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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia






2. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






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






4. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






5. 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.






6. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






7. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






8. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis






9. They were the progenitors of modern dance






10. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






11. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






12. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






13. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






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






15. 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






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






17. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






18. 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.






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






20. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






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






22. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it






23. More is added to the original movement






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






25. Part of a movement is performed






26. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a






27. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






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






29. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body






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






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






32. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






33. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






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






35. Rubrics are most effective for






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






37. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






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






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






40. 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.






41. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles






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






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






44. 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






45. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer






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






47. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






48. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level






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






50. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight