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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
ballet
gregory hines
rotation
rhythm
2. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
gregory hines
jack cole
syncopation
3. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
sammy davis jr
3/4
incorporation
4. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
rhythm
in all directions
developpe
pilates
5. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
motif and development
cholly atkins
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
tableau
6. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
ted shawn
entrechat
jazz
7. 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.
Luigi
time
Direction
cecchetti method
8. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
slash
degage
cholly atkins
improvisation
9. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
ted shawn
tap
Luigi
savion glover
10. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
brush/scuff
wring
time
the changement and the sautes
11. 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.
isolated movement
motif and development
interdisciplinary
erick hawkins
12. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
extension
Nijinsky
adagio
polyrhythm
13. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
hop
Butoh
paul taylor
choreography
14. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
cholly atkins
cholly atkins and coles
pilates
instrumentation
15. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
incorporation
locomotion
jazz
third position
16. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
flexion
touch
genre
rhythm
17. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
transverse horizontal plane
cecchetti method
slash
George Balanchine
18. Rounded body type.
cholly atkins and coles
fragmentation
time
ectomorph
19. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
force/energy
3/4
gene kelly
20. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
Giselle
King Louis XIV
rhythm tap
cholly atkins and coles
21. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
ann miller
ruth st. denis
work
motif and development
22. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
canon
simultaneous canons
assessing complex assignments
tempo
23. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
pathways
free dance
abduction
Luigi
24. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
modern
flap
King Louis XIV
paul taylor
25. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
a contact improvisation exercise
punch
canon
space
26. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
fifth position
gene kelly
doris humphrey
turns at center
27. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
tendu
first position
free dance
toe
28. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
tendu
kinesthetic awareness
petit allegro
press
29. Where is the apron of the stage located
rond de jambe
bartenieff fundamentals
polyrhythm
at the front
30. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
rhythm
syncopation
a contact improvisation exercise
flexion
31. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
transition
ideokinesis
action/reaction
glide
32. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
weight
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
Beauchamps & Noverre
pilates
33. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
first position
transverse horizontal plane
stamp
turns from corner
34. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
ball change
space
improving flexibility
vaganova method
35. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
space
at the front
paul taylor
tap
36. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
gus giordano
syncopation
a contact improvisation exercise
tendu
37. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
the changement and the sautes
polyrhythm
axial movement
gus giordano
38. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
matt mattox
telling a traditional story
toe
grand allegro
39. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
ruby keeler
augmentation/diminution
improve muscle strength
shuffle
40. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
Kinesthetics
3/4
folk/traditional
Giselle
41. 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?
eversion
cumulative canons
kinesphere
economic development
42. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
modern dance
Catherine de Medici
tendu
turns from corner
43. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
line dancing
transverse horizontal plane
dynamics
ann miller
44. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
jazz dance
tableau
stomp
45. 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)
variety
rond de jambe
touch
line dancing
46. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
tap dance
improve muscle strength
canon
erick hawkins
47. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
line dancing
entrechat
Luigi
rhythm
48. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
modern dance
feldenkrais
bill bojangles robinson
Mikhail Fokine
49. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement
martha graham
tempo
vertically
degage
50. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
punch
rhythm tap
3/4