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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Degree of Energy
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
2. Speed: fast or slow
Level
Tempo
Theatrical dance
Maypole dance
3. Pantomime/dance expression
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Modern dance choreography
Improvisation
4. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Individual - group - or class
Allegro
Choreography
Rhapsodic rhythms
5. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Forc
Quality of Energy
Classical
Syncopation
6. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Movement materials
Square dancing and barn dancing
7. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Pas de deux
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Characteristics of folk dance
Virtuoso dancing
8. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Space
Elements of dance: Force
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Arabesque
9. 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
Pirouette
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Form and shape
10. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Beat
18th and 19th Centuries
Level
11. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Levels
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Barre
12. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Movement materials
Form and Shape
Kinds of Levels
Pointe
13. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Interactions between dancers
Degree of Energy
Quality of Energy
Range
14. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Grand jete
Elements of dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
15. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Virtuoso dancing
Minuet
Martha Graham and psychodrama
16. 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.
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Native Americans
17. 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
Elements of dance: Time
Barre
Syncopation
Late 20th Century
18. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Rhapsodic rhythms
Allegro
Direction
Extension
19. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Religious or ceremonial dance
Postmodern dance
Dance
Pirouette
20. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Pointe
Late 20th Century
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
4 Elements of dance movements
21. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Modern dance
Dance - pointe
Pirouette
Alignment
22. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Quality of Energy
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
23. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Modern dance
The 8 basic steps
Forc
Kinds of Levels
24. 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).
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Allegro
25. 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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Beat
26. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Improvisation
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Force
Tempo
27. 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)
Form and Shape
Arabesque
Modern dance choreography
Elements of dance: Levels
28. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Allegro
Dallet evolution
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
29. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Dance teaching - prep
Nonlocomotor
Degree of Energy
Creative movement
30. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Elements of dance: Levels
Square dancing and barn dancing
31. Even or uneven beat
Elevation
Grand jete
Beat
Pointe
32. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Grand jete
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Modern dance
33. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Religious or ceremonial dance
Space
34. 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
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Passe
Improvisation
Pathway
35. 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
Meter
Minuet
Arabesque
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
36. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Pathway
Romantic Era
Rhythm
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
37. 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 of dance
Romantic Era
Individual - group - or class
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
38. Gaze - Floor - Away
Dallet evolution
Cultural dances
Barre
Focus
39. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Arabesque
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Rumba flamenco
40. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Modern dance choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
41. 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
Focus
Ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
42. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Forc
Historical forms of dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Native Americans
43. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
18th and 19th Centuries
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Theatrical dance
Pathway
44. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Other theatrical production
Form and shape
Pathway
Theatrical dance
45. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Dance
Forc
Elements of dance
Pathway
46. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Individual - group - or class
Late 20th Century
47. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Meter
Theatrical dance
Range
Combined locomotor
48. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Minuet
Elements of dance: Force
Framework for dance activity instruction
49. 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
Cultural dances
Elevation
Extension
Dance - pointe
50. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Pointe
Folk dance
Modern dance
4 Elements of dance movements