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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. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
ideokinesis
hop
assessing complex assignments
ann miller
2. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
dynamics
locomotion
shuffle
tempo
3. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
ideokinesis
aerobic exercise
transition
pathways
4. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
ann miller
merce cunningham
bill bojangles robinson
martha graham
5. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
simultaneous canons
pirouette
frappe
matt mattox
6. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
first position
tempo acceleration/deceleration
Mikhail Fokine
vertically
7. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
canon
repetition
fred astaire and ginger rogers
Marius Petipa
8. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
variety
katherine dunham
cumulative canons
adduction
9. 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
narrative
pelvic thrusts
dynamics
10. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
fourth position
stomp
adagio
cholly atkins
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.
telling a traditional story
jazz dance
interdisciplinary
Principles of composition
12. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?
economic development
punch
Kinesthetics
coordinating lighting and sound cues
13. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
ectomorph
retrograde
variety
14. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
degage
erick hawkins
syncopation
vaganova method
15. Where is the apron of the stage located
ball change
fourth position
pirouette
at the front
16. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
cramp roll
master juba lane
dynamics
angular oppositions
17. The movement is performed backwards
ball and socket joint
degage
time
retrograde
18. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
fifth position
Beauchamps & Noverre
erick hawkins
step
19. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
cholly atkins and coles
incorporation
contrast
20. 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
hyperextension
entrechat
fourth position
tempo
21. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
loie fuller and isadora duncan
Nijinsky
choreography
22. Four main movements in the pas de deux
slash
time
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
angular oppositions
23. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
modern
abduction
Mikhail Fokine
unison
24. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
tempo
cecchetti method
Nijinsky
body knowledge
25. Forward brush followed by a step
george balanchine
flap
jazz hands
inversion
26. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a
tempo
ball and socket joint
axial movement
tempo acceleration/deceleration
27. 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.
adduction
time
glide
fragmentation
28. This is the speed at Which music is played.
vertically
tempo
meter
frappe
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
ball change
a contact improvisation exercise
alexander technique
gregory hines
30. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
instrumentation
mesomorph
fred astaire and ginger rogers
toe
31. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
instrumentation
genre
ruth st. denis
eversion
32. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
vaganova method
tap dance
improve muscle strength
tempo acceleration/deceleration
33. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
flexion and extension
cholly atkins
narrative
fred astaire and ginger rogers
34. 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)?
space
Luigi
adductor magnus
Luigi
35. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
slap
a contact improvisation exercise
touch
jack cole
36. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Beauchamps & Noverre
jazz
Kinesthetics
gene kelly
37. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
cumulative canons
flexion
choreography
flick
38. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
shape
tap
ballet
39. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
canon
gus giordano
merce cunningham
punch
40. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
work
punch
eversion
41. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
flow
Beauchamps & Noverre
polyrhythm
tableau
42. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
harold and fayard nicholas
petit allegro
3/4
inversion
43. 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
retrograde
rhythm
erick hawkins
twyla tharp
44. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
merce cunningham
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
gus giordano
45. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
toe
genre
punch
ball change
46. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
adduction
narrative
float
tempo acceleration/deceleration
47. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
doris humphrey and charles weidman
variety
gene kelly
48. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
fifth position
erick hawkins
turns at center
partnering/group skills
49. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
improvisation
assessing complex assignments
Beauchamps & Noverre
partnering/group skills
50. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
partnering/group skills
rhythm
ann miller
ruby keeler