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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?






2. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique






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






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






5. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles






6. Reach space or personal space.






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






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






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






10. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






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






12. The movement is performed backwards






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






14. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations






15. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood






16. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






17. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






18. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight






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






25. The sagittal plane divides the body






26. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?






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






28. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






29. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star






37. 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.






38. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






39. The speed of the music or dance






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






41. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






42. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.






43. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.






44. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






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






46. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






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






48. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






49. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






50. They were the progenitors of modern dance