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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dance post -1960s
The 8 basic steps
Historical forms of dance
2. Speed: fast or slow
Dance - pointe
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Social dance and mass culture
Tempo
3. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Beat
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Level
Rumba flamenco
4. Quality of energy: sustained (smooth) - suspended (light) - swing (under - curve) - sway (over - curve) - collapsed (loose) - percussive (sharp) - or vibrate (shudder) - Degree of energy: strong - weak - heavy - light - dynamic - static - flowing - o
Elements of dance: Force
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Space between dancers
Classical
5. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Pointe
Modern dance
Interactions between dancers
Kinesthetic awareness
6. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Form and shape
Promenade
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Virtuoso dancing
7. 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
Folk dance
Level
Classical
Characteristics of folk dance
8. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Pirouette
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance activities should begin with these
Romantic Era
9. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Elements of dance: Force
Body movement
Native Americans
Social dance
10. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Promenade
Minuet
Alignment
Grand jete
11. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Quality of Energy
Attitude
12. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Dance teaching - key words and counts
4 Elements of dance movements
Range (of movement)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
13. 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
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Kinesthetic awareness
Virtuoso dancing
Martha Graham and psychodrama
14. 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).
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dance activities should begin with these
15. 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
Modern dance
Range
Framework for dance activity instruction
Cultural dances
16. 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
Choreography
Classical
Creative movement
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
17. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Extension
Space between dancers
Virtuoso dancing
Pathway
18. 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
Elements of dance: Time
Spotting
Postmodern dance
19. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Space between dancers
Pathway
Dance activities should begin with these
20. 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
Dallet evolution
Spotting
Modern dance choreography
Rumba flamenco
21. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Direction
Form and Shape
Play and sing with movement
Rhapsodic rhythms
22. 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
Lifts
Individual - group - or class
Line
Dance teaching - prep
23. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Degree of Energy
Syncopation
Interactions between dancers
Space
24. 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
Lifts
Interactions between dancers
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
25. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Line
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
26. Pantomime/dance expression
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Pathway
27. Dancing on the toes
Pointe
Rumba flamenco
Elements of dance: Time
Syncopation
28. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Creative movement
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Interactions between dancers
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
29. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Spotting
Focus
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
30. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Square dancing and barn dancing
Lifts
Allegro
Spotting
31. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Dance - pointe
Rumba flamenco
Movement materials
Grand jete
32. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Range (of movement)
Rumba flamenco
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Focus
33. 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.
Extension
Attitude
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Native Americans
34. Gaze - floor - or away
Range (of movement)
Other theatrical production
Focus
Ballet
35. 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
Syncopation
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
36. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Form and shape
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Arabesque
37. 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
Range (of movement)
Extension
Late 20th Century
Social dance styles
38. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Pas de deux
Kinds of Levels
Postmodern dance
39. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Force
Attitude
Body movement
40. 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
Kinds of Levels
Dance activities should begin with these
Framework for dance activity instruction
41. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Romantic Era
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Alignment
42. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Square dancing and barn dancing
Space
Choreography
43. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Dance post -1960s
Force
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Range
44. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Creative movement
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Allegro
Dance - pointe
45. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
46. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Theatrical dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
47. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Focus
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Elements of dance
Other theatrical production
48. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Promenade
Folk dance
Lifts
Square dancing and barn dancing
49. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Historical forms of dance
Syncopation
Combined locomotor
50. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Spotting
Body movement
Elements of dance: Levels
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