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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
ted shawn
hyperextension
doris humphrey and charles weidman
martha graham
2. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
interdisciplinary
tap
unison
genre
3. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
ballet
Mikhail Fokine
stomp
Nijinsky
4. Tendonitis is typically caused by
ideokinesis
fifth position
overuse of a tendon
tempo acceleration/deceleration
5. What is the meter in the waltz
tendu
feldenkrais
adductor magnus
3/4
6. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
jump
time
variety
wring
7. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
stomp
matt mattox
balance
pathways
8. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
shuffle
flexion
melody
extension
9. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
melody
turns from corner
action/reaction
locomotion
10. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
transition
genre
cramp roll
tableau
11. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
savion glover
merce cunningham
rotation
ballet
12. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
degage
cholly atkins
dab
axial movement
13. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
modern
frontal plane
ballet
motif and development
14. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
vertically
Giselle
body knowledge
projection
15. A piece of choreography or dance
work
rhythm tap
snap
flow
16. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees
rhythm tap
harold and fayard nicholas
hyperextension
tempo
17. The speed of the music or dance
merce cunningham
modern dance
incorporation
tempo
18. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
economic development
Nijinsky
cumulative canons
space
19. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
float
instrumentation
variety
20. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
tendu
transitions
master juba lane
press
21. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
petit allegro
weight
fourth position
free dance
22. 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).
syncopation
vertically
ballet
space
23. The movement is performed backwards
retrograde
flow
gus giordano
grand allegro
24. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
cholly atkins and coles
gus giordano
George Balanchine
25. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
melody
gregory hines
space
toe
26. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
incorporation
choreography
fred astaire and ginger rogers
simultaneous canons
27. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
punch
grand allegro
master juba lane
rhythm
28. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
ectomorph
in all directions
fred astaire and ginger rogers
ballet
29. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
cholly atkins
transitions
flexion and extension
adagio
30. 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
movement of the arms
twyla tharp
dynamics
31. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
flow
savion glover
george balanchine
ann miller
32. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
adductor magnus
social dance
Beauchamps & Noverre
head whip
33. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
harold and fayard nicholas
erick hawkins
Mikhail Fokine
34. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
merce cunningham
pirouette
jump
35. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
cramp roll
ann miller
twyla tharp
jazz hands
36. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
adagio
stomp
kinesphere
Diaghilev
37. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
flap
Marius Petipa
Luigi
unison
38. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
savion glover
slash
isolated movement
augmentation/diminution
39. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
instrumentation
locomotion
time
vaganova method
40. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
tap
broadway or show tap
master juba lane
tempo acceleration/deceleration
41. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
ball change
balance
unity
42. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
rhythm
katherine dunham
first position
the changement and the sautes
43. Rounded body type.
first position
jack cole
ectomorph
cholly atkins
44. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
Catherine de Medici
savion glover
vertically
instrumentation
45. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
jack cole
matt mattox
sammy davis jr
bartenieff fundamentals
46. 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
line dancing
third position
frontal plane
partnering/group skills
47. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
punch
pilates
matt mattox
48. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
jump
assessing complex assignments
adagio
49. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
modern dance
master juba lane
ballet
shape
50. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
hinge
hop
simultaneous canons