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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. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Movement materials
Spotting
Tempo
Pathway
2. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Abstraction
The 8 basic steps
4 Elements of dance movements
Renaissance (1400-1600)
3. Gaze - floor - or away
Rhythm
Focus
Range
Creative movement
4. 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)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Elevation
Pointe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
5. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Form and shape
Elements of dance: Time
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance activities should begin with these
6. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Dance teaching - prep
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Classical
7. 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
Elements of dance
Historical forms of dance
Force
Dance teaching - floor pattern
8. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Well - known musical productions
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
9. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Maypole dance
Quality of Energy
Form and Shape
10. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
4 Elements of dance movements
Meter
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Dance teaching - prep
11. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Flamenco dance
Historical forms of dance
Pas de deux
12. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Allegro
Elevation
Focus
13. A leap from one leg to the other in which the working leg is kicked or thrown away from the body and into the air; the pose achieved in the air differs - a does the direction the leap takes
Grand jete
4 Elements of dance movements
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Levels
14. Speed: fast or slow
Pointe
Arabesque
Dance activities should begin with these
Tempo
15. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Adagio
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elements of dance: Time
16. 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
Focus
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Folk dance
Characteristics of folk dance
17. 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
Minuet
Maypole dance
Modern dance choreography
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
18. 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
Play and sing with movement
Line
Arabesque
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
19. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Rhapsodic rhythms
Form and shape
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
20. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Postmodern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Kinds of Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
21. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Characteristics of folk dance
Line
Modern dance choreography
Pirouette
22. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Rhapsodic rhythms
Meter
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Creative movement
23. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Modern dance
Ballet
Form and Shape
24. 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
Play and sing with movement
Passe
Dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
25. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Range
Arabesque
Space between dancers
26. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Modern dance choreography
Degree of Energy
Choreography
Line
27. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Tempo
Level
Elements of dance: Levels
4 Elements of dance movements
28. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Native Americans
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Historical forms of dance
29. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Cultural dances
Elements of dance: Force
30. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Pathway
Elements of dance: Time
Theatrical dance
Force
31. 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).
Social dance styles
Social dance and mass culture
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dallet evolution
32. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Interactions between dancers
Elevation
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Lifts
33. Dancing on the toes
Maypole dance
Pointe
Spotting
The 8 basic steps
34. Countable patterns
Attitude
Classical
Rhythm
Romantic Era
35. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Barre
Focus
Pathway
36. 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
Minuet
Classical
Historical forms of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
37. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
38. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Syncopation
Social dance styles
Ballet
39. 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
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Force
Adagio
40. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Nonlocomotor
Elevation
41. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Modern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
42. 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
Native Americans
Dance teaching - prep
Postmodern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
43. 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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Body movement
Abstraction
44. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Time
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Meter
45. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Individual - group - or class
Cultural dances
Allegro
46. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Focus
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Social dance styles
47. 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
Kinesthetic awareness
Syncopation
Interactions between dancers
48. 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
Ballet
Quality of Energy
Direction
Native Americans
49. Pantomime/dance expression
Range (of movement)
Dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
50. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Concepts regarding the time element of dance