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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Level
Pathway
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
2. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Movement materials
Allegro
Degree of Energy
Historical forms of dance
3. Intense movement often depicting pain - fear - and love; dance forms 'sculptured' by human body positions; contraction and release of the torso - 'fall and recover'; angular gestures; schools and dance companies
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance post -1960s
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
4. Countable patterns
Focus
Other theatrical production
Rhythm
Social dance and mass culture
5. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Modern dance
6. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Elements of dance: Levels
4 Elements of dance movements
Native Americans
Renaissance (1400-1600)
7. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Ballet
Folk dance
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
8. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Religious or ceremonial dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Combined locomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
9. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Individual - group - or class
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Folk dance
10. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Passe
Barre
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Range
11. 1. Originated with the Andalusian Gypsies in Spain 2. Forceful rhythms 3. Hand clapping 4. Rapid foot movements 5. Use of castanets 6. Colorful costumes
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Rumba flamenco
Flamenco dance
Abstraction
12. Ethnic and cultural dance - Cultural dances - Religious or ceremonial dance - Folk Dance - Play and sing with movement - Maypole dance - Modern Dance - Theatrical dance - Social dance
Styles of dance and movement
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Force
13. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Kinesthetic awareness
Pathway
Characteristics of folk dance
Kinds of Levels
14. A leap from one leg to the other in which the working leg is kicked or thrown away from the body and into the air; the pose achieved in the air differs - a does the direction the leap takes
Rhapsodic rhythms
Grand jete
Dance
Force
15. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Elements of dance: Force
Social dance and mass culture
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
16. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Pirouette
Dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
17. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Folk dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Form and Shape
18. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Dance post -1960s
Theatrical dance
Dance teaching - prep
19. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Creative movement
Force
Ballet
Focus
20. Social dance - which celebrated births - special events - and rites of passage; ritual dance - which maintained tradition - religious rituals (temple dances) - and hunting magic; and fertility dance - which marked the changing seasons (especially for
Body movement
Degree of Energy
Rumba flamenco
Historical forms of dance
21. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Classical
Promenade
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
22. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Pointe
Dance
23. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Extension
Religious or ceremonial dance
Direction
4 Elements of dance movements
24. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Elevation
Modern dance
Maypole dance
Pathway
25. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Range (of movement)
The 8 basic steps
26. Speed: fast or slow
Syncopation
Tempo
Square dancing and barn dancing
Other theatrical production
27. Pantomime/dance expression
Promenade
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Elevation
18th and 19th Centuries
28. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Space between dancers
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Flamenco dance
29. Have expressed mourning the spirit in dance movement. They have also used dance as a ritual to prepare for battles and to celebrate joyful occasions.
Pas de deux
Dance post -1960s
Form and shape
Native Americans
30. The Church attempted to restrict pagan dance - often associated with fertility - but folk dances evolved from earlier ritual dance (e.g. - Maypole dance; origins in primitive fertility rituals [dancing around a pole]; associated with spring)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Combined locomotor
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
31. Based upon the subjective interpretation of internalized feelings - emotions - and moods - Unlike formal ballet - this is often unstructured and makes deliberate use of gravity and body weight to enhance movement - It also encourages students to expr
Dallet evolution
Modern dance choreography
The 8 basic steps
Modern dance
32. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance teaching - prep
Choreography
Range
33. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
Styles of dance and movement
Form and shape
Elements of dance: Levels
34. There are many regional differences; all had recreational aspects and basic steps such as running - walking - hopping - and skipping; all are linked to culture - music - and the history of a group; they take the form of a circle
Characteristics of folk dance
Attitude
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Flamenco dance
35. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Flamenco dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Native Americans
Pathway
36. High - medium - or low
Passe
Abstraction
Level
Pas de deux
37. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Rhythm
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Syncopation
Level
38. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Cultural dances
Elevation
Pathway
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
39. Refers to the lexicon of dance as taught in the original academies - also used in reference to ballets as created during the Imperial Russian days - such as The Sleeping Beauty - The Nutcracker - and Swan Lake - also refers to a style of performing
Classical
Modern dance
Modern dance
Dance - pointe
40. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Well - known musical productions
Grand jete
41. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Interactions between dancers
Body movement
Social dance and mass culture
Well - known musical productions
42. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Creative movement
Other theatrical production
Alignment
Nonlocomotor
43. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Other theatrical production
Level
Allegro
44. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Level
Social dance styles
Virtuoso dancing
45. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Meter
Quality of Energy
Space
46. The continued evolution of ballet; emphasis on emotions and fantasy; true pointe work; evolution of 'lightness in flight'; - this differed from other dance forms in placement and alignment of the body - as well as in training - Focus on the ballerina
Improvisation
Historical forms of dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Forc
47. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Quality of Energy
Social dance
Modern dance choreography
48. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Pointe
Rumba flamenco
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
49. Quality of energy: sustained (smooth) - suspended (light) - swing (under - curve) - sway (over - curve) - collapsed (loose) - percussive (sharp) - or vibrate (shudder) - Degree of energy: strong - weak - heavy - light - dynamic - static - flowing - o
Creative movement
Elements of dance: Force
Alignment
Framework for dance activity instruction
50. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Choreography
Dance activities should begin with these
Renaissance (1400-1600)