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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the meter in the waltz






2. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response






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






4. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






5. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






6. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






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






8. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.






9. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation






10. Where is the apron of the stage located






11. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






12. 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






13. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






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






15. Dance marked by movement isolations and complex polyrhythms found in African American music such as - ragtime - jazz - spirituals - blues - work songs and is considered and American style of dance.






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






17. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star






18. 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.






19. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






20. Bending and straightening the knees






21. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






22. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city






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






24. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






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






26. 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






27. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky






28. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






29. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






30. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






31. The movement is performed backwards






32. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






33. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






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






35. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






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






37. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






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






39. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






40. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






41. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






42. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.






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






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






45. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






46. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






47. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school






48. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane






49. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change






50. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect