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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
feldenkrais
tap dance
merce cunningham
space
2. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
tendu
rhythm
jerome robbins
snap
3. 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
telling a traditional story
savion glover
master juba lane
4. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
locomotion
master juba lane
jazz hands
slap
5. 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.
turns from corner
isolated movement
bob fosse
rotation
6. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
gus giordano
inversion
loie fuller and isadora duncan
master juba lane
7. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
rotation
jack cole
modern
dynamics
8. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
paul taylor
genre
modern
9. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
degage
sagittal plane
kinesthetic awareness
pilates
10. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
melody
transitions
time
motif and development
11. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
cholly atkins
lester horton
George Balanchine
axial movement
12. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
master juba lane
space
Diaghilev
inversion
13. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
choreography
isolated movement
3/4
14. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
step
body knowledge
transitions
Marius Petipa
15. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
simultaneous canons
partnering/group skills
pilates
entrechat
16. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
adagio
katherine dunham
hyperextension
17. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
reverance
genre
King Louis XIV
wring
18. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
contrast
tap
frappe
Mikhail Fokine
19. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
shape
doris humphrey and charles weidman
adagio
hop
20. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
pathways
Bob Fosse
overuse of a tendon
21. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
tap dance
turns at center
dynamics
ideokinesis
22. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
canon
gus giordano
movement of the arms
genre
23. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
locomotion
Principles of composition
kinesphere
modern
24. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
polyrhythm
Luigi
vaganova method
Direction
25. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
modern dance
dynamics
endomorph
adagio
26. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
coordinating lighting and sound cues
alexander technique
movement of the arms
27. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Kinesthetics
Mikhail Fokine
modern dance
Bob Fosse
28. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
axial movement
Beauchamps & Noverre
jazz
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
29. 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
improvisation
martha graham
fourth position
jazz hands
30. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
inversion
Beauchamps & Noverre
pathways
improve muscle strength
31. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
syncopation
head whip
merce cunningham
tendu
32. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
feldenkrais
inversion
flick
harold and fayard nicholas
33. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
dynamics
flick
reverance
kinesphere
34. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
twyla tharp
choreography
folk/traditional
repetition
35. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
step
charles weidman
bartenieff fundamentals
mesomorph
36. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
katherine dunham
step
sagittal plane
lester horton
37. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
second position
abduction
hinge
grand allegro
38. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
unison
hop
rond de jambe
cramp roll
39. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
modern
Marius Petipa
sagittal plane
grand allegro
40. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
turns at center
pirouette
touch
time
41. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
space
gus giordano
ball change
modern dance
42. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
isolated movement
master juba lane
rhythm
unity
43. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
Marius Petipa
plie
float
adduction
44. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
modern
grand allegro
cramp roll
martha graham
45. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
at the front
time
narrative
doris humphrey
46. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
tempo acceleration/deceleration
action/reaction
transitions
eversion
47. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
ruby keeler
Beauchamps & Noverre
paul taylor
sammy davis jr
48. 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.
ann miller
bartenieff fundamentals
time
adductor magnus
49. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
Kinesthetics
matt mattox
vaganova method
aerobic exercise
50. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
charles weidman
first position
step
interdisciplinary