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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Spotting
Elements of dance: Force
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
2. The Church attempted to restrict pagan dance - often associated with fertility - but folk dances evolved from earlier ritual dance (e.g. - Maypole dance; origins in primitive fertility rituals [dancing around a pole]; associated with spring)
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Spotting
Historical forms of dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
3. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dallet evolution
Dance
Dance activities should begin with these
4. Even or uneven beat
Historical forms of dance
Elements of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Beat
5. Gaze - floor - or away
Cultural dances
Focus
Kinds of Levels
Tempo
6. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Rhythm
Focus
Well - known musical productions
Social dance styles
7. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Square dancing and barn dancing
Social dance styles
Space between dancers
8. 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
Postmodern dance
Level
Extension
Elements of dance: Levels
9. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Body movement
10. Movement without previous planning
Forc
Improvisation
Square dancing and barn dancing
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
11. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Elements of dance: Levels
Choreography
Adagio
Line
12. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Social dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Movement materials
Theatrical dance
13. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Syncopation
Choreography
Folk dance
Passe
14. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Grand jete
Dance activities should begin with these
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Square dancing and barn dancing
15. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Line
Virtuoso dancing
Movements involved in the space element of dance
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
Attitude
18th and 19th Centuries
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Other theatrical production
17. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Syncopation
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Range
Folk dance
18. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Nonlocomotor
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Promenade
Popular historical dances that are often used today
19. 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
Flamenco dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Abstraction
Degree of Energy
20. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Direction
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Maypole dance
21. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Arabesque
Theatrical dance
Pointe
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
22. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Combined locomotor
Syncopation
Kinds of Levels
23. A period from about 1820 to 1870 in which ballet was characterized primarily by supernatural subject matter - long white tutus - dancing on the toes - and theatrical innovations that permitted the dimming of the house lights for theatrical illusion
4 Elements of dance movements
Arabesque
Romantic Era
Pirouette
24. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Lifts
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Popular historical dances that are often used today
25. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
4 Elements of dance movements
Pirouette
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Native Americans
26. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Form and Shape
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Alignment
Modern dance
27. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Rhapsodic rhythms
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance post -1960s
Movements involved in the space element of dance
28. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Elements of dance
Pirouette
Styles of dance and movement
Rumba flamenco
29. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Syncopation
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Combined locomotor
30. Formal dancing spread to the Continent; expansion of professional dancing masters; professional choreography at the Paris Opera (opera and dance); costuming; introduction of the waltz (1-2-3) rhythm; court dance
Interactions between dancers
Lifts
Promenade
18th and 19th Centuries
31. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Degree of Energy
Syncopation
32. 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
Pas de deux
Modern dance
Ballet
Grand jete
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
Kinesthetic awareness
Characteristics of folk dance
Pointe
Syncopation
34. Speed: fast or slow
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Tempo
Historical forms of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
35. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Range
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Abstraction
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
36. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Range
Virtuoso dancing
37. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Tempo
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Level
38. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Theatrical dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Quality of Energy
39. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Virtuoso dancing
Arabesque
Degree of Energy
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
40. 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
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Creative movement
Passe
Space
41. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Body movement
Cultural dances
Dance teaching - prep
Pathway
42. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Dance teaching - prep
Syncopation
Creative movement
Romantic Era
43. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Dance
Virtuoso dancing
Syncopation
Framework for dance activity instruction
44. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Dance activities should begin with these
Elements of dance
Beat
Pathway
45. 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
Individual - group - or class
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Cultural dances
Degree of Energy
46. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Adagio
Elevation
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Nonlocomotor
47. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Kinesthetic awareness
Degree of Energy
Social dance styles
48. 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
Barre
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Styles of dance and movement
Dance - pointe
49. 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
Lifts
Pathway
Historical forms of dance
Dallet evolution
50. 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
Postmodern dance
Social dance styles
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dance teaching - prep
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