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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. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
transition
fifth position
adduction
second position
2. 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
aerobic exercise
vaganova method
modern dance
syncopation
3. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
turns from corner
matt mattox
movement of the arms
ruby keeler
4. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
melody
meter
frappe
gregory hines
5. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
alexander technique
sagittal plane
ruth st. denis
flexion
6. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
George Balanchine
shuffle
pilates
7. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
pathways
coordinating lighting and sound cues
tableau
toe
8. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
slap
gregory hines
george balanchine
martha graham
9. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
ideokinesis
gregory hines
sammy davis jr
Luigi
10. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
transition
tap dance
choreography
time
11. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
rhythm
jack cole
instrumentation
space
12. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
accumulation
degage
Beauchamps & Noverre
13. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
rhythm
first position
master juba lane
savion glover
14. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
alexander technique
the changement and the sautes
fred astaire and ginger rogers
developpe
15. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
George Balanchine
frappe
toe
endomorph
16. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
touch
Nijinsky
turns from corner
fred astaire and ginger rogers
17. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
martha graham
Bob Fosse
fragmentation
kinesthetic awareness
18. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
meter
bartenieff fundamentals
syncopation
flow
19. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
interdisciplinary
master juba lane
space
modern dance
20. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
telling a traditional story
endomorph
savion glover
modern dance
21. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
lester horton
glide
contrast
abduction
22. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo
fifth position
head whip
dynamics
alexander technique
23. More is added to the original movement
jazz hands
accumulation
tap
rhythm tap
24. A movement is made part of another movement
syncopation
unity
incorporation
motif and development
25. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
harold and fayard nicholas
savion glover
flap
canon
26. The speed of the music or dance
tempo
head whip
free dance
developpe
27. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
telling a traditional story
partnering/group skills
Catherine de Medici
punch
28. This is the speed at Which music is played.
locomotion
jack cole
tempo
doris humphrey and charles weidman
29. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
sammy davis jr
Marius Petipa
force/energy
tap dance
30. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
Luigi
frontal plane
mesomorph
Butoh
31. The hip joint is a
ball and socket joint
melody
step
alexander technique
32. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance
frappe
locomotion
lester horton
action/reaction
33. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
inversion
3/4
flick
34. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
jazz hands
petit allegro
sagittal plane
bob fosse
35. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
bill bojangles robinson
savion glover
gus giordano
36. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
step
Catherine de Medici
Diaghilev
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
37. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
hinge
improving flexibility
improvisation
transitions
38. Part of a movement is performed
paul taylor
kinesphere
tempo
fragmentation
39. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
pirouette
work
first position
angular oppositions
40. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
rond de jambe
extension
flap
stamp
41. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
improve muscle strength
adductor magnus
Catherine de Medici
float
42. 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
improving flexibility
third position
ball and socket joint
tendu
43. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
ectomorph
transverse horizontal plane
sagittal plane
alexander technique
44. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
toe
second position
turns from corner
bill bojangles robinson
45. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
inversion
master juba lane
free dance
first position
46. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
cholly atkins and coles
pathways
rhythm tap
47. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
ted shawn
augmentation/diminution
cholly atkins and coles
gus giordano
48. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
turns at center
modern dance
time
melody
49. 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
unity
twyla tharp
gus giordano
50. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
flexion
touch
transition
jazz