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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. 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
glide
hop
martha graham
improvisation
2. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
assessing complex assignments
hyperextension
King Louis XIV
Kinesthetics
3. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
coordinating lighting and sound cues
flexion and extension
King Louis XIV
dab
4. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
telling a traditional story
repetition
stomp
free dance
5. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
isolated movement
reverance
mesomorph
Marius Petipa
6. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
instrumentation
cramp roll
simultaneous canons
7. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
folk/traditional
modern
canon
Direction
8. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
doris humphrey
flap
abduction
action/reaction
9. Reach space or personal space.
Nijinsky
third position
frontal plane
kinesphere
10. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
the changement and the sautes
jack cole
inversion
unison
11. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
harold and fayard nicholas
hop
improve muscle strength
syncopation
12. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
martha graham
Direction
hyperextension
13. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
erick hawkins
instrumentation
overuse of a tendon
unison
14. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
toe
doris humphrey and charles weidman
cholly atkins and coles
jump
15. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
flexion
glide
fragmentation
free dance
16. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
axial movement
erick hawkins
balance
slash
17. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
kinesphere
dab
jerome robbins
cholly atkins and coles
18. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
second position
a contact improvisation exercise
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ballet
19. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
cholly atkins and coles
wring
turns at center
petit allegro
20. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
angular oppositions
tendu
rhythm
modern dance
21. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
glide
frappe
improving flexibility
jazz dance
22. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
choreography
ballet
space
touch
23. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
tap dance
merce cunningham
extension
improve muscle strength
24. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
stomp
variety
assessing complex assignments
25. This is the speed at Which music is played.
step
tap
tempo
reverance
26. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
variety
inversion
gene kelly
motif and development
27. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
coordinating lighting and sound cues
a contact improvisation exercise
degage
axial movement
28. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
tempo
simultaneous canons
charles weidman
flexion and extension
29. Four main movements in the pas de deux
flick
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
a contact improvisation exercise
Bob Fosse
30. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
endomorph
first position
ted shawn
frappe
31. More is added to the original movement
ideokinesis
telling a traditional story
kinesphere
accumulation
32. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
in all directions
doris humphrey and charles weidman
sagittal plane
transitions
33. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
ruth st. denis
turns from corner
rhythm
cumulative canons
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)?
feldenkrais
adductor magnus
developpe
glide
35. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
tap dance
charles weidman
tableau
entrechat
36. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
sammy davis jr
simultaneous canons
float
Nijinsky
37. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
ectomorph
improve muscle strength
pelvic thrusts
entrechat
38. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
first position
rond de jambe
twyla tharp
ruby keeler
39. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
slap
ball and socket joint
cecchetti method
force/energy
40. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
rond de jambe
george balanchine
narrative
41. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
gus giordano
abduction
gus giordano
42. The speed of the music or dance
jazz dance
snap
cholly atkins and coles
tempo
43. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
simultaneous canons
3/4
Direction
lester horton
44. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
stomp
rhythm
tempo acceleration/deceleration
unison
45. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
jazz hands
line dancing
endomorph
instrumentation
46. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
interdisciplinary
bob fosse
martha graham
petit allegro
47. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
gus giordano
Marius Petipa
ball change
entrechat
48. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
broadway or show tap
first position
fifth position
dab
49. 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).
cholly atkins
improvisation
space
hinge
50. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
dynamics
hop
ruby keeler
adagio