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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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1. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
line dancing
movement of the arms
ballet
tendu
2. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
isolated movement
kinesphere
motif and development
flick
3. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
kinesphere
cecchetti method
vaganova method
ball change
4. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
interdisciplinary
transverse horizontal plane
eversion
bob fosse
5. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
a contact improvisation exercise
at the front
grand allegro
transverse horizontal plane
6. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
choreography
tempo
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
7. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
kinesthetic awareness
unison
extension
ball change
8. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
pirouette
adagio
fifth position
harold and fayard nicholas
9. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
punch
Bob Fosse
Giselle
10. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
fifth position
ruby keeler
vaganova method
11. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
tap dance
Luigi
pelvic thrusts
loie fuller and isadora duncan
12. This is the speed at Which music is played.
shape
kinesthetic awareness
tempo
gregory hines
13. What is the meter in the waltz
petit allegro
jazz
3/4
pelvic thrusts
14. 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
polyrhythm
locomotion
jazz dance
ideokinesis
15. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
interdisciplinary
third position
ballet
jazz
16. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
brush/scuff
sammy davis jr
ball change
weight
17. They were the progenitors of modern dance
paul taylor
press
loie fuller and isadora duncan
tendu
18. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
hop
snap
weight
abduction
19. The hip joint is a
ball and socket joint
tap
telling a traditional story
kinesthetic awareness
20. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
axial movement
charles weidman
stomp
grand allegro
21. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
weight
modern dance
dynamics
locomotion
22. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
jack cole
inversion
ectomorph
doris humphrey
23. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
bartenieff fundamentals
Diaghilev
kinesphere
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
24. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
balance
stomp
entrechat
slash
25. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
jazz dance
overuse of a tendon
grand allegro
twyla tharp
26. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
eversion
ted shawn
Catherine de Medici
Bob Fosse
27. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
balance
kinesphere
flexion and extension
merce cunningham
28. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
glide
flick
improvisation
gregory hines
29. A piece of choreography or dance
endomorph
work
meter
ball and socket joint
30. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
meter
vaganova method
canon
force/energy
31. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
a contact improvisation exercise
turns from corner
ann miller
adductor magnus
32. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
unity
tendu
gene kelly
cecchetti method
33. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
improvisation
Direction
space
Kinesthetics
34. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
choreography
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
contrast
interdisciplinary
35. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
Mikhail Fokine
mesomorph
pathways
vertically
36. Bending and straightening the knees
action/reaction
plie
pilates
rond de jambe
37. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
adagio
unison
savion glover
hinge
38. The term 'port des bras' refers to
fred astaire and ginger rogers
improve muscle strength
vaganova method
movement of the arms
39. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
vertically
doris humphrey
telling a traditional story
master juba lane
40. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
ted shawn
modern dance
overuse of a tendon
harold and fayard nicholas
41. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
gene kelly
syncopation
Mikhail Fokine
ballet
42. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
projection
simultaneous canons
endomorph
float
43. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
rhythm
Direction
axial movement
improving flexibility
44. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
tableau
transitions
jerome robbins
tempo acceleration/deceleration
45. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
brush/scuff
tap dance
coordinating lighting and sound cues
Giselle
46. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
jerome robbins
choreography
katherine dunham
3/4
47. 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
canon
lester horton
overuse of a tendon
alexander technique
48. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
line dancing
ann miller
jerome robbins
free dance
49. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
shape
fourth position
improving flexibility
Luigi
50. 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
Mikhail Fokine
first position
gregory hines