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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. Gaze - floor - or away
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Social dance
Focus
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
2. 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
Promenade
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
3. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Combined locomotor
Social dance styles
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Level
4. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Individual - group - or class
Creative movement
Attitude
Framework for dance activity instruction
5. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Syncopation
Pirouette
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
6. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Adagio
Modern dance choreography
Pas de deux
7. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Adagio
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Social dance
8. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance post -1960s
Pathway
Extension
9. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Extension
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Alignment
10. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Extension
Dance activities should begin with these
Pas de deux
Creative movement
11. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Pas de deux
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Choreography
Form and shape
12. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Movement materials
Modern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
13. 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)
Level
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
14. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Direction
Minuet
Dallet evolution
15. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Combined locomotor
Postmodern dance
Minuet
Nonlocomotor
16. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Pas de deux
Tempo
Lifts
17. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Pirouette
Elevation
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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Play and sing with movement
Attitude
19. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Range
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Line
Grand jete
20. 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
Alignment
Historical forms of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
21. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Pathway
Barre
Kinds of Levels
Well - known musical productions
22. 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
Passe
Meter
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
23. Speed: fast or slow
Meter
Dallet evolution
Tempo
4 Elements of dance movements
24. 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
Spotting
Maypole dance
Theatrical dance
Pathway
25. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Abstraction
Pathway
Theatrical dance
Rumba flamenco
26. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Barre
Beat
Space between dancers
27. Even or uneven beat
Space
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance - pointe
Beat
28. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Barre
29. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dance teaching - prep
Barre
Styles of dance and movement
30. 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
Social dance styles
Romantic Era
Space between dancers
Choreography
31. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Nonlocomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pathway
Play and sing with movement
32. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Elevation
Kinds of Levels
33. 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
Romantic Era
Dance teaching - prep
Dallet evolution
Degree of Energy
34. Countable patterns
Choreography
Interactions between dancers
Play and sing with movement
Rhythm
35. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Allegro
Passe
Well - known musical productions
36. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Attitude
Pirouette
Kinesthetic awareness
Level
37. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Pas de deux
The 8 basic steps
Range (of movement)
18th and 19th Centuries
38. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Dance post -1960s
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Degree of Energy
Individual - group - or class
39. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements of dance: Levels
Kinds of Levels
18th and 19th Centuries
40. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Range
Level
Movements involved in the space element of dance
41. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Theatrical dance
Late 20th Century
18th and 19th Centuries
Virtuoso dancing
42. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Pirouette
Romantic Era
Individual - group - or class
Interactions between dancers
43. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Meter
Lifts
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Classical
44. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Creative movement
Characteristics of folk dance
Social dance
Range
45. 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
Lifts
Individual - group - or class
Passe
Native Americans
46. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Play and sing with movement
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance activities should begin with these
Renaissance (1400-1600)
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
Focus
Barre
Characteristics of folk dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
48. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Line
Folk dance
Minuet
49. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Focus
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Maypole dance
Modern dance
50. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Combined locomotor
Grand jete
Theatrical dance
Forc