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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of






3. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






4. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






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






6. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches






7. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?






8. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






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






10. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward






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






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






13. The movement is performed backwards






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






15. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






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






17. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique






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






19. 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






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






21. Forward brush followed by a backward brush






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






23. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.






24. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher






25. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia






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






27. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight






28. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane






29. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






30. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






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






32. 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






33. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






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






35. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






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






37. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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?






44. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo






45. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






46. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






47. This is the speed at Which music is played.






48. The movement is performed using a different body part






49. Bending and straightening the knees






50. 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.