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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. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?
axial movement
adductor magnus
assessing complex assignments
social dance
2. Tendonitis is typically caused by
touch
snap
overuse of a tendon
Luigi
3. 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
bartenieff fundamentals
ann miller
tempo acceleration/deceleration
the changement and the sautes
4. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
dynamics
tableau
gus giordano
hyperextension
5. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
flexion and extension
a contact improvisation exercise
rhythm
bill bojangles robinson
6. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
flap
improvisation
tendu
master juba lane
7. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
sagittal plane
body knowledge
assessing complex assignments
3/4
8. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
ball and socket joint
turns at center
syncopation
extension of the working leg
9. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
eversion
alexander technique
paul taylor
Catherine de Medici
10. Part of a movement is performed
angular oppositions
variety
fragmentation
sagittal plane
11. The sagittal plane divides the body
cecchetti method
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
vertically
aerobic exercise
12. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
entrechat
overuse of a tendon
rhythm tap
narrative
13. 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
ideokinesis
improvisation
narrative
Luigi
14. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
inversion
master juba lane
snap
matt mattox
15. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
Bob Fosse
eversion
in all directions
turns at center
16. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
accumulation
rhythm
flap
harold and fayard nicholas
17. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
modern dance
third position
line dancing
space
18. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
touch
glide
motif and development
shuffle
19. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
entrechat
genre
twyla tharp
rotation
20. 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
head whip
eversion
erick hawkins
genre
21. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
space
third position
dynamics
projection
22. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
Luigi
pilates
unison
pelvic thrusts
23. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
interdisciplinary
modern dance
loie fuller and isadora duncan
sagittal plane
24. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
rhythm
weight
tap dance
hinge
25. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
modern dance
rhythm
dynamics
turns from corner
26. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
hop
retrograde
Luigi
martha graham
27. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
fourth position
frappe
twyla tharp
stomp
28. 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.
abduction
force/energy
toe
punch
29. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
time
improve muscle strength
merce cunningham
grand allegro
30. A piece of choreography or dance
fourth position
pilates
work
ruby keeler
31. 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
doris humphrey and charles weidman
jack cole
aerobic exercise
axial movement
32. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
the changement and the sautes
float
harold and fayard nicholas
unity
33. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
ted shawn
assessing complex assignments
twyla tharp
adduction
34. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
Beauchamps & Noverre
fifth position
grand allegro
jazz
35. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
bill bojangles robinson
motif and development
free dance
tempo
36. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
Mikhail Fokine
entrechat
partnering/group skills
37. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
feldenkrais
Principles of composition
bill bojangles robinson
tempo acceleration/deceleration
38. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
tendu
variety
Diaghilev
39. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
action/reaction
matt mattox
rhythm
flexion and extension
40. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
tableau
Catherine de Medici
vertically
augmentation/diminution
41. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
sammy davis jr
slap
improving flexibility
choreography
42. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
frappe
adduction
jerome robbins
Principles of composition
43. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
press
brush/scuff
erick hawkins
ballet
44. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
bob fosse
interdisciplinary
mesomorph
reverance
45. 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
Beauchamps & Noverre
space
martha graham
canon
46. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
jazz
locomotion
transverse horizontal plane
stomp
47. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
Direction
savion glover
feldenkrais
48. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
martha graham
partnering/group skills
line dancing
pathways
49. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
work
adductor magnus
Butoh
stomp
50. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ball change
frontal plane
space
choreography