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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






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






3. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






4. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time






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






6. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body






7. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






8. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






9. 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






10. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






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






12. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






13. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






14. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






15. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer






16. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?






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






18. Forward brush followed by a step






19. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.






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






21. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






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






23. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






24. 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.






25. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






26. The speed of the music or dance






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






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






29. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






30. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






31. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles






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






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






34. The sagittal plane divides the body






35. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.






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






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






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






39. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.






40. 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.






41. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






42. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles






43. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the






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






45. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






46. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky






47. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






48. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






49. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change






50. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers