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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






2. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






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






4. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






5. Part of a movement is performed






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






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






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






9. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.






10. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?






11. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






12. 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.






13. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward






14. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






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






16. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot






17. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.






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






19. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.






20. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






21. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






22. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet






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






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






25. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






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






27. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated






28. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






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






30. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation






31. Rubrics are most effective for






32. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






33. The movement is performed backwards






34. 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.






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






36. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






37. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.






38. 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






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






40. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes






41. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






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






44. Forward brush followed by a backward brush






45. 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.






46. Reach space or personal space.






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






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






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






50. The size of the movement is increased or decreased