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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elements of dance: Levels
Degree of Energy
2. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Level
Square dancing and barn dancing
Attitude
3. 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
Modern dance choreography
Beat
Degree of Energy
Improvisation
4. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Range
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Classical
5. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Modern dance
Form and Shape
Classical
Elements of dance
6. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Religious or ceremonial dance
7. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Romantic Era
Dance
Late 20th Century
Pointe
8. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Level
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Ballet
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
9. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Attitude
Modern dance
Social dance styles
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
10. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Space
Choreography
Pathway
Social dance styles
11. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Historical forms of dance
Elevation
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
12. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Syncopation
4 Elements of dance movements
13. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Degree of Energy
Combined locomotor
Postmodern dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
14. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Well - known musical productions
Focus
Martha Graham and psychodrama
15. Speed: fast or slow
Syncopation
Meter
Form and Shape
Tempo
16. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Movement materials
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Level
17. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Grand jete
Beat
4 Elements of dance movements
Pathway
18. 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
Force
Flamenco dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Focus
19. 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.
Social dance and mass culture
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Cultural dances
Native Americans
20. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance - pointe
Movement materials
Elevation
21. Countable patterns
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Direction
Rhythm
22. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Alignment
Degree of Energy
Focus
Characteristics of folk dance
23. 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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
18th and 19th Centuries
Syncopation
Tempo
24. 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)
Modern dance choreography
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Elevation
25. Even or uneven beat
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Beat
Adagio
Popular historical dances that are often used today
26. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Quality of Energy
Syncopation
Religious or ceremonial dance
Well - known musical productions
27. 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
Social dance
Elevation
Theatrical dance
28. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Direction
Force
Forc
29. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Other theatrical production
Pirouette
Pas de deux
30. To cue the steps and directional changes - and to alert students (e.g. - 'ready'); this helps students keep the main rhythmic pattern and encourages them to gain a sense of the whole
Styles of dance and movement
Minuet
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Direction
31. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Kinds of Levels
Minuet
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
32. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Grand jete
Level
Virtuoso dancing
33. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Nonlocomotor
Folk dance
Pathway
Elements of dance
34. 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
Degree of Energy
Cultural dances
Square dancing and barn dancing
Grand jete
35. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Social dance styles
Folk dance
Syncopation
Virtuoso dancing
36. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Modern dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Improvisation
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
37. Movement without previous planning
Postmodern dance
Arabesque
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Improvisation
38. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Kinds of Levels
Religious or ceremonial dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Pirouette
39. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Movement materials
40. 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
Elements of dance: Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Social dance
41. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Kinesthetic awareness
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Beat
Body movement
42. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Play and sing with movement
Theatrical dance
Rumba flamenco
43. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Elements of dance: Time
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Barre
44. 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
Extension
Level
Theatrical dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
45. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Form and shape
Well - known musical productions
Styles of dance and movement
Body movement
46. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Other theatrical production
Passe
Force
Well - known musical productions
47. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Elements of dance: Force
Play and sing with movement
Other theatrical production
Individual - group - or class
48. Gaze - Floor - Away
Social dance
Virtuoso dancing
Focus
Direction
49. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Force
Beat
Dallet evolution
50. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Maypole dance
Rumba flamenco
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
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