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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. 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
variety
ted shawn
ann miller
2. This is the speed at Which music is played.
jazz dance
tempo
social dance
Beauchamps & Noverre
3. Rounded body type.
frappe
head whip
ectomorph
interdisciplinary
4. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
pathways
entrechat
tendu
syncopation
5. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
transverse horizontal plane
rond de jambe
petit allegro
sammy davis jr
6. 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.
space
pelvic thrusts
isolated movement
third position
7. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
dynamics
flap
shuffle
feldenkrais
8. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
pilates
matt mattox
vaganova method
harold and fayard nicholas
9. More is added to the original movement
frontal plane
accumulation
Beauchamps & Noverre
tableau
10. 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?
economic development
adduction
degage
gus giordano
11. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
modern
ectomorph
improve muscle strength
time
12. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
hop
hinge
force/energy
toe
13. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
economic development
time
dynamics
rhythm
14. 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.
erick hawkins
brush/scuff
slash
force/energy
15. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
jazz
paul taylor
frappe
ruth st. denis
16. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
time
wring
social dance
pathways
17. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
canon
frontal plane
gus giordano
erick hawkins
18. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
jazz hands
modern dance
hinge
plie
19. A piece of choreography or dance
fred astaire and ginger rogers
work
twyla tharp
pelvic thrusts
20. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
gregory hines
weight
grand allegro
merce cunningham
21. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
jazz
instrumentation
head whip
22. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
flick
coordinating lighting and sound cues
George Balanchine
vaganova method
23. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
isolated movement
fourth position
rhythm
gene kelly
24. Where is the apron of the stage located
force/energy
Giselle
at the front
fourth position
25. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
3/4
narrative
motif and development
modern dance
26. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
line dancing
bob fosse
Diaghilev
tempo acceleration/deceleration
27. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position
fourth position
hinge
master juba lane
cholly atkins
28. A movement is made part of another movement
step
rhythm tap
incorporation
partnering/group skills
29. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
jazz hands
float
adduction
tempo
30. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
merce cunningham
locomotion
slap
choreography
31. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
pathways
plie
incorporation
rhythm
32. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
Marius Petipa
tableau
tempo
33. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
gene kelly
jazz
melody
34. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
axial movement
space
Marius Petipa
35. What is the meter in the waltz
developpe
assessing complex assignments
syncopation
3/4
36. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
lester horton
bill bojangles robinson
Luigi
george balanchine
37. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
matt mattox
flexion
variety
developpe
38. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
martha graham
free dance
abduction
pelvic thrusts
39. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
adagio
unison
erick hawkins
folk/traditional
40. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
at the front
Marius Petipa
doris humphrey and charles weidman
tempo
41. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
gene kelly
axial movement
jazz dance
42. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
space
erick hawkins
Giselle
stomp
43. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
fred astaire and ginger rogers
rhythm
action/reaction
kinesphere
44. They were the progenitors of modern dance
loie fuller and isadora duncan
dynamics
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
aerobic exercise
45. Movements are repeated
modern
repetition
developpe
gene kelly
46. 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.
genre
work
space
jazz dance
47. 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
King Louis XIV
alexander technique
dab
gregory hines
48. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
syncopation
axial movement
slash
retrograde
49. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
ruth st. denis
Marius Petipa
force/energy
50. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
isolated movement
cholly atkins and coles
harold and fayard nicholas
angular oppositions