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Dance Basics
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
hop
doris humphrey and charles weidman
flick
rond de jambe
2. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
eversion
step
cholly atkins and coles
Mikhail Fokine
3. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
touch
modern dance
cecchetti method
transition
4. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
kinesphere
movement of the arms
body knowledge
fifth position
5. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
tempo acceleration/deceleration
martha graham
syncopation
6. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
force/energy
movement of the arms
Kinesthetics
transitions
7. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
tendu
interdisciplinary
Principles of composition
modern dance
8. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
transitions
snap
reverance
9. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
degage
matt mattox
rhythm
shape
10. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
cramp roll
tap
martha graham
interdisciplinary
11. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
step
bob fosse
doris humphrey
ball and socket joint
12. Movement executed with one body part or a small part of the body. Examples are rooling the head - shruggung the shoulders and rotating the pelvis.
force/energy
isolated movement
rhythm
step
13. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
doris humphrey
incorporation
developpe
abduction
14. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
extension
abduction
jump
Luigi
15. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
jazz
Catherine de Medici
stamp
Bob Fosse
16. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
ideokinesis
tap
telling a traditional story
variety
17. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
modern
polyrhythm
augmentation/diminution
18. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
third position
flick
alexander technique
19. 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.
force/energy
Mikhail Fokine
ball change
frontal plane
20. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
ballet
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
hop
grand allegro
21. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
tempo
gregory hines
choreography
variety
22. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
gus giordano
eversion
improve muscle strength
aerobic exercise
23. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
work
glide
improvisation
modern
24. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
master juba lane
telling a traditional story
angular oppositions
ruth st. denis
25. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
George Balanchine
katherine dunham
merce cunningham
tableau
26. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
sagittal plane
syncopation
grand allegro
rond de jambe
27. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
head whip
the changement and the sautes
flap
social dance
28. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
head whip
adductor magnus
cholly atkins
inversion
29. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
doris humphrey
ectomorph
ballet
30. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
meter
head whip
unity
folk/traditional
31. Rubrics are most effective for
incorporation
assessing complex assignments
flap
slash
32. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
dynamics
savion glover
kinesphere
33. The movement is performed backwards
social dance
retrograde
force/energy
lester horton
34. 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.
sammy davis jr
tap dance
inversion
telling a traditional story
35. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
tap dance
sammy davis jr
angular oppositions
Luigi
36. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
ballet
dynamics
improving flexibility
37. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
entrechat
narrative
motif and development
shape
38. 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
fifth position
accumulation
lester horton
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
39. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
Giselle
work
ball and socket joint
free dance
40. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
ectomorph
Mikhail Fokine
gus giordano
rhythm tap
41. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
step
force/energy
jack cole
ballet
42. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
frontal plane
aerobic exercise
motif and development
Principles of composition
43. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
rotation
cholly atkins
ballet
Mikhail Fokine
44. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
shuffle
extension of the working leg
telling a traditional story
shape
45. 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.
rhythm tap
canon
brush/scuff
pathways
46. Reach space or personal space.
cecchetti method
cholly atkins
kinesphere
Beauchamps & Noverre
47. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
bob fosse
unity
narrative
Butoh
48. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
gus giordano
savion glover
cramp roll
charles weidman
49. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
shape
plie
martha graham
50. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
jazz hands
augmentation/diminution
line dancing
aerobic exercise