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Dance Basics
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Subjects
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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. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
matt mattox
gregory hines
kinesphere
extension
2. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
merce cunningham
Butoh
time
erick hawkins
3. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
vaganova method
adductor magnus
jerome robbins
dab
4. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
broadway or show tap
touch
jazz hands
incorporation
5. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
fred astaire and ginger rogers
retrograde
cholly atkins and coles
choreography
6. The sagittal plane divides the body
tempo acceleration/deceleration
space
vertically
telling a traditional story
7. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
paul taylor
tableau
8. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
inversion
instrumentation
balance
ballet
9. This is the speed at Which music is played.
wring
tempo
Diaghilev
pathways
10. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
katherine dunham
contrast
George Balanchine
frappe
11. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
jazz hands
hyperextension
cumulative canons
social dance
12. The speed of the music or dance
tempo
grand allegro
Principles of composition
harold and fayard nicholas
13. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
flexion and extension
gene kelly
dab
unison
14. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
modern
touch
ruth st. denis
improving flexibility
15. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
fifth position
transitions
Direction
abduction
16. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
snap
gus giordano
eversion
feldenkrais
17. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
rhythm
brush/scuff
canon
float
18. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
transitions
a contact improvisation exercise
dynamics
Marius Petipa
19. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
flexion
entrechat
fred astaire and ginger rogers
genre
20. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
entrechat
modern dance
Luigi
retrograde
21. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
glide
doris humphrey and charles weidman
flexion
syncopation
22. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
Mikhail Fokine
gus giordano
doris humphrey and charles weidman
a contact improvisation exercise
23. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
jazz dance
extension
cecchetti method
glide
24. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
merce cunningham
pirouette
hop
folk/traditional
25. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
dab
King Louis XIV
contrast
jump
26. The movement is performed using a different body part
erick hawkins
ted shawn
second position
instrumentation
27. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
Marius Petipa
space
Catherine de Medici
modern dance
28. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
cecchetti method
choreography
rond de jambe
gregory hines
29. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
plie
cholly atkins
Bob Fosse
tempo acceleration/deceleration
30. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
frappe
force/energy
turns from corner
George Balanchine
31. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
doris humphrey and charles weidman
bartenieff fundamentals
unity
punch
32. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
erick hawkins
tap
fred astaire and ginger rogers
balance
33. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
dynamics
harold and fayard nicholas
merce cunningham
tempo acceleration/deceleration
34. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
cholly atkins
ruth st. denis
motif and development
action/reaction
35. The term 'port des bras' refers to
a contact improvisation exercise
lester horton
tempo
movement of the arms
36. Rubrics are most effective for
rotation
bartenieff fundamentals
first position
assessing complex assignments
37. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
unity
angular oppositions
degage
tap dance
38. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
George Balanchine
fragmentation
matt mattox
melody
39. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
bartenieff fundamentals
transitions
stamp
fragmentation
40. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
cholly atkins
katherine dunham
rhythm
touch
41. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
rhythm
adduction
extension of the working leg
Butoh
42. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
syncopation
turns at center
Butoh
harold and fayard nicholas
43. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
adductor magnus
augmentation/diminution
charles weidman
transverse horizontal plane
44. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
glide
Butoh
space
cramp roll
45. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
Mikhail Fokine
improving flexibility
press
canon
46. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
improving flexibility
dynamics
glide
King Louis XIV
47. Where is the apron of the stage located
canon
King Louis XIV
at the front
fred astaire and ginger rogers
48. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
narrative
repetition
tempo
hinge
49. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
charles weidman
meter
Bob Fosse
rhythm
50. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
sammy davis jr
step
doris humphrey and charles weidman
rotation