallet evolution
Alignment
Kinesthetic awareness
47. A round rail attached to the wall horizontally - about 3 1/2 feet above the floor - for dancers to hold during the first half of technique class; it is also used for stretching the legs by placing the feet or legs on it
Promenade
Syncopation
Barre
Rhythm
48. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Line
49. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Classical
Spotting
Abstraction
Dance activities should begin with these
50. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Improvisation
Meter
Force
The 8 basic steps