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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. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
hinge
adductor magnus
gus giordano
martha graham
2. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
transverse horizontal plane
augmentation/diminution
improving flexibility
turns from corner
3. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
time
charles weidman
katherine dunham
4. 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)?
improvisation
transition
adductor magnus
turns from corner
5. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
hyperextension
unison
jazz dance
6. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.
improving flexibility
jazz dance
cecchetti method
contrast
7. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
simultaneous canons
Mikhail Fokine
choreography
jazz
8. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
flexion
pirouette
unity
merce cunningham
9. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
ted shawn
martha graham
syncopation
kinesthetic awareness
10. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
vaganova method
Kinesthetics
head whip
ideokinesis
11. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
ann miller
syncopation
modern dance
a contact improvisation exercise
12. 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
balance
alexander technique
genre
jazz dance
13. 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.
tap dance
kinesphere
step
Marius Petipa
14. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
line dancing
inversion
ann miller
the changement and the sautes
15. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
erick hawkins
george balanchine
tempo
economic development
16. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
improve muscle strength
adagio
stamp
folk/traditional
17. This is the speed at Which music is played.
syncopation
adagio
aerobic exercise
tempo
18. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
cholly atkins
gregory hines
unison
telling a traditional story
19. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
broadway or show tap
developpe
ectomorph
martha graham
20. Rubrics are most effective for
folk/traditional
locomotion
assessing complex assignments
brush/scuff
21. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
aerobic exercise
mesomorph
cramp roll
contrast
22. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
ruth st. denis
flick
partnering/group skills
tap dance
23. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
master juba lane
flap
ball change
sammy davis jr
24. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
balance
Beauchamps & Noverre
Diaghilev
improvisation
25. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
adductor magnus
adduction
pelvic thrusts
katherine dunham
26. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
wring
rotation
petit allegro
retrograde
27. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
sagittal plane
Kinesthetics
lester horton
modern dance
28. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
Kinesthetics
cecchetti method
first position
float
29. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
pelvic thrusts
adagio
motif and development
head whip
30. Tendonitis is typically caused by
dab
overuse of a tendon
Luigi
King Louis XIV
31. 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
ideokinesis
savion glover
Butoh
sagittal plane
32. 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.
fourth position
unison
adduction
pathways
33. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
kinesphere
jump
master juba lane
tendu
34. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
grand allegro
coordinating lighting and sound cues
aerobic exercise
doris humphrey and charles weidman
35. 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
press
hinge
Catherine de Medici
third position
36. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
space
dynamics
pelvic thrusts
fred astaire and ginger rogers
37. Four main movements in the pas de deux
glide
press
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
toe
38. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
eversion
doris humphrey and charles weidman
pelvic thrusts
snap
39. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
body knowledge
Marius Petipa
gregory hines
adduction
40. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
dab
space
line dancing
vaganova method
41. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
eversion
bob fosse
matt mattox
rotation
42. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
rond de jambe
at the front
pelvic thrusts
developpe
43. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
Giselle
Mikhail Fokine
tendu
at the front
44. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
overuse of a tendon
turns from corner
weight
paul taylor
45. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
bob fosse
merce cunningham
turns at center
pirouette
46. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
balance
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
second position
flow
47. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
toe
bob fosse
transverse horizontal plane
float
48. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
jack cole
transition
work
matt mattox
49. 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.
endomorph
ball change
isolated movement
ectomorph
50. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
rhythm
flow
master juba lane
cumulative canons