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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. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Arabesque
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Nonlocomotor
2. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Range (of movement)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Forc
3. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
18th and 19th Centuries
Pirouette
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance - pointe
4. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Pathway
Focus
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
5. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Social dance and mass culture
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Classical
4 Elements of dance movements
6. 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
Kinds of Levels
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Rhythm
Movement materials
7. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Promenade
8. 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
Classical
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Tempo
Dance teaching - key words and counts
9. 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.
Degree of Energy
Space between dancers
Native Americans
Popular historical dances that are often used today
10. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Range (of movement)
Meter
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
11. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Beat
Focus
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Choreography
12. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Nonlocomotor
Passe
Individual - group - or class
13. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Late 20th Century
Elements of dance: Force
Focus
14. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Grand jete
Form and shape
Allegro
Barre
15. 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)
Force
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Direction
Passe
16. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Social dance styles
Movement materials
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
17. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Folk dance
Movement materials
Other theatrical production
Degree of Energy
18. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
4 Elements of dance movements
Historical forms of dance
Modern dance
19. 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
Dance
Beat
Pas de deux
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
20. High - medium - or low
Modern dance
Level
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Religious or ceremonial dance
21. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Force
Classical
Styles of dance and movement
Individual - group - or class
22. 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
Social dance styles
Social dance
Ballet
Kinds of Levels
23. 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
Dallet evolution
Elements of dance
Pathway
Styles of dance and movement
24. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Flamenco dance
Folk dance
25. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Syncopation
Social dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Grand jete
26. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Modern dance
Tempo
Elements of dance: Force
27. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Spotting
Level
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
28. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Elements of dance: Time
Individual - group - or class
The 8 basic steps
Pathway
29. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Religious or ceremonial dance
Improvisation
Dance - pointe
30. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Dance post -1960s
Virtuoso dancing
31. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Extension
Meter
Modern dance
Arabesque
32. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Space between dancers
Movement materials
Rumba flamenco
33. 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
Late 20th Century
Pas de deux
Grand jete
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
34. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Dance - pointe
Elements of dance: Force
Kinesthetic awareness
Line
35. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Ballet
36. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Promenade
Characteristics of folk dance
37. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Social dance and mass culture
Maypole dance
Choreography
38. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Direction
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
39. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Range
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Square dancing and barn dancing
40. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Focus
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
41. Based upon the subjective interpretation of internalized feelings - emotions - and moods - Unlike formal ballet - this is often unstructured and makes deliberate use of gravity and body weight to enhance movement - It also encourages students to expr
Direction
Kinds of Levels
Modern dance choreography
Passe
42. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Degree of Energy
Social dance
Modern dance
43. Movement without previous planning
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Improvisation
Folk dance
Level
44. 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
Passe
Line
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Body movement
45. 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
Interactions between dancers
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Flamenco dance
Syncopation
46. 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).
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Extension
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Level
47. 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
Modern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Barre
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
48. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Meter
Other theatrical production
Abstraction
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
49. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Framework for dance activity instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Range
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
50. 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
Pirouette
Extension
Arabesque
Creative movement