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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. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
feldenkrais
charles weidman
mesomorph
interdisciplinary
2. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
line dancing
Diaghilev
Bob Fosse
cecchetti method
3. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
frontal plane
float
kinesphere
erick hawkins
4. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
martha graham
partnering/group skills
unison
Bob Fosse
5. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
flexion and extension
in all directions
ideokinesis
unison
6. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
degage
melody
a contact improvisation exercise
projection
7. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
fourth position
fragmentation
sagittal plane
jazz dance
8. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
ted shawn
at the front
gregory hines
rhythm
9. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
balance
Diaghilev
weight
cecchetti method
10. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
tap
press
meter
11. 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.
jazz dance
accumulation
polyrhythm
adagio
12. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
bill bojangles robinson
tendu
tap dance
frappe
13. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
unison
ruth st. denis
ann miller
dab
14. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
lester horton
dab
transverse horizontal plane
merce cunningham
15. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
float
dynamics
hyperextension
meter
16. 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.
dab
augmentation/diminution
Direction
tap dance
17. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
action/reaction
space
rhythm
18. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
ball and socket joint
Giselle
telling a traditional story
merce cunningham
19. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
weight
jerome robbins
flap
savion glover
20. More is added to the original movement
accumulation
flexion
action/reaction
Kinesthetics
21. The sagittal plane divides the body
alexander technique
adduction
vertically
glide
22. Forward brush followed by a touch
gene kelly
slap
jump
dab
23. 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
fourth position
the changement and the sautes
jump
martha graham
24. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
movement of the arms
economic development
hinge
martha graham
25. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
sammy davis jr
first position
kinesthetic awareness
26. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
assessing complex assignments
doris humphrey and charles weidman
twyla tharp
cumulative canons
27. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
bartenieff fundamentals
ball change
eversion
flexion
28. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
jazz
meter
adagio
George Balanchine
29. 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
alexander technique
punch
martha graham
wring
30. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
wring
Luigi
axial movement
improvisation
31. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
gregory hines
folk/traditional
jump
pirouette
32. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
unison
space
George Balanchine
33. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
endomorph
plie
Mikhail Fokine
locomotion
34. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
master juba lane
flow
cholly atkins and coles
rhythm
35. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
rhythm
space
free dance
unity
36. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
modern dance
meter
a contact improvisation exercise
lester horton
37. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
pirouette
Bob Fosse
gene kelly
38. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
stamp
jazz hands
ballet
hop
39. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
harold and fayard nicholas
cholly atkins
endomorph
extension
40. The hip joint is a
rhythm
interdisciplinary
ball and socket joint
adagio
41. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
fragmentation
augmentation/diminution
second position
movement of the arms
42. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
flow
jump
tap
bill bojangles robinson
43. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
action/reaction
unity
entrechat
Nijinsky
44. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
plie
degage
martha graham
hop
45. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
George Balanchine
slash
flexion
endomorph
46. This is the speed at Which music is played.
slash
plie
Nijinsky
tempo
47. Four main movements in the pas de deux
Principles of composition
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
ruby keeler
axial movement
48. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
transverse horizontal plane
Catherine de Medici
shape
hyperextension
49. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
jerome robbins
Beauchamps & Noverre
matt mattox
cramp roll
50. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
fifth position
at the front
adagio
broadway or show tap