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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. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
erick hawkins
isolated movement
kinesphere
George Balanchine
2. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
Principles of composition
pilates
canon
rhythm
3. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
shape
george balanchine
contrast
motif and development
4. The term 'port des bras' refers to
jazz
twyla tharp
movement of the arms
dab
5. The speed of the music or dance
line dancing
turns from corner
tempo
ballet
6. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
projection
punch
Diaghilev
cholly atkins
7. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
sammy davis jr
stomp
jump
King Louis XIV
8. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
hinge
improve muscle strength
erick hawkins
martha graham
9. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
hinge
kinesphere
a contact improvisation exercise
sagittal plane
10. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
force/energy
partnering/group skills
dynamics
11. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
angular oppositions
cholly atkins
adductor magnus
gregory hines
12. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
gus giordano
hop
gene kelly
force/energy
13. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
merce cunningham
free dance
ann miller
aerobic exercise
14. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Mikhail Fokine
narrative
space
gene kelly
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.
sagittal plane
cholly atkins
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
jazz dance
16. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
at the front
Principles of composition
ball and socket joint
matt mattox
17. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
adagio
jazz hands
tempo
pirouette
18. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
Luigi
gene kelly
savion glover
erick hawkins
19. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
cholly atkins and coles
the changement and the sautes
axial movement
syncopation
20. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
rhythm
retrograde
free dance
21. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
flick
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
accumulation
body knowledge
22. 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
flow
choreography
narrative
erick hawkins
23. They were the progenitors of modern dance
flap
loie fuller and isadora duncan
second position
contrast
24. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
ann miller
locomotion
social dance
polyrhythm
25. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
pelvic thrusts
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
Mikhail Fokine
Diaghilev
26. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.
press
lester horton
syncopation
contrast
27. 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)?
adductor magnus
tendu
third position
Nijinsky
28. The sagittal plane divides the body
bartenieff fundamentals
matt mattox
sammy davis jr
vertically
29. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
hinge
kinesphere
Mikhail Fokine
30. 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
bob fosse
martha graham
rhythm
weight
31. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
King Louis XIV
tendu
time
Catherine de Medici
32. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
unison
brush/scuff
Giselle
martha graham
33. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
fourth position
savion glover
in all directions
second position
34. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
Marius Petipa
interdisciplinary
free dance
instrumentation
35. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
transition
loie fuller and isadora duncan
isolated movement
erick hawkins
36. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
axial movement
stomp
unison
fifth position
37. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
paul taylor
projection
coordinating lighting and sound cues
merce cunningham
38. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
rhythm
gregory hines
tendu
ted shawn
39. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
the changement and the sautes
vertically
improve muscle strength
pilates
40. Rubrics are most effective for
variety
jazz hands
degage
assessing complex assignments
41. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
bill bojangles robinson
narrative
bob fosse
matt mattox
42. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
first position
dynamics
developpe
bartenieff fundamentals
43. Rounded body type.
third position
interdisciplinary
improvisation
ectomorph
44. The hip joint is a
jazz dance
projection
3/4
ball and socket joint
45. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
Diaghilev
projection
frappe
46. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
projection
stomp
genre
hop
47. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.
rond de jambe
tableau
Bob Fosse
force/energy
48. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
weight
third position
flow
Kinesthetics
49. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
fourth position
adduction
ruby keeler
variety
50. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
rotation
step
Kinesthetics
Mikhail Fokine