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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
endomorph
unison
lester horton
2. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
projection
tempo
ruth st. denis
bartenieff fundamentals
3. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
lester horton
sammy davis jr
turns from corner
4. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
modern dance
step
punch
kinesthetic awareness
5. 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
doris humphrey and charles weidman
tempo
hyperextension
cholly atkins and coles
6. Rounded body type.
tendu
entrechat
ball change
ectomorph
7. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
a contact improvisation exercise
simultaneous canons
hop
sammy davis jr
8. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
ted shawn
motif and development
time
Kinesthetics
9. A piece of choreography or dance
adagio
work
endomorph
Principles of composition
10. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
tendu
space
jack cole
stamp
11. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
tendu
cumulative canons
space
wring
12. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
gene kelly
lester horton
canon
adduction
13. Tendonitis is typically caused by
matt mattox
overuse of a tendon
hinge
ideokinesis
14. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
Bob Fosse
adduction
first position
15. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
master juba lane
punch
body knowledge
gus giordano
16. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
tendu
contrast
gene kelly
interdisciplinary
17. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
coordinating lighting and sound cues
martha graham
kinesthetic awareness
18. Forward brush followed by a touch
cholly atkins and coles
rhythm
body knowledge
slap
19. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
hinge
Principles of composition
axial movement
Luigi
20. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
Butoh
master juba lane
fifth position
erick hawkins
21. Four main movements in the pas de deux
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
bob fosse
rhythm
22. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
ruth st. denis
lester horton
flow
Luigi
23. 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.
bartenieff fundamentals
contrast
ruby keeler
Marius Petipa
24. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
Diaghilev
fourth position
adductor magnus
25. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
matt mattox
variety
time
26. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
melody
matt mattox
space
fourth position
27. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo
paul taylor
turns from corner
alexander technique
master juba lane
28. Movement executed with one body part or a small part of the body. Examples are rooling the head - shruggung the shoulders and rotating the pelvis.
isolated movement
motif and development
cramp roll
transverse horizontal plane
29. Bending and straightening the knees
plie
isolated movement
gus giordano
harold and fayard nicholas
30. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
flow
ruby keeler
grand allegro
time
31. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
turns at center
toe
Beauchamps & Noverre
degage
32. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
meter
twyla tharp
kinesphere
projection
33. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
katherine dunham
gene kelly
step
transitions
34. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
toe
hinge
float
eversion
35. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
cholly atkins
improving flexibility
force/energy
36. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
harold and fayard nicholas
balance
fragmentation
tempo acceleration/deceleration
37. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
ted shawn
improvisation
Direction
melody
38. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
improving flexibility
pirouette
lester horton
39. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
erick hawkins
time
shape
ruby keeler
40. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
head whip
rhythm
cholly atkins and coles
fifth position
41. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
polyrhythm
tableau
alexander technique
folk/traditional
42. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
syncopation
glide
augmentation/diminution
force/energy
43. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
fifth position
augmentation/diminution
3/4
rhythm
44. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
harold and fayard nicholas
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
step
melody
45. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
wring
vaganova method
fragmentation
jack cole
46. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
shuffle
Mikhail Fokine
turns at center
47. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
martha graham
meter
Marius Petipa
third position
48. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
press
bill bojangles robinson
transverse horizontal plane
gene kelly
49. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
Nijinsky
master juba lane
Principles of composition
rhythm
50. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
improve muscle strength
the changement and the sautes
vertically