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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Promenade
Beat
Modern dance
Barre
2. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Line
Direction
Elements of dance
Elements of dance: Time
3. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Folk dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Choreography
4. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Movement materials
Postmodern dance
Rumba flamenco
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
5. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Choreography
Lifts
Dance
6. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Pointe
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Modern dance choreography
7. A term coined in the 1960s by those who wanted to create movement outside the influences of any of the then - traditional modern dance pioneers - such as Cunningham - Graham - Humphrey - Lim
Social dance styles
Popular historical dances that are often used today
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Postmodern dance
8. To cue the steps and directional changes - and to alert students (e.g. - 'ready'); this helps students keep the main rhythmic pattern and encourages them to gain a sense of the whole
Body movement
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Social dance styles
Dance teaching - key words and counts
9. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Quality of Energy
10. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Late 20th Century
Characteristics of folk dance
Folk dance
11. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pas de deux
Space between dancers
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
12. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Passe
Line
Dallet evolution
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
13. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Elements of dance: Levels
Minuet
18th and 19th Centuries
Attitude
14. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Forc
Late 20th Century
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
15. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Improvisation
Dance - pointe
Pointe
16. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Square dancing and barn dancing
Rhythm
Body movement
17. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Level
Framework for dance activity instruction
Tempo
18. Often danced on May Day in various European nations such as Germany and Sweden - taught in American schools today - The maypole is a tall pole decorated with floral garlands - flags - and streamers - Ribbons are attached to a pole - so that children
Dance teaching - prep
Focus
Maypole dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
19. Dancing on the toes
Pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
The 8 basic steps
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
20. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Classical
Pathway
Alignment
Renaissance (1400-1600)
21. Appreciated the qualities of the individual; primitive expression and emotion; 'new freedom' of movement; choreography of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham and their harsh break from restrictive classical ballet and tutu; broadening the minds of the p
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Space between dancers
Rhythm
22. Formal dancing spread to the Continent; expansion of professional dancing masters; professional choreography at the Paris Opera (opera and dance); costuming; introduction of the waltz (1-2-3) rhythm; court dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Maypole dance
Passe
23. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Form and Shape
Arabesque
24. A pose in which the working leg is extended with a straight knee directly behind the body (both the height of the leg and the position of the arms are variable)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Arabesque
Meter
Rhythm
25. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Maypole dance
Folk dance
Characteristics of folk dance
26. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Elevation
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Levels
4 Elements of dance movements
27. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Passe
Theatrical dance
Form and Shape
28. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Promenade
Styles of dance and movement
Framework for dance activity instruction
Pathway
29. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements of dance
Postmodern dance
Beat
30. A period from about 1820 to 1870 in which ballet was characterized primarily by supernatural subject matter - long white tutus - dancing on the toes - and theatrical innovations that permitted the dimming of the house lights for theatrical illusion
Romantic Era
The 8 basic steps
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pirouette
31. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Individual - group - or class
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Quality of Energy
32. Gaze - floor - or away
Individual - group - or class
Form and shape
Modern dance
Focus
33. Must include these four factors: Dance movements must predate the 19th century - Dance is performed by peasants or royalty - The choreography is derived from tradition - There is no teacher
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Play and sing with movement
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
34. 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.
Modern dance
Maypole dance
Modern dance choreography
Native Americans
35. Characteristics: circle form (rhythmic motion within a circle); use of imagery - Gender roles: war and hunting for men - seasons and planting for women; early accompaniment came from drums - harps - flutes - and chants
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Form and shape
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Forc
36. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Individual - group - or class
Elements of dance
Pathway
37. Have the dancers walk through the floor pattern. Then combine the steps with the floor pattern - first without music - and then with music (remember that not all dances have a set floor pattern).
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Kinesthetic awareness
38. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Dallet evolution
Pas de deux
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Alignment
39. 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
Historical forms of dance
Dance - pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Barre
40. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Social dance and mass culture
Quality of Energy
Attitude
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
41. High - medium - or low
Elements of dance: Levels
Extension
Level
Dance teaching - floor pattern
42. 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
Flamenco dance
Beat
Elements of dance: Levels
Allegro
43. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Space
Nonlocomotor
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
44. 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
Individual - group - or class
Modern dance
Grand jete
Romantic Era
45. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Meter
46. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Pirouette
Late 20th Century
Movement materials
Styles of dance and movement
47. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Extension
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Modern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
48. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Pathway
Beat
Creative movement
Social dance styles
49. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Dance teaching - prep
Social dance styles
Space
Kinds of Levels
50. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
Syncopation
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Flamenco dance
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