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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






2. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.






3. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend






4. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu






5. Part of a movement is performed






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






7. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






8. A movement is made part of another movement






9. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






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






11. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






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






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






14. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners






15. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






16. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics






17. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles






18. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






19. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






20. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






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






22. More is added to the original movement






23. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






24. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






25. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






26. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.






27. What is the meter in the waltz






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






29. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)






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






31. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






32. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






33. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






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






35. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






36. 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






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






38. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength






39. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






40. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor






41. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor






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






43. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level






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






45. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






46. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






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






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






49. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






50. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy