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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
time
ideokinesis
fragmentation
improving flexibility
2. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
rhythm
isolated movement
tempo acceleration/deceleration
at the front
3. More is added to the original movement
accumulation
genre
unison
martha graham
4. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
weight
choreography
dynamics
inversion
5. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
syncopation
gregory hines
Luigi
meter
6. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
katherine dunham
gene kelly
gregory hines
meter
7. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
in all directions
cramp roll
dab
erick hawkins
8. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
overuse of a tendon
frappe
step
tableau
9. The term 'port des bras' refers to
movement of the arms
pelvic thrusts
balance
transverse horizontal plane
10. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
transition
kinesthetic awareness
Giselle
narrative
11. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
charles weidman
jazz hands
rhythm tap
vaganova method
12. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
Butoh
work
improve muscle strength
doris humphrey and charles weidman
13. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
gene kelly
press
telling a traditional story
aerobic exercise
14. Forward brush followed by a step
loie fuller and isadora duncan
pelvic thrusts
flap
jump
15. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
rond de jambe
cholly atkins and coles
locomotion
touch
16. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
ball and socket joint
developpe
ruth st. denis
touch
17. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
second position
jump
shape
motif and development
18. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
abduction
work
partnering/group skills
shuffle
19. Forward brush followed by a touch
frontal plane
slap
frappe
improve muscle strength
20. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
touch
retrograde
Mikhail Fokine
turns at center
21. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
hinge
flick
partnering/group skills
accumulation
22. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
syncopation
angular oppositions
rhythm tap
23. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
jazz
matt mattox
social dance
jump
24. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
flexion and extension
erick hawkins
space
bob fosse
25. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
body knowledge
press
space
ann miller
26. Reach space or personal space.
adduction
kinesphere
Luigi
jump
27. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
plie
inversion
erick hawkins
time
28. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
transition
ballet
adagio
reverance
29. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.
contrast
transverse horizontal plane
cecchetti method
Luigi
30. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
transition
Marius Petipa
press
twyla tharp
31. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
lester horton
unison
sammy davis jr
punch
32. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
vertically
wring
retrograde
frappe
33. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
partnering/group skills
hinge
ideokinesis
touch
34. This is the speed at Which music is played.
abduction
glide
tempo
lester horton
35. The speed of the music or dance
jack cole
ectomorph
retrograde
tempo
36. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
charles weidman
broadway or show tap
instrumentation
37. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
float
ruby keeler
narrative
cramp roll
38. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
pilates
matt mattox
wring
space
39. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
flap
flexion
work
force/energy
40. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
rhythm tap
space
fragmentation
41. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
kinesthetic awareness
jack cole
accumulation
42. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
syncopation
space
paul taylor
canon
43. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
retrograde
ballet
Mikhail Fokine
matt mattox
44. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
rhythm tap
eversion
motif and development
Bob Fosse
45. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
savion glover
tap dance
ball and socket joint
abduction
46. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
genre
at the front
extension
47. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
jump
transition
augmentation/diminution
endomorph
48. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
jack cole
cramp roll
toe
49. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
press
savion glover
turns from corner
modern
50. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
the changement and the sautes
lester horton
overuse of a tendon
space