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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. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
at the front
the changement and the sautes
loie fuller and isadora duncan
line dancing
2. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
flap
savion glover
erick hawkins
dab
3. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
martha graham
transverse horizontal plane
cholly atkins
time
4. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
ruby keeler
tempo
ballet
tableau
5. Tendonitis is typically caused by
feldenkrais
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
overuse of a tendon
modern
6. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
augmentation/diminution
slap
ball change
erick hawkins
7. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
force/energy
sammy davis jr
in all directions
ectomorph
8. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
rhythm
adduction
shuffle
martha graham
9. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
brush/scuff
eversion
ideokinesis
petit allegro
10. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
fragmentation
jazz
incorporation
ideokinesis
11. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
float
rhythm
assessing complex assignments
hop
12. Movements are repeated
repetition
transverse horizontal plane
third position
jazz hands
13. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
modern dance
mesomorph
folk/traditional
fourth position
14. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
Diaghilev
flap
slash
flexion
15. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
jump
slap
ballet
King Louis XIV
16. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
tempo acceleration/deceleration
turns at center
touch
line dancing
17. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
melody
space
coordinating lighting and sound cues
loie fuller and isadora duncan
18. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
rhythm
George Balanchine
action/reaction
vaganova method
19. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
shape
flick
line dancing
narrative
20. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
variety
pirouette
merce cunningham
tableau
21. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
rhythm tap
shuffle
glide
line dancing
22. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
shuffle
endomorph
gene kelly
Mikhail Fokine
23. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
pirouette
augmentation/diminution
improvisation
flow
24. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
accumulation
touch
stamp
King Louis XIV
25. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
axial movement
Giselle
turns from corner
canon
26. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
transitions
locomotion
movement of the arms
merce cunningham
27. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
second position
turns at center
improvisation
shuffle
28. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
flap
rond de jambe
ball change
slap
29. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
Principles of composition
instrumentation
entrechat
transition
30. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
pathways
Luigi
endomorph
Marius Petipa
31. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
bob fosse
harold and fayard nicholas
hinge
press
32. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
overuse of a tendon
balance
Giselle
george balanchine
33. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
punch
bob fosse
Luigi
charles weidman
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)?
polyrhythm
augmentation/diminution
transitions
adductor magnus
35. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
ideokinesis
extension
reverance
36. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
rotation
telling a traditional story
modern dance
3/4
37. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
instrumentation
pelvic thrusts
cholly atkins and coles
Direction
38. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
endomorph
Direction
doris humphrey and charles weidman
space
39. A piece of choreography or dance
petit allegro
work
Nijinsky
the changement and the sautes
40. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
lester horton
ann miller
cumulative canons
savion glover
41. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
ted shawn
isolated movement
syncopation
lester horton
42. 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
erick hawkins
narrative
developpe
simultaneous canons
43. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
martha graham
tempo acceleration/deceleration
jack cole
Giselle
44. The speed of the music or dance
body knowledge
tempo
fourth position
charles weidman
45. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
weight
ball and socket joint
partnering/group skills
ball change
46. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
ideokinesis
tempo
transitions
motif and development
47. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
lester horton
martha graham
motif and development
rhythm
48. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
rhythm
telling a traditional story
partnering/group skills
hop
49. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
transverse horizontal plane
gus giordano
slap
angular oppositions
50. 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
simultaneous canons
Mikhail Fokine
savion glover