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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
ted shawn
Giselle
time
george balanchine
2. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
extension
sagittal plane
kinesthetic awareness
gus giordano
3. What is the meter in the waltz
Kinesthetics
glide
jazz dance
3/4
4. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
flow
Mikhail Fokine
modern dance
variety
5. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
a contact improvisation exercise
cramp roll
action/reaction
Direction
6. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
Diaghilev
matt mattox
jerome robbins
telling a traditional story
7. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
space
aerobic exercise
Bob Fosse
tendu
8. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
isolated movement
cholly atkins and coles
meter
at the front
9. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
a contact improvisation exercise
space
matt mattox
broadway or show tap
10. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
gregory hines
weight
unity
overuse of a tendon
11. 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.
force/energy
inversion
King Louis XIV
Direction
12. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
charles weidman
contrast
improve muscle strength
grand allegro
13. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
ballet
space
merce cunningham
syncopation
14. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
turns at center
space
step
repetition
15. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
tap
feldenkrais
rond de jambe
slash
16. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
social dance
dab
Direction
ballet
17. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
fragmentation
choreography
melody
coordinating lighting and sound cues
18. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
martha graham
slap
cumulative canons
gene kelly
19. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
step
dynamics
merce cunningham
Butoh
20. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
gene kelly
doris humphrey and charles weidman
weight
flexion
21. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
master juba lane
time
line dancing
space
22. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
tempo
cholly atkins
wring
time
23. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
master juba lane
vertically
first position
24. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
a contact improvisation exercise
jump
time
folk/traditional
25. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
stamp
punch
motif and development
dynamics
26. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
King Louis XIV
jack cole
ectomorph
vertically
27. 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)?
master juba lane
transition
vertically
adductor magnus
28. Movements are repeated
repetition
endomorph
shuffle
feldenkrais
29. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
movement of the arms
unison
modern
shape
30. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
martha graham
charles weidman
adductor magnus
31. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ruby keeler
shape
ball change
ball and socket joint
32. 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
dynamics
meter
coordinating lighting and sound cues
33. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
telling a traditional story
shape
cecchetti method
augmentation/diminution
34. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
aerobic exercise
motif and development
narrative
35. 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
space
erick hawkins
simultaneous canons
isolated movement
36. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
balance
social dance
snap
overuse of a tendon
37. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
Kinesthetics
matt mattox
unity
first position
38. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
snap
tendu
tap
39. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
pelvic thrusts
endomorph
head whip
George Balanchine
40. 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
rhythm
Nijinsky
interdisciplinary
41. This is the speed at Which music is played.
ballet
tempo
partnering/group skills
free dance
42. 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
fragmentation
axial movement
tableau
time
43. Bending and straightening the knees
ballet
plie
reverance
3/4
44. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
broadway or show tap
bill bojangles robinson
projection
stomp
45. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
gene kelly
jerome robbins
time
46. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
merce cunningham
augmentation/diminution
Catherine de Medici
space
47. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
fifth position
entrechat
pathways
jump
48. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
snap
Marius Petipa
savion glover
projection
49. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
sagittal plane
fifth position
loie fuller and isadora duncan
wring
50. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
meter
at the front
harold and fayard nicholas
flexion