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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. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Kinesthetic awareness
Maypole dance
Modern dance
2. 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)
Rhythm
Grand jete
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Combined locomotor
3. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Romantic Era
Characteristics of folk dance
Elements of dance: Time
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
4. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rumba flamenco
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
5. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Dance activities should begin with these
Social dance
Grand jete
6. 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
Modern dance choreography
Body movement
Tempo
Passe
7. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Kinesthetic awareness
Cultural dances
8. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Rhythm
Syncopation
Abstraction
9. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Lifts
Promenade
Syncopation
Virtuoso dancing
10. 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
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Form and Shape
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Religious or ceremonial dance
11. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Quality of Energy
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
12. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Level
Focus
Classical
Lifts
13. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Syncopation
Line
14. 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
Individual - group - or class
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Lifts
18th and 19th Centuries
15. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Native Americans
Rumba flamenco
Other theatrical production
16. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Social dance styles
Abstraction
Body movement
Interactions between dancers
17. Separate the dance into the steps. Begin by teaching the steps - describing and demonstrating each separately. Steps are done slowly at first - using counts - and then at the proper tempo - Teach one part of the basic step pattern at a time; when two
Social dance
Individual - group - or class
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance teaching - prep
18. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
19. 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
Lifts
Forc
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
20. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Framework for dance activity instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Other theatrical production
21. Dancing on the toes
Range (of movement)
Pointe
Interactions between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
22. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Allegro
Elements of dance: Time
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
23. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Ballet
Religious or ceremonial dance
Body movement
Attitude
24. 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
Pirouette
Square dancing and barn dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Styles of dance and movement
25. 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)
Rumba flamenco
Arabesque
Space
Social dance and mass culture
26. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Maypole dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
27. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Forc
Beat
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
28. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Grand jete
Choreography
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
29. 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
Arabesque
Classical
Quality of Energy
Minuet
30. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Modern dance choreography
Meter
Modern dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
31. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Alignment
Combined locomotor
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
32. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Force
Kinds of Levels
Dance activities should begin with these
33. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Modern dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Focus
Direction
34. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Maypole dance
Pathway
36. 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).
Barre
Ballet
Creative movement
Dance teaching - floor pattern
37. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Level
Late 20th Century
Interactions between dancers
38. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Elements of dance: Time
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Elements of dance: Levels
Range (of movement)
39. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Folk dance
Late 20th Century
Focus
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
40. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Pathway
Level
Level
41. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Theatrical dance
Social dance and mass culture
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
42. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Interactions between dancers
Nonlocomotor
Quality of Energy
Choreography
43. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Degree of Energy
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
44. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Level
Theatrical dance
45. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Pointe
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Styles of dance and movement
46. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Modern dance
Grand jete
Beat
47. Gaze - floor - or away
Postmodern dance
Focus
Folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
48. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Allegro
Force
Abstraction
Extension
49. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Nonlocomotor
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Modern dance choreography
50. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Dallet evolution
Force
Dance - pointe
Quality of Energy