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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. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
turns from corner
narrative
Kinesthetics
2. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
Nijinsky
paul taylor
angular oppositions
force/energy
3. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
economic development
dynamics
stomp
press
4. 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.
feldenkrais
modern
stamp
pathways
5. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
melody
step
pirouette
ruth st. denis
6. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
improve muscle strength
jack cole
mesomorph
extension of the working leg
7. This is the speed at Which music is played.
step
feldenkrais
tempo
motif and development
8. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
jazz
loie fuller and isadora duncan
Luigi
tempo
9. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
alexander technique
glide
paul taylor
sammy davis jr
10. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
plie
fred astaire and ginger rogers
improvisation
alexander technique
11. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
ruth st. denis
reverance
cholly atkins
first position
12. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
rotation
flexion
martha graham
13. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
Butoh
frappe
improving flexibility
14. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
second position
melody
incorporation
interdisciplinary
15. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
flick
time
bartenieff fundamentals
head whip
16. Part of a movement is performed
extension
martha graham
fragmentation
work
17. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
slash
syncopation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ruth st. denis
18. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
sammy davis jr
balance
instrumentation
gus giordano
19. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
eversion
charles weidman
space
repetition
20. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
loie fuller and isadora duncan
george balanchine
motif and development
jerome robbins
21. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
Beauchamps & Noverre
abduction
space
assessing complex assignments
22. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
space
retrograde
aerobic exercise
meter
23. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
doris humphrey and charles weidman
bill bojangles robinson
space
24. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
brush/scuff
master juba lane
rhythm tap
stamp
25. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
Nijinsky
kinesphere
step
time
26. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
adagio
canon
brush/scuff
the changement and the sautes
27. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
erick hawkins
transition
polyrhythm
bartenieff fundamentals
28. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
katherine dunham
Luigi
tap dance
modern
29. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
ruby keeler
step
modern dance
30. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
tempo
kinesthetic awareness
meter
jazz hands
31. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
a contact improvisation exercise
George Balanchine
inversion
Bob Fosse
32. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
endomorph
motif and development
Butoh
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
33. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
martha graham
transitions
ideokinesis
tendu
34. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
folk/traditional
repetition
erick hawkins
toe
35. 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
contrast
frontal plane
tendu
fourth position
36. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
eversion
modern dance
hyperextension
pirouette
37. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
incorporation
dynamics
George Balanchine
developpe
38. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
adductor magnus
augmentation/diminution
endomorph
jack cole
39. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
retrograde
unison
action/reaction
narrative
40. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
jazz hands
balance
Direction
space
41. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
grand allegro
frontal plane
transitions
transition
42. 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.
matt mattox
turns at center
jazz dance
slap
43. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
ballet
frappe
ruby keeler
44. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
at the front
twyla tharp
unity
social dance
45. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
choreography
glide
ball change
46. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
economic development
matt mattox
time
47. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
syncopation
cumulative canons
kinesphere
stomp
48. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
George Balanchine
hyperextension
pilates
49. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
tempo
bob fosse
rhythm
Marius Petipa
50. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
jerome robbins
loie fuller and isadora duncan
space
flap