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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Kinds of Levels
Native Americans
Rhapsodic rhythms
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
2. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Range (of movement)
Grand jete
3. Pantomime/dance expression
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Martha Graham and psychodrama
4. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Theatrical dance
Native Americans
Modern dance
Direction
5. Dancing on the toes
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Pointe
Well - known musical productions
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
6. Ethnic and cultural dance - Cultural dances - Religious or ceremonial dance - Folk Dance - Play and sing with movement - Maypole dance - Modern Dance - Theatrical dance - Social dance
Improvisation
Styles of dance and movement
Elevation
Minuet
7. Gaze - floor - or away
Rhapsodic rhythms
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Focus
Direction
8. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Rhapsodic rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Individual - group - or class
Quality of Energy
9. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Focus
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Improvisation
10. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Native Americans
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
11. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Dance activities should begin with these
Cultural dances
Maypole dance
Degree of Energy
12. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Elements of dance
Level
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Movements involved in the space element of dance
13. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Modern dance
Kinesthetic awareness
Nonlocomotor
4 Elements of dance movements
14. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Syncopation
Dance activities should begin with these
Barre
15. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Elevation
Late 20th Century
4 Elements of dance movements
16. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Abstraction
Quality of Energy
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Modern dance
17. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Pathway
Movement materials
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
18. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Range (of movement)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Modern dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
19. 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 post -1960s
Elements of dance: Force
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Other theatrical production
20. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Social dance
Level
Creative movement
21. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Cultural dances
Tempo
Adagio
22. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Forc
Combined locomotor
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
23. 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
Space between dancers
Postmodern dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Modern dance
24. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
Force
Kinesthetic awareness
25. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Social dance styles
Pointe
Choreography
26. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Form and shape
Renaissance (1400-1600)
27. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Virtuoso dancing
Social dance styles
Social dance
Dance
28. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Framework for dance activity instruction
Social dance and mass culture
Kinds of Levels
Focus
29. 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
Dance post -1960s
Space
Individual - group - or class
Martha Graham and psychodrama
30. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Postmodern dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Level
31. 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
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Barre
32. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Dance - pointe
Kinds of Levels
The 8 basic steps
Force
33. 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
Creative movement
Social dance and mass culture
Passe
Dance activities should begin with these
34. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Postmodern dance
Rumba flamenco
Characteristics of folk dance
Kinesthetic awareness
35. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Elements of dance: Force
Elevation
Degree of Energy
Rhapsodic rhythms
36. 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
Extension
Abstraction
Pirouette
37. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Ballet
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
38. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Square dancing and barn dancing
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
39. 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
Spotting
Late 20th Century
Pointe
Focus
40. 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
Beat
Flamenco dance
Form and Shape
Dance teaching - prep
41. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Historical forms of dance
Pirouette
Barre
Adagio
42. 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
Creative movement
Movement materials
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pas de deux
43. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Range
Pathway
Rhythm
Range (of movement)
44. 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 of dance: Time
Spotting
Maypole dance
Elevation
45. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Theatrical dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Characteristics of folk dance
46. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Syncopation
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance activities should begin with these
Elements of dance: Levels
47. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Folk dance
Social dance and mass culture
Elements of dance: Time
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
48. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Individual - group - or class
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Abstraction
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
49. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Pirouette
Range (of movement)
Creative movement
50. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Late 20th Century
Minuet
Kinesthetic awareness
Framework for dance activity instruction