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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
3/4
accumulation
2. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
syncopation
pilates
brush/scuff
ruby keeler
3. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
merce cunningham
extension of the working leg
slap
ruth st. denis
4. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
folk/traditional
simultaneous canons
jazz
pelvic thrusts
5. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
Luigi
jazz hands
vertically
flow
6. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
unison
Luigi
tableau
reverance
7. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
Giselle
extension of the working leg
flexion
8. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
contrast
brush/scuff
kinesphere
fourth position
9. The sagittal plane divides the body
vertically
pilates
punch
head whip
10. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
body knowledge
in all directions
time
extension
11. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
erick hawkins
coordinating lighting and sound cues
gene kelly
dynamics
12. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
slap
rhythm tap
ann miller
alexander technique
13. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
flexion
meter
transverse horizontal plane
free dance
14. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
transverse horizontal plane
paul taylor
doris humphrey
loie fuller and isadora duncan
15. Rounded body type.
hyperextension
ectomorph
sagittal plane
accumulation
16. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
george balanchine
cumulative canons
float
flexion and extension
17. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
angular oppositions
slash
tempo
sammy davis jr
18. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
angular oppositions
bill bojangles robinson
hyperextension
accumulation
19. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
cholly atkins
fifth position
assessing complex assignments
cumulative canons
20. The term 'port des bras' refers to
lester horton
abduction
movement of the arms
kinesphere
21. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
time
accumulation
george balanchine
22. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
coordinating lighting and sound cues
Bob Fosse
hinge
Nijinsky
23. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
slash
katherine dunham
narrative
motif and development
24. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
extension
ballet
merce cunningham
jerome robbins
25. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
kinesphere
King Louis XIV
tendu
26. 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
gus giordano
lester horton
float
transitions
27. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
ruth st. denis
sammy davis jr
degage
the changement and the sautes
28. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
petit allegro
cecchetti method
the changement and the sautes
improve muscle strength
29. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
economic development
melody
petit allegro
Giselle
30. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
flick
broadway or show tap
turns from corner
charles weidman
31. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
overuse of a tendon
punch
Luigi
charles weidman
32. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
adagio
kinesthetic awareness
Direction
flexion
33. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
unity
rhythm
frontal plane
partnering/group skills
34. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
aerobic exercise
broadway or show tap
Beauchamps & Noverre
Mikhail Fokine
35. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
rhythm
locomotion
Catherine de Medici
savion glover
36. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
merce cunningham
third position
float
slap
37. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
alexander technique
social dance
inversion
vertically
38. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
feldenkrais
Principles of composition
head whip
syncopation
39. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
vaganova method
3/4
dynamics
canon
40. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.
rond de jambe
Kinesthetics
doris humphrey
time
41. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
3/4
flexion and extension
doris humphrey
ann miller
42. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
dab
axial movement
adagio
43. Bending and straightening the knees
hyperextension
dynamics
plie
martha graham
44. 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
fourth position
flick
line dancing
axial movement
45. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
King Louis XIV
ectomorph
syncopation
46. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
hinge
tendu
cramp roll
flexion
47. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
Direction
savion glover
cholly atkins
ruth st. denis
48. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
turns at center
a contact improvisation exercise
flow
george balanchine
49. 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).
space
a contact improvisation exercise
Principles of composition
lester horton
50. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tap
movement of the arms
slap
eversion