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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. More is added to the original movement
rond de jambe
sagittal plane
accumulation
extension
2. 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.
jazz dance
master juba lane
time
twyla tharp
3. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
jack cole
lester horton
matt mattox
stomp
4. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
genre
overuse of a tendon
partnering/group skills
5. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
Beauchamps & Noverre
ann miller
isolated movement
merce cunningham
6. 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)?
flow
adductor magnus
wring
melody
7. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
gus giordano
melody
erick hawkins
flow
8. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
accumulation
entrechat
kinesthetic awareness
adduction
9. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
stamp
polyrhythm
George Balanchine
tableau
10. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
cholly atkins
social dance
syncopation
in all directions
11. The speed of the music or dance
tempo
bill bojangles robinson
at the front
isolated movement
12. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
endomorph
Catherine de Medici
dynamics
cumulative canons
13. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
adagio
time
doris humphrey and charles weidman
punch
14. The movement is performed using a different body part
inversion
turns at center
lester horton
instrumentation
15. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
savion glover
assessing complex assignments
stomp
unity
16. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
float
glide
slap
retrograde
17. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
hyperextension
katherine dunham
modern dance
matt mattox
18. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
jazz dance
modern
gregory hines
sagittal plane
19. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
step
modern dance
erick hawkins
aerobic exercise
20. 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
Catherine de Medici
adduction
telling a traditional story
21. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
snap
tap
a contact improvisation exercise
ruby keeler
22. Tendonitis is typically caused by
incorporation
angular oppositions
overuse of a tendon
Mikhail Fokine
23. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
space
gene kelly
dab
entrechat
24. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
adduction
fifth position
Nijinsky
time
25. 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).
space
the changement and the sautes
rhythm
telling a traditional story
26. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
extension
hinge
balance
ted shawn
27. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
gene kelly
head whip
erick hawkins
melody
28. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
repetition
Catherine de Medici
first position
degage
29. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
ballet
extension
flick
bob fosse
30. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
frontal plane
improving flexibility
Luigi
vertically
31. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
ectomorph
paul taylor
jump
kinesphere
32. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
meter
Beauchamps & Noverre
time
33. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
bob fosse
Butoh
hop
tendu
34. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
degage
jump
variety
35. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
instrumentation
ruth st. denis
improving flexibility
tap dance
36. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
tendu
dab
ideokinesis
brush/scuff
37. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
Direction
balance
head whip
syncopation
38. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
float
overuse of a tendon
dynamics
doris humphrey
39. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
time
meter
twyla tharp
axial movement
40. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
master juba lane
Nijinsky
variety
grand allegro
41. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
space
doris humphrey
Kinesthetics
first position
42. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
polyrhythm
transverse horizontal plane
rhythm
toe
43. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
augmentation/diminution
ann miller
martha graham
charles weidman
44. They were the progenitors of modern dance
tap dance
loie fuller and isadora duncan
flexion and extension
assessing complex assignments
45. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tempo
tap
unity
hinge
46. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
endomorph
turns at center
dab
Bob Fosse
47. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
kinesphere
balance
improve muscle strength
transitions
48. Movements are repeated
developpe
kinesthetic awareness
repetition
eversion
49. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
locomotion
Direction
shuffle
pilates
50. 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
incorporation
sammy davis jr
fourth position
Kinesthetics