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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
social dance
telling a traditional story
cramp roll
stamp
2. A piece of choreography or dance
shape
work
stomp
unison
3. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
pelvic thrusts
toe
melody
third position
4. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
improving flexibility
ball and socket joint
Luigi
Direction
5. 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
interdisciplinary
third position
cholly atkins and coles
shuffle
6. 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?
Giselle
line dancing
adductor magnus
economic development
7. The movement is performed backwards
accumulation
incorporation
retrograde
melody
8. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
Bob Fosse
rhythm tap
genre
9. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
dab
time
Giselle
economic development
10. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
ruby keeler
rhythm
variety
matt mattox
11. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
modern dance
step
frappe
flick
12. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
assessing complex assignments
flexion and extension
unity
rhythm
13. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
head whip
feldenkrais
cramp roll
Kinesthetics
14. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
line dancing
kinesphere
assessing complex assignments
doris humphrey
15. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
balance
augmentation/diminution
body knowledge
lester horton
16. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
paul taylor
rond de jambe
sammy davis jr
kinesthetic awareness
17. The speed of the music or dance
endomorph
touch
Direction
tempo
18. 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
hyperextension
transition
improving flexibility
time
19. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
modern dance
time
cramp roll
frontal plane
20. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
entrechat
katherine dunham
angular oppositions
adductor magnus
21. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
alexander technique
Kinesthetics
rhythm tap
retrograde
22. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
tap dance
simultaneous canons
katherine dunham
transitions
23. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
overuse of a tendon
vertically
syncopation
24. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
ruby keeler
Catherine de Medici
jazz hands
jerome robbins
25. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
sammy davis jr
plie
charles weidman
matt mattox
26. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
gus giordano
interdisciplinary
transverse horizontal plane
incorporation
27. Forward brush followed by a touch
flexion and extension
ectomorph
slap
cumulative canons
28. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
fifth position
vaganova method
merce cunningham
bob fosse
29. Bending and straightening the knees
improving flexibility
plie
time
rhythm tap
30. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
pilates
cumulative canons
dynamics
rond de jambe
31. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
turns from corner
slash
angular oppositions
pirouette
32. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
George Balanchine
punch
endomorph
coordinating lighting and sound cues
33. Reach space or personal space.
jazz
ann miller
kinesphere
dab
34. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
balance
flow
developpe
variety
35. Where is the apron of the stage located
adagio
instrumentation
stamp
at the front
36. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
inversion
cecchetti method
ballet
37. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
flexion
inversion
entrechat
rond de jambe
38. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
Luigi
first position
dynamics
39. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
hop
at the front
kinesthetic awareness
stamp
40. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
syncopation
flexion and extension
economic development
fifth position
41. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
extension
dynamics
Luigi
merce cunningham
42. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
transverse horizontal plane
rhythm
tableau
third position
43. 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
space
modern dance
interdisciplinary
44. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
hinge
sammy davis jr
Giselle
45. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
tendu
unison
improve muscle strength
polyrhythm
46. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
retrograde
touch
jazz hands
slash
47. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
motif and development
bartenieff fundamentals
rhythm tap
space
48. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
bob fosse
jazz hands
master juba lane
49. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
improvisation
tendu
tap dance
Direction
50. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
matt mattox
katherine dunham
in all directions
ectomorph