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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. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Dallet evolution
Pathway
Choreography
Nonlocomotor
2. Pantomime/dance expression
Historical forms of dance
Flamenco dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - floor pattern
3. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Postmodern dance
Social dance styles
Folk dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
4. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Styles of dance and movement
Social dance and mass culture
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
5. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Line
Other theatrical production
Dance teaching - floor pattern
6. Gaze - Floor - Away
4 Elements of dance movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Focus
Degree of Energy
7. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Social dance styles
Play and sing with movement
8. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Folk dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Theatrical dance
Quality of Energy
9. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Improvisation
Force
Line
Dance teaching - key words and counts
10. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rumba flamenco
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Popular historical dances that are often used today
11. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Pathway
Choreography
Elements of dance: Force
12. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Social dance and mass culture
Folk dance
Beat
Force
13. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Passe
Meter
Body movement
Level
14. 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
Postmodern dance
Dance - pointe
Characteristics of folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
15. 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
Cultural dances
Classical
Modern dance
Abstraction
16. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Focus
Barre
Social dance and mass culture
Pathway
17. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Modern dance choreography
Alignment
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
18. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Direction
Pirouette
19. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Postmodern dance
Abstraction
Ballet
Dance
20. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Tempo
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Pirouette
21. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Dallet evolution
Folk dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
22. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Kinds of Levels
Range
Pathway
23. 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
Classical
Flamenco dance
Elements of dance: Force
Form and Shape
24. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
The 8 basic steps
Dance teaching - prep
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance post -1960s
25. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Folk dance
Direction
26. 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
Historical forms of dance
Attitude
Form and shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
27. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Syncopation
Folk dance
Postmodern dance
Range (of movement)
28. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Pirouette
Postmodern dance
Pointe
29. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Line
Space
Form and Shape
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
30. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Rhapsodic rhythms
Form and Shape
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
31. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Modern dance choreography
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Lifts
Level
32. Countable patterns
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rhythm
Framework for dance activity instruction
Spotting
33. 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
4 Elements of dance movements
18th and 19th Centuries
Social dance
Passe
34. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Direction
35. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Creative movement
Square dancing and barn dancing
Tempo
36. 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
Social dance styles
Postmodern dance
Form and Shape
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
37. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Religious or ceremonial dance
Grand jete
Body movement
38. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Elevation
Barre
39. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Pathway
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Space
Attitude
40. 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
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Modern dance choreography
41. 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
Social dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance
42. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Allegro
Syncopation
Space
43. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Allegro
Social dance styles
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
44. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Pirouette
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
45. 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
Ballet
Body movement
Focus
Nonlocomotor
46. 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
Level
Elevation
Minuet
47. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Social dance styles
Line
Dance activities should begin with these
Dance
48. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Religious or ceremonial dance
Modern dance choreography
Promenade
Historical forms of dance
49. 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.
Choreography
Native Americans
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
50. Dancing on the toes
Focus
Promenade
Space
Pointe