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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. 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
pelvic thrusts
a contact improvisation exercise
sammy davis jr
hyperextension
2. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
vertically
interdisciplinary
gregory hines
cecchetti method
3. Bending and straightening the knees
plie
pelvic thrusts
glide
jump
4. 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)?
rhythm
adductor magnus
locomotion
improving flexibility
5. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
force/energy
step
float
gene kelly
6. They were the progenitors of modern dance
fifth position
loie fuller and isadora duncan
transverse horizontal plane
modern
7. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
space
head whip
broadway or show tap
8. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
ideokinesis
rhythm
flexion
tap dance
9. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
shape
improve muscle strength
space
transition
10. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
narrative
modern dance
melody
stamp
11. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
weight
incorporation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
jerome robbins
12. 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.
flap
contrast
partnering/group skills
broadway or show tap
13. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
jump
dynamics
degage
syncopation
14. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
george balanchine
alexander technique
movement of the arms
ballet
15. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
rhythm
weight
Beauchamps & Noverre
tendu
16. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
Kinesthetics
rhythm tap
touch
stamp
17. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
twyla tharp
ectomorph
merce cunningham
instrumentation
18. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
rhythm
Principles of composition
transitions
partnering/group skills
19. 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
Marius Petipa
repetition
developpe
ideokinesis
20. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
entrechat
aerobic exercise
rhythm
George Balanchine
21. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
movement of the arms
ideokinesis
rhythm
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
22. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
flexion
cramp roll
3/4
dynamics
23. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
ted shawn
doris humphrey and charles weidman
weight
economic development
24. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
Diaghilev
grand allegro
hyperextension
bob fosse
25. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
bill bojangles robinson
projection
stamp
hinge
26. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
mesomorph
toe
rotation
27. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
george balanchine
ballet
Nijinsky
melody
28. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
line dancing
meter
pathways
jack cole
29. A movement is made part of another movement
isolated movement
broadway or show tap
incorporation
george balanchine
30. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
improve muscle strength
space
coordinating lighting and sound cues
31. 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
fourth position
plie
frappe
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
32. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
shape
Principles of composition
fourth position
unity
33. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
time
movement of the arms
charles weidman
lester horton
34. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
punch
Direction
improve muscle strength
merce cunningham
35. Movements are repeated
repetition
time
ball and socket joint
instrumentation
36. More is added to the original movement
ted shawn
ballet
reverance
accumulation
37. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
polyrhythm
rhythm
doris humphrey and charles weidman
toe
38. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
master juba lane
sagittal plane
modern dance
modern
39. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
harold and fayard nicholas
jazz dance
fifth position
pelvic thrusts
40. 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?
martha graham
meter
economic development
genre
41. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
endomorph
alexander technique
sagittal plane
transition
42. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
rhythm
cecchetti method
ruby keeler
43. Rubrics are most effective for
rotation
jump
pilates
assessing complex assignments
44. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
charles weidman
toe
instrumentation
45. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
social dance
body knowledge
pathways
rhythm
46. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
fragmentation
loie fuller and isadora duncan
adagio
abduction
47. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
angular oppositions
tempo acceleration/deceleration
unity
rhythm
48. The sagittal plane divides the body
Catherine de Medici
vertically
body knowledge
angular oppositions
49. 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
time
ballet
melody
50. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
simultaneous canons
gregory hines
slash
in all directions