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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. They were the progenitors of modern dance
adductor magnus
shuffle
loie fuller and isadora duncan
developpe
2. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
pirouette
fred astaire and ginger rogers
vaganova method
abduction
3. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
jerome robbins
pathways
brush/scuff
motif and development
4. What is the meter in the waltz
3/4
doris humphrey and charles weidman
hop
endomorph
5. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
Diaghilev
transitions
step
3/4
6. This is the speed at Which music is played.
George Balanchine
tempo
katherine dunham
3/4
7. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
body knowledge
tempo
shape
unity
8. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
rhythm tap
entrechat
coordinating lighting and sound cues
jack cole
9. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
angular oppositions
dab
adduction
wring
10. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
merce cunningham
charles weidman
cramp roll
11. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
degage
broadway or show tap
reverance
locomotion
12. 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
martha graham
extension
improve muscle strength
action/reaction
13. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
Bob Fosse
fred astaire and ginger rogers
choreography
hyperextension
14. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
loie fuller and isadora duncan
unison
interdisciplinary
matt mattox
15. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
fourth position
canon
variety
tableau
16. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
Principles of composition
erick hawkins
modern dance
stamp
17. 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?
slap
press
economic development
ann miller
18. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
narrative
cramp roll
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
improving flexibility
19. Forward brush followed by a touch
variety
slap
motif and development
gene kelly
20. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
stamp
lester horton
Diaghilev
extension
21. 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
ball change
first position
Diaghilev
22. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
ball and socket joint
flexion
cholly atkins and coles
ball change
23. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
merce cunningham
social dance
augmentation/diminution
unity
24. Four main movements in the pas de deux
wring
vaganova method
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
master juba lane
25. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
jazz
sammy davis jr
stomp
grand allegro
26. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
first position
space
third position
brush/scuff
27. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
transition
feldenkrais
transverse horizontal plane
ball change
28. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
snap
retrograde
merce cunningham
hinge
29. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
improvisation
glide
variety
tableau
30. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
space
kinesthetic awareness
free dance
Direction
31. Rubrics are most effective for
space
matt mattox
assessing complex assignments
second position
32. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
in all directions
dab
bill bojangles robinson
cholly atkins and coles
33. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
a contact improvisation exercise
ball and socket joint
unison
Bob Fosse
34. The hip joint is a
hyperextension
ball and socket joint
ruby keeler
katherine dunham
35. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
at the front
twyla tharp
action/reaction
the changement and the sautes
36. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
isolated movement
angular oppositions
rhythm tap
Principles of composition
37. The movement is performed backwards
retrograde
Direction
slash
augmentation/diminution
38. The speed of the music or dance
economic development
tempo
space
gus giordano
39. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
cramp roll
locomotion
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
hinge
40. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
petit allegro
shuffle
improving flexibility
contrast
41. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
flow
cholly atkins
tendu
Beauchamps & Noverre
42. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
Principles of composition
adagio
genre
head whip
43. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
ted shawn
Nijinsky
ballet
genre
44. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
line dancing
canon
fourth position
inversion
45. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
stamp
endomorph
developpe
mesomorph
46. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
savion glover
harold and fayard nicholas
telling a traditional story
47. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
entrechat
isolated movement
jazz
bob fosse
48. 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
narrative
cecchetti method
ideokinesis
modern dance
49. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tableau
tempo acceleration/deceleration
syncopation
broadway or show tap
50. 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
abduction
developpe
variety
third position