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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. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
angular oppositions
free dance
space
merce cunningham
2. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
jazz dance
extension of the working leg
free dance
3. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
melody
hinge
Principles of composition
pathways
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)?
adductor magnus
flap
frontal plane
degage
5. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
space
economic development
time
adductor magnus
6. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
coordinating lighting and sound cues
gregory hines
first position
jerome robbins
7. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
ball and socket joint
jazz hands
unison
harold and fayard nicholas
8. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
twyla tharp
stomp
George Balanchine
axial movement
9. 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
katherine dunham
at the front
fourth position
Nijinsky
10. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
ted shawn
jack cole
syncopation
Marius Petipa
11. Reach space or personal space.
kinesphere
contrast
jack cole
overuse of a tendon
12. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
action/reaction
rotation
Direction
doris humphrey and charles weidman
13. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
modern dance
ballet
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
work
14. Forward brush followed by a step
entrechat
unity
eversion
flap
15. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
erick hawkins
lester horton
choreography
16. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
isolated movement
head whip
erick hawkins
first position
17. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
harold and fayard nicholas
ball change
vertically
bartenieff fundamentals
18. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
free dance
martha graham
grand allegro
ballet
19. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
rhythm
inversion
stomp
partnering/group skills
20. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
jazz
lester horton
george balanchine
gene kelly
21. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
meter
aerobic exercise
reverance
transverse horizontal plane
22. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
transitions
Kinesthetics
erick hawkins
variety
23. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
economic development
meter
improve muscle strength
narrative
24. 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
martha graham
polyrhythm
entrechat
fifth position
25. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
Luigi
canon
at the front
jazz hands
26. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
ted shawn
gus giordano
brush/scuff
melody
27. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
pirouette
feldenkrais
improving flexibility
locomotion
28. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
the changement and the sautes
simultaneous canons
second position
tendu
29. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
sammy davis jr
rotation
angular oppositions
Kinesthetics
30. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
doris humphrey
transitions
press
wring
31. The movement is performed backwards
space
second position
kinesthetic awareness
retrograde
32. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
martha graham
augmentation/diminution
turns from corner
fred astaire and ginger rogers
33. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
motif and development
rhythm
pilates
34. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
gus giordano
transitions
petit allegro
float
35. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.
vertically
time
action/reaction
matt mattox
36. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
Mikhail Fokine
ann miller
inversion
37. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
Giselle
syncopation
flick
stamp
38. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
assessing complex assignments
kinesphere
snap
39. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
unity
bartenieff fundamentals
kinesphere
unison
40. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
unison
ball change
martha graham
savion glover
41. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
angular oppositions
gus giordano
flick
dab
42. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
partnering/group skills
transitions
tableau
third position
43. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
tendu
extension of the working leg
locomotion
unity
44. A movement is made part of another movement
incorporation
Kinesthetics
extension
adagio
45. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
3/4
press
george balanchine
46. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
free dance
inversion
master juba lane
lester horton
47. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
george balanchine
polyrhythm
brush/scuff
Direction
48. Part of a movement is performed
jack cole
modern
action/reaction
fragmentation
49. A piece of choreography or dance
space
cumulative canons
work
fragmentation
50. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
degage
Luigi
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps