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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. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
work
slash
extension of the working leg
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
2. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
flap
toe
transitions
grand allegro
3. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
syncopation
retrograde
meter
canon
4. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
shuffle
second position
Kinesthetics
stamp
5. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
line dancing
inversion
Principles of composition
master juba lane
6. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
ball change
improvisation
wring
ann miller
7. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
cholly atkins
ruth st. denis
katherine dunham
dynamics
8. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
glide
pelvic thrusts
space
jack cole
9. Rubrics are most effective for
brush/scuff
assessing complex assignments
third position
George Balanchine
10. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
developpe
Kinesthetics
petit allegro
jazz
11. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
tempo
doris humphrey and charles weidman
lester horton
12. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
Nijinsky
float
master juba lane
martha graham
13. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement
martha graham
press
ball and socket joint
rhythm
14. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
reverance
tendu
tableau
folk/traditional
15. 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
first position
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
rond de jambe
fourth position
16. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
merce cunningham
charles weidman
erick hawkins
jerome robbins
17. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improvisation
master juba lane
improve muscle strength
punch
18. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
unison
space
narrative
projection
19. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
interdisciplinary
flexion and extension
space
endomorph
20. The hip joint is a
ball and socket joint
dynamics
dynamics
tempo
21. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
at the front
adagio
syncopation
free dance
22. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
hop
Butoh
3/4
isolated movement
23. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
snap
extension
gregory hines
flexion
24. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
repetition
master juba lane
Mikhail Fokine
a contact improvisation exercise
25. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
motif and development
turns at center
Beauchamps & Noverre
Principles of composition
26. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
abduction
social dance
merce cunningham
27. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
petit allegro
simultaneous canons
3/4
sammy davis jr
28. Forward brush followed by a touch
slap
frontal plane
lester horton
slash
29. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
bill bojangles robinson
gus giordano
extension of the working leg
paul taylor
30. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
pelvic thrusts
transitions
vaganova method
developpe
31. Tendonitis is typically caused by
jerome robbins
reverance
overuse of a tendon
feldenkrais
32. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
harold and fayard nicholas
Beauchamps & Noverre
at the front
cholly atkins
33. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
twyla tharp
flexion
unison
Mikhail Fokine
34. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
rhythm
turns at center
Principles of composition
fragmentation
35. 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.
Direction
dynamics
force/energy
line dancing
36. 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
locomotion
ball change
angular oppositions
37. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
Mikhail Fokine
touch
second position
pelvic thrusts
38. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
gus giordano
in all directions
weight
39. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
toe
jump
frontal plane
40. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
interdisciplinary
paul taylor
improvisation
shape
41. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
vertically
fourth position
social dance
tap
42. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
paul taylor
cecchetti method
Nijinsky
tendu
43. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
polyrhythm
at the front
dab
44. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
gus giordano
gregory hines
flick
45. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
space
paul taylor
Luigi
narrative
46. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
abduction
jack cole
meter
step
47. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
simultaneous canons
press
flexion and extension
modern
48. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
space
modern dance
angular oppositions
body knowledge
49. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
flow
ballet
bob fosse
extension
50. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
grand allegro
shape
gene kelly
Marius Petipa