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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. Forward brush followed by a step
harold and fayard nicholas
flap
flick
fred astaire and ginger rogers
2. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
3/4
toe
pathways
head whip
3. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
ruth st. denis
jack cole
rhythm
vertically
4. Where is the apron of the stage located
mesomorph
sammy davis jr
at the front
fred astaire and ginger rogers
5. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
turns from corner
syncopation
flow
tendu
6. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
doris humphrey and charles weidman
partnering/group skills
modern
augmentation/diminution
7. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
master juba lane
line dancing
flow
eversion
8. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
ideokinesis
Mikhail Fokine
harold and fayard nicholas
9. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
canon
free dance
improvisation
bartenieff fundamentals
10. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
shape
martha graham
flexion
projection
11. The term 'port des bras' refers to
movement of the arms
bill bojangles robinson
Mikhail Fokine
jack cole
12. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
gregory hines
fifth position
erick hawkins
matt mattox
13. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
Direction
tempo
gus giordano
ann miller
14. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
jazz dance
polyrhythm
rhythm
repetition
15. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
ruth st. denis
Butoh
simultaneous canons
projection
16. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
the changement and the sautes
jazz dance
glide
master juba lane
17. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
ball change
adagio
merce cunningham
modern dance
18. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
hinge
ruby keeler
erick hawkins
19. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
weight
vertically
transitions
3/4
20. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
Nijinsky
jerome robbins
unison
grand allegro
21. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
merce cunningham
the changement and the sautes
tap dance
coordinating lighting and sound cues
22. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
a contact improvisation exercise
Giselle
King Louis XIV
stamp
23. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
savion glover
merce cunningham
ectomorph
ruth st. denis
24. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
tendu
broadway or show tap
syncopation
cramp roll
25. The sagittal plane divides the body
Kinesthetics
vertically
press
dynamics
26. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
inversion
angular oppositions
weight
27. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
adduction
bill bojangles robinson
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
tempo
28. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
unity
unison
vaganova method
adduction
29. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
feldenkrais
first position
degage
repetition
30. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
ideokinesis
jazz hands
erick hawkins
erick hawkins
31. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
harold and fayard nicholas
ted shawn
flexion
32. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
Beauchamps & Noverre
punch
shuffle
turns from corner
33. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
transition
Butoh
a contact improvisation exercise
rond de jambe
34. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
tendu
hop
space
jack cole
35. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
ballet
vaganova method
flexion and extension
broadway or show tap
36. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
ann miller
cecchetti method
modern
merce cunningham
37. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.
head whip
force/energy
fragmentation
frontal plane
38. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
feldenkrais
george balanchine
overuse of a tendon
erick hawkins
39. Movements are repeated
hyperextension
extension of the working leg
repetition
bartenieff fundamentals
40. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees
toe
step
hyperextension
coordinating lighting and sound cues
41. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
gus giordano
repetition
second position
variety
42. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
erick hawkins
petit allegro
stamp
first position
43. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
ectomorph
rhythm tap
cholly atkins
instrumentation
44. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
doris humphrey and charles weidman
sammy davis jr
Diaghilev
flexion
45. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
balance
grand allegro
Butoh
flick
46. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
bill bojangles robinson
Catherine de Medici
sammy davis jr
tempo
47. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
adagio
degage
toe
vaganova method
48. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
ballet
coordinating lighting and sound cues
space
first position
49. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement
merce cunningham
fred astaire and ginger rogers
syncopation
martha graham
50. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
canon
sagittal plane
Beauchamps & Noverre
body knowledge