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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






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






3. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia






4. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






5. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






6. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






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






8. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans






9. Four main movements in the pas de deux






10. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings






11. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.






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






13. What is the meter in the waltz






14. 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






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






16. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






17. They were the progenitors of modern dance






18. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






19. The hip joint is a






20. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






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






22. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






23. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






24. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu






25. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






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






27. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






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






29. A piece of choreography or dance






30. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






31. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






32. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg






33. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






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






35. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.






36. Bending and straightening the knees






37. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers






38. The term 'port des bras' refers to






39. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






40. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style






41. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






42. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase






43. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






44. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






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






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






47. 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






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






49. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.






50. 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