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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
grand allegro
feldenkrais
head whip
press
2. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
broadway or show tap
cecchetti method
jack cole
ectomorph
3. 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.
inversion
unison
genre
isolated movement
4. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
hyperextension
flexion and extension
repetition
projection
5. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
at the front
cramp roll
modern
improving flexibility
6. Bending and straightening the knees
ball change
plie
Kinesthetics
turns at center
7. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
meter
harold and fayard nicholas
abduction
feldenkrais
8. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
fifth position
meter
tap dance
rhythm tap
9. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
frontal plane
in all directions
Beauchamps & Noverre
float
10. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
rotation
aerobic exercise
tableau
canon
11. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
fifth position
syncopation
shuffle
King Louis XIV
12. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
flow
bob fosse
contrast
pelvic thrusts
13. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
axial movement
extension
bill bojangles robinson
14. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
doris humphrey and charles weidman
sagittal plane
ballet
free dance
15. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
mesomorph
press
coordinating lighting and sound cues
16. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
space
a contact improvisation exercise
shuffle
simultaneous canons
17. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
repetition
rond de jambe
flexion and extension
rhythm
18. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
telling a traditional story
interdisciplinary
shape
adductor magnus
19. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
Luigi
float
ballet
Principles of composition
20. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
cholly atkins
tap
kinesthetic awareness
cecchetti method
21. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
flick
tendu
interdisciplinary
abduction
22. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
pelvic thrusts
cholly atkins and coles
at the front
cumulative canons
23. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
folk/traditional
jump
erick hawkins
accumulation
24. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
master juba lane
economic development
adduction
jerome robbins
25. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
float
lester horton
social dance
Beauchamps & Noverre
26. The term 'port des bras' refers to
jazz
cholly atkins and coles
movement of the arms
cramp roll
27. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
axial movement
extension
flap
genre
28. 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)
syncopation
variety
lester horton
jerome robbins
29. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
hop
coordinating lighting and sound cues
Diaghilev
social dance
30. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
gregory hines
Direction
incorporation
31. A movement is made part of another movement
incorporation
simultaneous canons
slap
mesomorph
32. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
toe
Bob Fosse
transitions
master juba lane
33. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
dab
bill bojangles robinson
turns at center
34. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
partnering/group skills
hinge
at the front
adduction
35. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
loie fuller and isadora duncan
savion glover
space
vaganova method
36. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?
kinesphere
fred astaire and ginger rogers
rhythm
economic development
37. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
flick
syncopation
bill bojangles robinson
isolated movement
38. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
rhythm
space
pilates
adduction
39. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
entrechat
Direction
frontal plane
matt mattox
40. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
sammy davis jr
syncopation
space
petit allegro
41. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
hyperextension
fred astaire and ginger rogers
master juba lane
entrechat
42. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
dynamics
flexion and extension
extension of the working leg
partnering/group skills
43. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
stamp
mesomorph
folk/traditional
44. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
ted shawn
social dance
turns at center
King Louis XIV
45. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
George Balanchine
pathways
tableau
46. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
Luigi
Giselle
loie fuller and isadora duncan
kinesphere
47. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
george balanchine
mesomorph
bob fosse
ball change
48. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
tendu
projection
erick hawkins
rhythm
49. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
partnering/group skills
body knowledge
aerobic exercise
50. 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
axial movement
bartenieff fundamentals
martha graham
stamp