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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Elements of dance: Time
Level
Folk dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
2. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Promenade
Force
Nonlocomotor
3. 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
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Maypole dance
Abstraction
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
4. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Classical
Barre
Religious or ceremonial dance
5. 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)
Social dance and mass culture
Well - known musical productions
Play and sing with movement
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
6. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Rhapsodic rhythms
Square dancing and barn dancing
Focus
Modern dance
7. 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)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Grand jete
8. 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 post -1960s
Passe
The 8 basic steps
Form and Shape
9. 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
Elements of dance: Time
Kinesthetic awareness
Lifts
Barre
10. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Framework for dance activity instruction
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Range
11. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Romantic Era
Renaissance (1400-1600)
The 8 basic steps
Square dancing and barn dancing
12. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Ballet
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance - pointe
13. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Late 20th Century
Improvisation
Interactions between dancers
14. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Range (of movement)
Elements of dance: Force
Native Americans
15. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Dance
Styles of dance and movement
Ballet
Range
16. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Dance post -1960s
Focus
Movement materials
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
17. High - medium - or low
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Direction
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
18. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Focus
Rumba flamenco
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
19. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Space
Minuet
Virtuoso dancing
Syncopation
20. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Direction
Body movement
Tempo
Elements of dance: Levels
21. 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
Forc
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Interactions between dancers
Dance teaching - key words and counts
22. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Kinds of Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Creative movement
23. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Abstraction
Virtuoso dancing
Dance - pointe
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
24. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Pas de deux
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Syncopation
25. Movement without previous planning
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Improvisation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
26. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Folk dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Movements involved in the space element of dance
27. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Choreography
Line
Individual - group - or class
Rumba flamenco
28. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Elements of dance: Time
Attitude
Body movement
Movement materials
29. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Alignment
Range
30. 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
Extension
Minuet
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Arabesque
31. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Pathway
Space
Forc
Modern dance
32. Speed: fast or slow
Framework for dance activity instruction
Extension
Tempo
Direction
33. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Minuet
Social dance and mass culture
Pathway
34. 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
Spotting
Historical forms of dance
Classical
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
35. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Modern dance choreography
Virtuoso dancing
Well - known musical productions
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
36. 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
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Romantic Era
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Adagio
37. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dance activities should begin with these
Elements of dance
Level
38. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
The 8 basic steps
39. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Extension
40. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
The 8 basic steps
Dance
Alignment
Elevation
41. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Extension
Other theatrical production
Play and sing with movement
42. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Elements of dance: Time
Space
43. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Attitude
Pirouette
Elements of dance: Time
44. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Pirouette
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
45. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Play and sing with movement
Virtuoso dancing
Pirouette
46. 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
Dance activities should begin with these
Spotting
Historical forms of dance
Pirouette
47. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Other theatrical production
Line
Pathway
Combined locomotor
48. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Theatrical dance
Adagio
Cultural dances
Kinesthetic awareness
49. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Nonlocomotor
Pointe
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
50. 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.
4 Elements of dance movements
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Native Americans
Classical
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