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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. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
narrative
rhythm tap
reverance
2. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
partnering/group skills
movement of the arms
fourth position
George Balanchine
3. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
frontal plane
projection
Luigi
4. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
ballet
angular oppositions
work
telling a traditional story
5. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
kinesthetic awareness
the changement and the sautes
petit allegro
stamp
6. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
unison
bob fosse
tempo
shape
7. Bending and straightening the knees
fred astaire and ginger rogers
plie
slash
pirouette
8. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
frappe
pilates
martha graham
jazz hands
9. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
vaganova method
unity
martha graham
dynamics
10. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
ted shawn
ruby keeler
slap
modern
11. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
ideokinesis
martha graham
hop
tendu
12. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
weight
savion glover
jump
george balanchine
13. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
space
turns at center
katherine dunham
ann miller
14. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
katherine dunham
kinesphere
press
15. This is the speed at Which music is played.
ted shawn
a contact improvisation exercise
tempo
retrograde
16. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
simultaneous canons
jazz hands
genre
melody
17. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
polyrhythm
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
touch
accumulation
18. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
jazz dance
meter
assessing complex assignments
tableau
19. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
3/4
tendu
first position
dynamics
20. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
turns at center
canon
lester horton
reverance
21. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
projection
tempo
interdisciplinary
rond de jambe
22. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?
improvisation
repetition
rhythm
economic development
23. 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
inversion
lester horton
gus giordano
kinesphere
24. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
melody
tap
Mikhail Fokine
unity
25. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
adagio
variety
retrograde
work
26. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
developpe
degage
cholly atkins
shuffle
27. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
master juba lane
matt mattox
adductor magnus
third position
28. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
jack cole
improving flexibility
Marius Petipa
space
29. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
pilates
wring
locomotion
entrechat
30. More is added to the original movement
Luigi
accumulation
hop
tempo
31. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
bartenieff fundamentals
cramp roll
dynamics
doris humphrey and charles weidman
32. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
isolated movement
step
coordinating lighting and sound cues
adagio
33. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
action/reaction
force/energy
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
adagio
34. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
Luigi
gregory hines
accumulation
sammy davis jr
35. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
canon
rhythm
mesomorph
in all directions
36. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
kinesthetic awareness
variety
charles weidman
sagittal plane
37. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
bartenieff fundamentals
assessing complex assignments
brush/scuff
improve muscle strength
38. Where is the apron of the stage located
modern
at the front
Principles of composition
ectomorph
39. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
projection
eversion
dab
erick hawkins
40. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
turns at center
jump
vertically
extension of the working leg
41. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
shape
weight
rhythm
sagittal plane
42. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Luigi
repetition
Diaghilev
flexion
43. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
line dancing
harold and fayard nicholas
unison
contrast
44. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
unison
tendu
space
45. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
Diaghilev
rotation
tempo
head whip
46. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
time
vaganova method
flow
pilates
47. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
twyla tharp
unison
dynamics
interdisciplinary
48. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
matt mattox
cholly atkins
ballet
incorporation
49. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
sagittal plane
third position
tableau
savion glover
50. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
jazz
modern dance
george balanchine
unity