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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Romantic Era
Postmodern dance
Syncopation
2. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Maypole dance
Abstraction
Dallet evolution
Dance teaching - key words and counts
3. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Syncopation
Level
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Movements involved in the space element of dance
4. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Cultural dances
Abstraction
Elements of dance: Levels
Maypole dance
5. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Tempo
Form and Shape
Movement materials
Modern dance
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.
Elevation
Styles of dance and movement
Native Americans
Maypole dance
7. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Passe
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Modern dance
Form and shape
8. 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
Focus
Alignment
Barre
Pointe
9. A 'passing' position in which the foot passes by the knee of the supporting leg - When this position is held - as in pirouettes - with the foot of the working leg resting against the knee of the supporting leg - it is known as retire
Elements of dance: Time
Social dance styles
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Passe
10. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Range (of movement)
Social dance and mass culture
The 8 basic steps
Pirouette
11. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Play and sing with movement
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Grand jete
Forc
12. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Range
Other theatrical production
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Spotting
13. 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)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
4 Elements of dance movements
14. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Elements of dance: Levels
18th and 19th Centuries
Theatrical dance
Syncopation
15. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Elements of dance: Time
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Degree of Energy
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
16. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Social dance
17. A pose modeled after the statue of the winged Mercury by Giovanni Bologna in which the working leg is extended behind the body with the knee bent; it can also be held in front of the body
Interactions between dancers
Level
Rumba flamenco
Attitude
18. 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
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Historical forms of dance
Elements of dance
Choreography
19. Developed in France (1500s) - and moved to Italy; this led to the development of court dancing in Europe (nobility in a palace setting); patronage of the Medicis; 'dancing masters'; steps were slow (adagio) and fast (allegro); lack of spontaneity (de
Other theatrical production
Spotting
Interactions between dancers
Ballet
20. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Maypole dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Syncopation
21. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Dance teaching - prep
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Kinds of Levels
Social dance and mass culture
22. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Spotting
Range (of movement)
Meter
23. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Degree of Energy
24. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Rhapsodic rhythms
Forc
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
25. 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
Interactions between dancers
Range (of movement)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Grand jete
26. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Folk dance
Modern dance
Space
27. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Postmodern dance
Rumba flamenco
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
28. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Social dance
Body movement
The 8 basic steps
29. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Lifts
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Extension
30. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Combined locomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Play and sing with movement
Classical
31. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Pointe
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Syncopation
32. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Spotting
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Meter
4 Elements of dance movements
33. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Elements of dance
Elements of dance: Time
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Pas de deux
34. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance activities should begin with these
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Syncopation
35. Pantomime/dance expression
Social dance styles
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Level
36. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Modern dance choreography
Dance - pointe
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance post -1960s
37. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Focus
Late 20th Century
Syncopation
38. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Space between dancers
Syncopation
Promenade
Well - known musical productions
39. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Modern dance
Kinds of Levels
Range (of movement)
Beat
40. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Folk dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Meter
Modern dance
41. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Characteristics of folk dance
Individual - group - or class
Nonlocomotor
Popular historical dances that are often used today
42. Speed: fast or slow
Quality of Energy
Lifts
Combined locomotor
Tempo
43. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Social dance styles
Promenade
Passe
44. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Level
45. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Level
Pirouette
Square dancing and barn dancing
46. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Social dance and mass culture
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Focus
47. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Other theatrical production
Body movement
Social dance styles
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
48. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Form and Shape
Focus
Romantic Era
49. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Space between dancers
Spotting
50. Countable patterns
Rhythm
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Kinesthetic awareness
Romantic Era