Test your basic knowledge |

Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 movement is made part of another movement






2. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






3. 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.






4. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength






5. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






6. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






7. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?






8. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






9. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.






10. The speed of the music or dance






11. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans






12. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






13. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles






14. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight






15. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






16. What is the meter in the waltz






17. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






18. Tendonitis is typically caused by






19. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings






20. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight






21. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?






22. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique






23. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






24. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






25. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend






26. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






27. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






28. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






29. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






30. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?






31. 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.






32. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a






33. Rounded body type.






34. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.






35. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.






36. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






37. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s






38. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






39. 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






40. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






41. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






42. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position






43. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.






44. 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)






45. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage






46. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






47. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor






48. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






49. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






50. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance