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Dance Basics
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Subjects
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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. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
unison
telling a traditional story
augmentation/diminution
tendu
2. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position
tempo acceleration/deceleration
transverse horizontal plane
fourth position
rond de jambe
3. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
bill bojangles robinson
matt mattox
paul taylor
ann miller
4. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
sammy davis jr
ideokinesis
mesomorph
endomorph
5. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
abduction
cholly atkins
telling a traditional story
loie fuller and isadora duncan
6. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
tempo acceleration/deceleration
fred astaire and ginger rogers
the changement and the sautes
brush/scuff
7. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
martha graham
turns at center
augmentation/diminution
improvisation
8. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
float
fifth position
ann miller
9. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
pilates
modern dance
inversion
hop
10. Tendonitis is typically caused by
pirouette
slap
rhythm
overuse of a tendon
11. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
reverance
augmentation/diminution
extension of the working leg
rhythm
12. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
incorporation
dynamics
rhythm
action/reaction
13. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
pilates
flow
genre
slap
14. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
dynamics
endomorph
reverance
incorporation
15. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
rhythm
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
shape
16. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
Diaghilev
meter
genre
transitions
17. The sagittal plane divides the body
modern dance
fourth position
vertically
a contact improvisation exercise
18. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
melody
grand allegro
time
jack cole
19. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
force/energy
frontal plane
gene kelly
space
20. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
retrograde
transition
pilates
press
21. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
harold and fayard nicholas
action/reaction
eversion
coordinating lighting and sound cues
22. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
transverse horizontal plane
syncopation
rotation
Giselle
23. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
jack cole
charles weidman
dab
24. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
improving flexibility
ted shawn
glide
sammy davis jr
25. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
dab
tempo acceleration/deceleration
touch
repetition
26. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
slap
Catherine de Medici
ruth st. denis
frontal plane
27. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
stamp
locomotion
adduction
time
28. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
developpe
jack cole
eversion
turns from corner
29. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
punch
entrechat
brush/scuff
line dancing
30. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
Giselle
locomotion
ball change
31. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
time
gregory hines
narrative
pilates
32. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
Nijinsky
second position
fourth position
adagio
33. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
adductor magnus
rhythm
meter
snap
34. Rubrics are most effective for
Diaghilev
hop
flexion
assessing complex assignments
35. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
coordinating lighting and sound cues
syncopation
accumulation
36. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
isolated movement
improving flexibility
charles weidman
cholly atkins
37. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
martha graham
polyrhythm
endomorph
fred astaire and ginger rogers
38. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
twyla tharp
bill bojangles robinson
3/4
paul taylor
39. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
paul taylor
tendu
partnering/group skills
in all directions
40. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
transitions
force/energy
variety
gregory hines
41. 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
ruby keeler
hyperextension
entrechat
gus giordano
42. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
slash
endomorph
entrechat
weight
43. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
tap dance
tendu
cecchetti method
modern
44. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
canon
float
kinesthetic awareness
jazz
45. The movement is performed backwards
retrograde
choreography
balance
hop
46. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
slash
entrechat
Catherine de Medici
abduction
47. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
broadway or show tap
isolated movement
tempo acceleration/deceleration
incorporation
48. A piece of choreography or dance
matt mattox
Catherine de Medici
work
plie
49. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
jerome robbins
isolated movement
broadway or show tap
flexion
50. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
modern dance
bob fosse
unison
a contact improvisation exercise