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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






2. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






3. Tendonitis is typically caused by






4. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a






5. 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






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






7. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






9. What is the meter in the waltz






10. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches






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.






12. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






13. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes






14. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






15. 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.






16. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






17. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






18. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






19. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






20. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






21. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






22. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






23. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






24. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






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






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






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






28. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






29. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






30. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






31. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school






32. Rubrics are most effective for






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






34. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






35. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






36. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion






37. Forward brush followed by a step






38. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher






39. 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






40. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans






41. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films






42. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






43. The term 'port des bras' refers to






44. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






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






46. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated






47. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






48. 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






49. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations






50. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.