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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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1. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
hyperextension
rhythm
projection
vaganova method
2. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
modern dance
frappe
cholly atkins and coles
canon
3. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
gus giordano
Beauchamps & Noverre
ruby keeler
shape
4. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
balance
time
social dance
tap
5. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
fourth position
endomorph
eversion
developpe
6. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
augmentation/diminution
ball and socket joint
ted shawn
7. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
martha graham
George Balanchine
social dance
modern dance
8. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
step
extension of the working leg
float
balance
9. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
ruby keeler
jerome robbins
doris humphrey and charles weidman
jump
10. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
free dance
snap
turns at center
frappe
11. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
improve muscle strength
abduction
space
flexion
12. 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
lester horton
Principles of composition
mesomorph
feldenkrais
13. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
gus giordano
motif and development
dab
paul taylor
14. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
endomorph
projection
doris humphrey and charles weidman
head whip
15. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
eversion
gene kelly
modern dance
jack cole
16. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
hop
isolated movement
paul taylor
toe
17. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
force/energy
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
cholly atkins and coles
matt mattox
18. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
kinesthetic awareness
modern dance
jazz dance
pirouette
19. Dance marked by movement isolations and complex polyrhythms found in African American music such as - ragtime - jazz - spirituals - blues - work songs and is considered and American style of dance.
loie fuller and isadora duncan
jazz dance
flap
katherine dunham
20. 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
lester horton
improving flexibility
erick hawkins
hinge
21. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
Luigi
Bob Fosse
degage
space
22. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
folk/traditional
pelvic thrusts
polyrhythm
space
23. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
flow
degage
aerobic exercise
ballet
24. 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).
partnering/group skills
sagittal plane
Kinesthetics
space
25. Forward brush followed by a step
flap
space
gene kelly
assessing complex assignments
26. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
balance
pelvic thrusts
bob fosse
27. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees
pirouette
hyperextension
shape
narrative
28. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
harold and fayard nicholas
wring
george balanchine
kinesthetic awareness
29. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
lester horton
a contact improvisation exercise
dab
sagittal plane
30. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
developpe
weight
mesomorph
pirouette
31. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
syncopation
merce cunningham
Mikhail Fokine
bob fosse
32. Part of a movement is performed
harold and fayard nicholas
movement of the arms
fragmentation
at the front
33. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
the changement and the sautes
loie fuller and isadora duncan
stamp
ruby keeler
34. 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
pelvic thrusts
third position
abduction
master juba lane
35. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
action/reaction
fred astaire and ginger rogers
interdisciplinary
36. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
pilates
modern
Bob Fosse
lester horton
37. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
dynamics
bill bojangles robinson
38. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
erick hawkins
flap
telling a traditional story
touch
39. 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.
grand allegro
shuffle
Luigi
force/energy
40. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
improvisation
snap
slap
time
41. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
gus giordano
sammy davis jr
paul taylor
second position
42. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
charles weidman
Mikhail Fokine
vertically
43. Tendonitis is typically caused by
interdisciplinary
ann miller
overuse of a tendon
social dance
44. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
social dance
cholly atkins
pilates
erick hawkins
45. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
grand allegro
loie fuller and isadora duncan
repetition
ted shawn
46. The movement is performed backwards
fred astaire and ginger rogers
3/4
retrograde
tempo
47. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
canon
cholly atkins
cramp roll
a contact improvisation exercise
48. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
flexion
developpe
stomp
step
49. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
polyrhythm
punch
plie
petit allegro
50. 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.
transition
alexander technique
time
broadway or show tap