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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 - Away
Focus
Native Americans
Body movement
Pointe
2. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Syncopation
Other theatrical production
Alignment
Dance teaching - key words and counts
3. 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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Rhythm
Barre
4. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Characteristics of folk dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance post -1960s
Extension
5. Speed: fast or slow
Barre
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historical forms of dance
Tempo
6. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Level
Styles of dance and movement
7. 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
Improvisation
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Direction
Dance teaching - key words and counts
8. 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
Level
Romantic Era
Elements of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
9. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance and mass culture
Kinds of Levels
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
10. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Quality of Energy
Body movement
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
11. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Arabesque
Improvisation
Pirouette
12. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Elements of dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Individual - group - or class
13. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Modern dance choreography
Syncopation
14. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Improvisation
Direction
Dance teaching - prep
15. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Focus
Pathway
Elevation
16. 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.
Native Americans
Alignment
Pathway
Focus
17. 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
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Religious or ceremonial dance
18. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Pointe
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
19. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Direction
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Framework for dance activity instruction
20. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Space
Theatrical dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Minuet
21. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhythm
Dance post -1960s
Spotting
Rhapsodic Rhythms
22. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhapsodic rhythms
Virtuoso dancing
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
23. Movement without previous planning
Meter
Social dance and mass culture
Improvisation
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
24. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Romantic Era
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Promenade
Folk dance
25. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
Movement materials
Kinds of Levels
26. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Beat
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Arabesque
Romantic Era
27. 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
Abstraction
Postmodern dance
Creative movement
Elevation
28. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Choreography
Abstraction
Elements of dance: Time
Elevation
29. Even or uneven beat
Social dance styles
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Minuet
Beat
30. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Religious or ceremonial dance
The 8 basic steps
Historical forms of dance
31. 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
Elements of dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance post -1960s
Characteristics of folk dance
32. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Individual - group - or class
Spotting
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
33. Appreciated the qualities of the individual; primitive expression and emotion; 'new freedom' of movement; choreography of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham and their harsh break from restrictive classical ballet and tutu; broadening the minds of the p
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dance teaching - key words and counts
34. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historical forms of dance
Rumba flamenco
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
35. 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
Framework for dance activity instruction
Space between dancers
Level
Play and sing with movement
36. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Attitude
Passe
Romantic Era
37. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Dance post -1960s
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Line
38. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Attitude
Dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
39. 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
Flamenco dance
Barre
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Modern dance choreography
40. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Cultural dances
Lifts
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
41. Countable patterns
Styles of dance and movement
Historical forms of dance
Rhythm
Dance activities should begin with these
42. 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
Range
Level
Characteristics of folk dance
Modern dance choreography
43. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Spotting
Dance teaching - prep
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
44. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Pathway
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Space between dancers
Kinesthetic awareness
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
Allegro
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Range (of movement)
Flamenco dance
46. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Improvisation
Well - known musical productions
Spotting
Allegro
47. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Forc
48. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Promenade
Rhapsodic rhythms
Choreography
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
49. Dancing on the toes
Creative movement
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Form and shape
Pointe
50. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Extension
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Lifts
Framework for dance activity instruction