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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
The 8 basic steps
Barre
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Elements of dance: Time
2. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Framework for dance activity instruction
Pointe
Space
Level
3. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Extension
Alignment
4. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Focus
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Passe
5. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Romantic Era
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
6. 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.
Syncopation
Square dancing and barn dancing
Native Americans
Minuet
7. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Nonlocomotor
Body movement
Elements of dance: Levels
8. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Individual - group - or class
Native Americans
Kinesthetic awareness
Dallet evolution
9. A round rail attached to the wall horizontally - about 3 1/2 feet above the floor - for dancers to hold during the first half of technique class; it is also used for stretching the legs by placing the feet or legs on it
Quality of Energy
Barre
Modern dance
Pathway
10. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Forc
11. Speed: fast or slow
Kinds of Levels
Tempo
Movement materials
Dance activities should begin with these
12. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Lifts
Focus
Dance
Quality of Energy
13. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Framework for dance activity instruction
Passe
Meter
Dance teaching - prep
14. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Force
The 8 basic steps
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Form and Shape
15. 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
Rumba flamenco
Syncopation
Flamenco dance
Modern dance choreography
16. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Pirouette
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Elements of dance
17. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dance post -1960s
Alignment
Cultural dances
18. Gaze - Floor - Away
Focus
Lifts
Dance
Maypole dance
19. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Line
Romantic Era
4 Elements of dance movements
Well - known musical productions
20. Gaze - floor - or away
Syncopation
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements of dance
Focus
21. High - medium - or low
Square dancing and barn dancing
Level
Line
Choreography
22. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Passe
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Range
Beat
23. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elements of dance: Time
Meter
Lifts
24. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Social dance styles
Level
Creative movement
25. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Rhythm
Characteristics of folk dance
Social dance styles
Barre
26. Countable patterns
Elevation
Cultural dances
Rhythm
Elements of dance
27. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Postmodern dance
Allegro
Combined locomotor
28. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Square dancing and barn dancing
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Popular historical dances that are often used today
29. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Characteristics of folk dance
Movement materials
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
30. 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)
Arabesque
Postmodern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Choreography
31. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Alignment
Extension
Elements of dance: Time
32. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Kinesthetic awareness
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Level
Degree of Energy
33. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
Choreography
Styles of dance and movement
Elements of dance: Force
34. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Romantic Era
Modern dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Pathway
35. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Framework for dance activity instruction
Attitude
36. 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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Maypole dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Late 20th Century
37. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Folk dance
Interactions between dancers
Dance teaching - key words and counts
38. 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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
The 8 basic steps
Syncopation
Religious or ceremonial dance
39. Primary school children love to play and sing with movement in the simple sing - along dances of London Bridge - Hokey Pokey - Ring Around the Rosie - The Farmer in the Dell - B.I.N.G.O. - Pop Goes the Weasel - and Skip to My Lou
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Elements of dance: Force
Play and sing with movement
Rhapsodic Rhythms
40. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Rhythm
Maypole dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
41. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Alignment
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Ballet
42. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Body movement
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Force
43. 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
Range
Postmodern dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Level
44. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Postmodern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Body movement
Social dance and mass culture
45. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Kinds of Levels
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Elevation
46. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Creative movement
Pathway
Abstraction
Form and shape
47. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Elements of dance: Force
Meter
Native Americans
48. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Modern dance choreography
Meter
Characteristics of folk dance
Promenade
49. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Flamenco dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Dance post -1960s
50. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Play and sing with movement
Individual - group - or class
Rhapsodic rhythms
Native Americans