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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. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
hyperextension
dab
rhythm tap
improve muscle strength
2. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
fragmentation
hyperextension
degage
petit allegro
3. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
rhythm
paul taylor
tendu
4. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
polyrhythm
rhythm tap
rhythm
5. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
ted shawn
contrast
pilates
repetition
6. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
ted shawn
extension
instrumentation
endomorph
7. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
Butoh
Luigi
eversion
locomotion
8. The hip joint is a
ball and socket joint
tableau
ectomorph
frontal plane
9. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
merce cunningham
touch
eversion
Mikhail Fokine
10. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
martha graham
snap
fragmentation
matt mattox
11. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
Bob Fosse
overuse of a tendon
pathways
press
12. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
ted shawn
flexion and extension
ann miller
flexion
13. More is added to the original movement
hyperextension
jazz dance
tempo
accumulation
14. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
tendu
contrast
Marius Petipa
in all directions
15. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
ideokinesis
tempo acceleration/deceleration
syncopation
space
16. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
ideokinesis
simultaneous canons
telling a traditional story
variety
17. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
second position
inversion
developpe
shuffle
18. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
cramp roll
augmentation/diminution
tap
19. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
time
savion glover
shuffle
plie
20. 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)?
Luigi
adductor magnus
pelvic thrusts
space
21. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
movement of the arms
punch
action/reaction
narrative
22. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
movement of the arms
master juba lane
sagittal plane
rotation
23. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
body knowledge
entrechat
hyperextension
twyla tharp
24. 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.
jazz
jazz hands
contrast
movement of the arms
25. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
repetition
tempo acceleration/deceleration
cecchetti method
degage
26. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
accumulation
folk/traditional
telling a traditional story
ballet
27. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
rhythm
alexander technique
narrative
stomp
28. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
reverance
improving flexibility
plie
dynamics
29. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
petit allegro
jazz
fragmentation
george balanchine
30. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
cramp roll
turns at center
tendu
rotation
31. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
bill bojangles robinson
telling a traditional story
free dance
pelvic thrusts
32. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
snap
telling a traditional story
vaganova method
tap dance
33. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
free dance
rond de jambe
turns at center
34. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
katherine dunham
ballet
Nijinsky
King Louis XIV
35. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
first position
endomorph
telling a traditional story
adduction
36. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
coordinating lighting and sound cues
line dancing
choreography
canon
37. Movements are repeated
jack cole
ectomorph
repetition
extension of the working leg
38. A piece of choreography or dance
Marius Petipa
work
bartenieff fundamentals
cumulative canons
39. Bending and straightening the knees
tap dance
katherine dunham
plie
space
40. This is the speed at Which music is played.
ectomorph
ball change
tempo
paul taylor
41. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
fragmentation
fifth position
katherine dunham
force/energy
42. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
fred astaire and ginger rogers
space
force/energy
43. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
melody
choreography
Catherine de Medici
Nijinsky
44. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
coordinating lighting and sound cues
rhythm
angular oppositions
degage
45. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
matt mattox
space
syncopation
dynamics
46. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
broadway or show tap
a contact improvisation exercise
Giselle
slash
47. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
genre
jazz
improving flexibility
jack cole
48. The speed of the music or dance
feldenkrais
vertically
abduction
tempo
49. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
ann miller
tempo
balance
Nijinsky
50. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
endomorph
matt mattox
time
social dance