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Dance Basics
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1. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
time
ann miller
space
Marius Petipa
2. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
ann miller
Luigi
jazz
tableau
3. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
george balanchine
bill bojangles robinson
jerome robbins
retrograde
4. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
petit allegro
tempo acceleration/deceleration
jazz
5. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
flap
King Louis XIV
rhythm tap
ruth st. denis
6. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
kinesphere
second position
first position
fifth position
7. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
flexion
Butoh
ectomorph
flick
8. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
sagittal plane
rhythm
jerome robbins
gene kelly
9. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
doris humphrey
wring
abduction
3/4
10. The sagittal plane divides the body
bartenieff fundamentals
vertically
space
a contact improvisation exercise
11. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
bill bojangles robinson
martha graham
pirouette
Diaghilev
12. This is the speed at Which music is played.
Beauchamps & Noverre
slap
tempo
kinesphere
13. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
tempo
charles weidman
transition
touch
14. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
simultaneous canons
King Louis XIV
ted shawn
15. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
locomotion
touch
cholly atkins
modern dance
16. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
plie
movement of the arms
Butoh
rond de jambe
17. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
Nijinsky
action/reaction
Principles of composition
eversion
18. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
reverance
harold and fayard nicholas
jazz hands
transitions
19. Forward brush followed by a touch
merce cunningham
extension of the working leg
slap
pelvic thrusts
20. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
toe
telling a traditional story
ted shawn
Nijinsky
21. Rubrics are most effective for
assessing complex assignments
movement of the arms
pirouette
float
22. 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
ballet
kinesphere
simultaneous canons
rond de jambe
23. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
ruth st. denis
Butoh
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
movement of the arms
24. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
kinesthetic awareness
merce cunningham
locomotion
float
25. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
melody
assessing complex assignments
tendu
tempo acceleration/deceleration
26. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
adductor magnus
Luigi
balance
27. 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?
economic development
matt mattox
in all directions
action/reaction
28. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
pelvic thrusts
economic development
retrograde
29. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
Principles of composition
frappe
glide
matt mattox
30. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
first position
lester horton
variety
canon
31. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
petit allegro
twyla tharp
grand allegro
adductor magnus
32. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
lester horton
degage
cecchetti method
interdisciplinary
33. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
rhythm
vertically
work
shuffle
34. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
syncopation
improvisation
overuse of a tendon
hop
35. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
mesomorph
unity
augmentation/diminution
brush/scuff
36. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
fifth position
unity
the changement and the sautes
rotation
37. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
tableau
free dance
balance
38. More is added to the original movement
lester horton
accumulation
instrumentation
tendu
39. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
bob fosse
kinesthetic awareness
tableau
gus giordano
40. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
space
flap
erick hawkins
matt mattox
41. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
jazz hands
katherine dunham
turns at center
fragmentation
42. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
rond de jambe
syncopation
cholly atkins and coles
coordinating lighting and sound cues
43. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
feldenkrais
Diaghilev
at the front
isolated movement
44. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
Mikhail Fokine
reverance
free dance
rond de jambe
45. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
Butoh
King Louis XIV
toe
turns from corner
46. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
retrograde
press
turns at center
ball and socket joint
47. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
work
toe
matt mattox
third position
48. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
dynamics
ruby keeler
erick hawkins
tap dance
49. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
free dance
entrechat
doris humphrey
jazz hands
50. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
tempo
gus giordano
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
ballet
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