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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
shuffle
hinge
contrast
harold and fayard nicholas
2. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
harold and fayard nicholas
Luigi
movement of the arms
3. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
paul taylor
Nijinsky
alexander technique
Direction
4. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
projection
slap
adductor magnus
in all directions
5. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
petit allegro
fourth position
gregory hines
modern dance
6. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
King Louis XIV
weight
fragmentation
brush/scuff
7. More is added to the original movement
flexion and extension
accumulation
jump
Principles of composition
8. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
instrumentation
projection
Catherine de Medici
jump
9. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
adduction
choreography
movement of the arms
savion glover
10. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
tableau
improvisation
locomotion
weight
11. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
mesomorph
accumulation
rond de jambe
balance
12. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
unity
Mikhail Fokine
Luigi
telling a traditional story
13. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
instrumentation
master juba lane
first position
14. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
Beauchamps & Noverre
jump
paul taylor
degage
15. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
folk/traditional
jerome robbins
developpe
stomp
16. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
narrative
syncopation
partnering/group skills
improvisation
17. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
meter
pelvic thrusts
the changement and the sautes
partnering/group skills
18. Where is the apron of the stage located
at the front
rhythm
ruth st. denis
force/energy
19. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
float
Bob Fosse
bill bojangles robinson
20. Bending and straightening the knees
fred astaire and ginger rogers
master juba lane
shuffle
plie
21. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
vaganova method
social dance
kinesphere
rond de jambe
22. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
sagittal plane
jazz
folk/traditional
reverance
23. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
doris humphrey
tap dance
Luigi
force/energy
24. 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.
paul taylor
contrast
alexander technique
Catherine de Medici
25. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
gregory hines
gus giordano
variety
grand allegro
26. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
dab
Butoh
turns at center
doris humphrey and charles weidman
27. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
angular oppositions
reverance
motif and development
locomotion
28. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
adagio
stomp
unison
pathways
29. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
sagittal plane
pirouette
turns at center
syncopation
30. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
aerobic exercise
tap
tendu
syncopation
31. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
polyrhythm
rond de jambe
George Balanchine
locomotion
32. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
projection
float
space
tendu
33. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
pirouette
snap
balance
tempo acceleration/deceleration
34. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
modern dance
improving flexibility
tempo
ball and socket joint
35. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
gus giordano
touch
Butoh
a contact improvisation exercise
36. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
eversion
ted shawn
meter
lester horton
37. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
jack cole
sagittal plane
plie
flexion
38. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
space
tendu
jerome robbins
ball change
39. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
shuffle
unity
ruby keeler
extension of the working leg
40. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
gene kelly
katherine dunham
glide
Luigi
41. 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.
transitions
force/energy
melody
tempo acceleration/deceleration
42. The sagittal plane divides the body
bob fosse
adduction
vertically
lester horton
43. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
a contact improvisation exercise
cholly atkins and coles
Beauchamps & Noverre
matt mattox
44. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
doris humphrey and charles weidman
tempo
transition
erick hawkins
45. 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.
flexion
ballet
motif and development
isolated movement
46. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
lester horton
line dancing
action/reaction
47. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
jerome robbins
frappe
assessing complex assignments
inversion
48. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
tempo acceleration/deceleration
savion glover
merce cunningham
developpe
49. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
narrative
first position
axial movement
50. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
improvisation
jerome robbins
bill bojangles robinson
matt mattox