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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. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Focus
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Religious or ceremonial dance
2. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Social dance styles
Maypole dance
Pas de deux
3. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Space
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Direction
Combined locomotor
4. 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
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historical forms of dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Flamenco dance
5. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Level
Minuet
Other theatrical production
Elements of dance: Time
6. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Nonlocomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pas de deux
Lifts
7. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Modern dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Choreography
Abstraction
8. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Form and Shape
Adagio
18th and 19th Centuries
Body movement
9. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance
Dance - pointe
Elements of dance: Levels
10. 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
Meter
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Ballet
Force
11. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Elements of dance: Time
4 Elements of dance movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Pathway
12. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Dallet evolution
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Range (of movement)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
13. Countable patterns
Romantic Era
Native Americans
Rhythm
Quality of Energy
14. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Adagio
Barre
15. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Grand jete
Other theatrical production
16. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Interactions between dancers
Rumba flamenco
Kinesthetic awareness
Rhapsodic Rhythms
17. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Maypole dance
Minuet
Kinds of Levels
18. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Nonlocomotor
19. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Beat
Force
Dance - pointe
Elements of dance: Time
20. Raising the leg to a straightened position with the foot very high above the ground; the ability to lift and hold the leg in position of the ground
Space
Extension
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Spotting
21. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance post -1960s
22. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Cultural dances
Interactions between dancers
Native Americans
Movements involved in the space element of dance
23. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Extension
Degree of Energy
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance teaching - prep
24. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Postmodern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Level
25. Pantomime/dance expression
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Virtuoso dancing
26. Gaze - Floor - Away
Focus
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Degree of Energy
Cultural dances
27. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
28. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Religious or ceremonial dance
Styles of dance and movement
Nonlocomotor
Theatrical dance
29. 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
Promenade
Well - known musical productions
Space between dancers
Flamenco dance
30. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Elements of dance: Time
The 8 basic steps
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
31. 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
Movement materials
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Focus
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
32. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Arabesque
Late 20th Century
Improvisation
Quality of Energy
33. 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
Passe
Kinds of Levels
Square dancing and barn dancing
Arabesque
34. 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.
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Play and sing with movement
Beat
Native Americans
35. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Combined locomotor
Creative movement
Level
Social dance and mass culture
36. 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
Social dance styles
Beat
Play and sing with movement
Other theatrical production
37. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Styles of dance and movement
Space between dancers
Focus
Movement materials
38. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance post -1960s
Body movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
39. Movement without previous planning
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Kinds of Levels
Improvisation
Social dance
40. 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)
Arabesque
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Movement materials
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
41. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Dance - pointe
Abstraction
Maypole dance
42. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Extension
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Range (of movement)
Modern dance
43. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Focus
Modern dance
Choreography
44. 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
Grand jete
Dance teaching - prep
Force
Modern dance
45. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Late 20th Century
Elements of dance: Time
4 Elements of dance movements
Kinesthetic awareness
46. Dancing on the toes
Elevation
Pointe
Pirouette
Extension
47. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Adagio
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
48. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
Spotting
49. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Range
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Line
50. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Direction
Range
Creative movement
Social dance and mass culture