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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. 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
Pathway
Late 20th Century
Combined locomotor
Minuet
2. 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
Extension
Play and sing with movement
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Beat
3. 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.
Native Americans
Folk dance
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
4. High - medium - or low
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historical forms of dance
Spotting
Level
5. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dallet evolution
Barre
6. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Meter
Alignment
Rhapsodic rhythms
7. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Direction
8. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Barre
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Religious or ceremonial dance
9. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Improvisation
Dallet evolution
Attitude
Force
10. 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
Dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Quality of Energy
Ballet
11. 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
Degree of Energy
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Extension
12. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Movement materials
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
13. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
4 Elements of dance movements
Interactions between dancers
Minuet
Historical forms of dance
14. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Interactions between dancers
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Focus
Elements of dance
15. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rhythm
Social dance and mass culture
Level
16. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Alignment
Elements of dance
Tempo
Promenade
17. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Elements of dance: Levels
Dallet evolution
Extension
Folk dance
18. 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
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pas de deux
19. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Form and shape
Body movement
Direction
20. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Body movement
Rhythm
Range (of movement)
Interactions between dancers
21. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Line
Dance teaching - prep
Tempo
22. 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
Framework for dance activity instruction
Promenade
Cultural dances
Attitude
23. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pirouette
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Direction
24. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Characteristics of folk dance
25. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Form and Shape
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Movement materials
Well - known musical productions
26. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Pathway
18th and 19th Centuries
Focus
Framework for dance activity instruction
27. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Range
Passe
Forc
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
28. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Late 20th Century
Elevation
Play and sing with movement
Square dancing and barn dancing
29. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Historical forms of dance
Passe
Grand jete
30. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Beat
Play and sing with movement
Elevation
31. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Elements of dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Quality of Energy
Pas de deux
32. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
18th and 19th Centuries
Attitude
Rhapsodic rhythms
33. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Extension
Late 20th Century
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Pathway
34. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Dance teaching - key words and counts
35. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Form and Shape
Interactions between dancers
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
36. 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
Late 20th Century
Dance teaching - prep
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Modern dance choreography
37. Dancing on the toes
Arabesque
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Pointe
Martha Graham and psychodrama
38. Countable patterns
Promenade
Spotting
Passe
Rhythm
39. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Dance - pointe
Individual - group - or class
Form and shape
Theatrical dance
40. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
The 8 basic steps
Cultural dances
Spotting
41. 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
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Elevation
Classical
Renaissance (1400-1600)
42. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Barre
Styles of dance and movement
Forc
43. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Pas de deux
Arabesque
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance - pointe
44. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Framework for dance activity instruction
Kinesthetic awareness
Play and sing with movement
18th and 19th Centuries
45. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Maypole dance
Alignment
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Focus
46. 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
Play and sing with movement
Syncopation
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dallet evolution
47. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Modern dance
Meter
Virtuoso dancing
Form and shape
48. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Syncopation
Range (of movement)
Modern dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
49. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Other theatrical production
Level
50. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Choreography
Rumba flamenco
Allegro
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