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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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1. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
unison
genre
doris humphrey and charles weidman
assessing complex assignments
2. 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?
retrograde
turns from corner
ball change
economic development
3. What is the meter in the waltz
weight
fragmentation
3/4
press
4. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
partnering/group skills
social dance
body knowledge
George Balanchine
5. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
pelvic thrusts
fifth position
shuffle
endomorph
6. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
Principles of composition
augmentation/diminution
martha graham
unison
7. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
transition
tempo
jazz hands
lester horton
8. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
cramp roll
matt mattox
motif and development
hyperextension
9. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
rhythm
adduction
doris humphrey
ball change
10. A piece of choreography or dance
Diaghilev
work
lester horton
space
11. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
kinesphere
merce cunningham
cumulative canons
vaganova method
12. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
projection
ruby keeler
third position
canon
13. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
narrative
economic development
hinge
partnering/group skills
14. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
master juba lane
step
weight
free dance
15. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
gregory hines
King Louis XIV
Catherine de Medici
ruth st. denis
16. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
ballet
projection
folk/traditional
space
17. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
matt mattox
body knowledge
ballet
modern
18. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
repetition
interdisciplinary
pelvic thrusts
19. More is added to the original movement
unison
step
accumulation
lester horton
20. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
rhythm
improving flexibility
improve muscle strength
ballet
21. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
choreography
Bob Fosse
press
hop
22. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
tap dance
turns from corner
toe
ballet
23. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
vaganova method
martha graham
space
jump
24. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
Luigi
inversion
charles weidman
in all directions
25. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
transition
gus giordano
merce cunningham
harold and fayard nicholas
26. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
gregory hines
Luigi
fred astaire and ginger rogers
pathways
27. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
instrumentation
ideokinesis
partnering/group skills
space
28. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
first position
genre
ballet
grand allegro
29. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
incorporation
unison
pirouette
fragmentation
30. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
adduction
Kinesthetics
float
hinge
31. The movement is performed backwards
kinesphere
feldenkrais
george balanchine
retrograde
32. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
loie fuller and isadora duncan
angular oppositions
incorporation
slash
33. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
improvisation
a contact improvisation exercise
flap
ballet
34. 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.
stomp
isolated movement
Direction
force/energy
35. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
retrograde
rhythm tap
first position
simultaneous canons
36. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
tempo
rhythm tap
Catherine de Medici
bob fosse
37. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
tendu
petit allegro
rhythm
38. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
ballet
genre
modern dance
39. The sagittal plane divides the body
flick
body knowledge
Catherine de Medici
vertically
40. The term 'port des bras' refers to
hyperextension
movement of the arms
ruby keeler
cecchetti method
41. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
punch
work
ideokinesis
polyrhythm
42. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
the changement and the sautes
ball change
motif and development
eversion
43. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
tap
folk/traditional
genre
gene kelly
44. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
bartenieff fundamentals
contrast
Giselle
pelvic thrusts
45. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
locomotion
erick hawkins
Luigi
turns from corner
46. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
flap
slash
float
47. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
instrumentation
jump
variety
martha graham
48. Tendonitis is typically caused by
Giselle
petit allegro
eversion
overuse of a tendon
49. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
shuffle
tableau
modern
snap
50. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
matt mattox
dynamics
Direction
body knowledge