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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






2. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






3. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






4. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles






5. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward






6. 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.






7. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






8. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






9. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of






10. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?






11. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






12. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






13. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






14. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






15. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






16. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






17. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






18. They were the progenitors of modern dance






19. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






20. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






21. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






22. Movements are repeated






23. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






24. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis






25. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






26. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






27. This is the speed at Which music is played.






28. Part of a movement is performed






29. 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






30. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky






31. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body






32. Reach space or personal space.






33. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






34. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






35. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






36. 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.






37. 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)






38. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo






39. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






40. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






41. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






42. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






43. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






44. The hip joint is a






45. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






46. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






47. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






48. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






49. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






50. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance