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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






2. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






3. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






5. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body






6. 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






7. 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






8. The term 'port des bras' refers to






9. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






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






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






12. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






13. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






14. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films






15. Part of a movement is performed






16. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






17. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake






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






19. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.






20. This is the speed at Which music is played.






21. Rubrics are most effective for






22. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer






23. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






24. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






25. 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.






26. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






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






28. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






29. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg






30. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






31. Forward brush followed by a step






32. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






33. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






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






35. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






36. Four main movements in the pas de deux






37. Rounded body type.






38. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






39. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees






40. The movement is performed backwards






41. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to






42. 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






43. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique






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






45. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response






46. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a






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






48. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight






49. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change






50. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance