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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






2. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






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






4. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






5. Forward brush followed by a touch






6. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






7. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s






8. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






9. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane






10. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






11. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






12. 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.






13. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.






14. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






15. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






16. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles






17. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover






18. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






19. Reach space or personal space.






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






21. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?






22. 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.






23. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance






24. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.






25. The term 'port des bras' refers to






26. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.






27. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight






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






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)






30. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






31. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function






32. Four main movements in the pas de deux






33. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend






34. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






35. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor






36. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






37. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners






38. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






39. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes






40. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight






41. 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






42. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






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






44. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






45. 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.






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






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






48. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company






49. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






50. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison