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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






2. 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?






3. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






4. Movements are repeated






5. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase






6. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






7. 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.






8. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy






9. Tendonitis is typically caused by






10. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body






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






12. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor






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






14. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






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






16. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






17. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






18. 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






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






20. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






21. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes






22. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






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






24. 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






25. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied






26. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






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






28. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response






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






30. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings






31. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






32. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






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






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






35. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer






36. The hip joint is a






37. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






38. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees






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






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






41. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia






42. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






43. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






44. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion






45. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






46. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






47. The movement is performed backwards






48. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






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






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