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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Focus
Pathway
Dance - pointe
Elements of dance: Force
2. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Religious or ceremonial dance
Cultural dances
Movement materials
Dance
3. Often carry important historical significance from ancient civilizations Examples: Chinese ribbon dance - Polish polonaise - India's Kathakali or Bharatanatyam dance - Clogging - traditionally from Wales - which involves double taps on both the heel
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Improvisation
Cultural dances
Well - known musical productions
4. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Line
Flamenco dance
Alignment
5. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Postmodern dance
Dance post -1960s
6. Movement without previous planning
Dance - pointe
Improvisation
Adagio
Direction
7. Dancing on the toes
Degree of Energy
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pointe
Virtuoso dancing
8. 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
Minuet
Elements of dance: Levels
18th and 19th Centuries
Barre
9. 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).
Modern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Lifts
10. Gaze - Floor - Away
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Maypole dance
Focus
11. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rumba flamenco
Passe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
12. 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
Range (of movement)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
13. 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
Framework for dance activity instruction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Direction
Flamenco dance
14. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Theatrical dance
15. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Styles of dance and movement
Elements of dance: Time
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
16. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Extension
Well - known musical productions
Body movement
Range
17. 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)
Romantic Era
Other theatrical production
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
18. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Elements of dance: Force
Folk dance
Minuet
Spotting
19. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Forc
Pirouette
Focus
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
Syncopation
Movement materials
Folk dance
Choreography
21. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Passe
Alignment
Other theatrical production
Minuet
22. 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
Combined locomotor
Focus
Ballet
23. 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
Modern dance choreography
Range
Framework for dance activity instruction
4 Elements of dance movements
24. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Modern dance
Historical forms of dance
Social dance and mass culture
25. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Focus
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Focus
26. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Square dancing and barn dancing
Range (of movement)
Pointe
Framework for dance activity instruction
27. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Religious or ceremonial dance
Attitude
Interactions between dancers
28. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Modern dance
Other theatrical production
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Popular historical dances that are often used today
29. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Grand jete
Kinesthetic awareness
Folk dance
Form and Shape
30. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Virtuoso dancing
Syncopation
31. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Framework for dance activity instruction
Force
Martha Graham and psychodrama
32. 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
Spotting
Historical forms of dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Form and shape
33. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Arabesque
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
34. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance
Adagio
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
35. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Kinesthetic awareness
Dance
Elements of dance
Barre
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
Pirouette
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Ballet
Characteristics of folk dance
37. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Forc
Arabesque
38. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Range (of movement)
Quality of Energy
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Degree of Energy
39. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Social dance and mass culture
Syncopation
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
40. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Dance
Alignment
Adagio
Modern dance
41. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Forc
Pointe
Level
42. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Force
Social dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Combined locomotor
43. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Religious or ceremonial dance
Space between dancers
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
44. 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
Movement materials
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Rhythm
Attitude
45. High - medium - or low
Level
Space between dancers
Play and sing with movement
Direction
46. 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
Meter
Other theatrical production
Abstraction
Classical
47. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Barre
Lifts
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
48. Pantomime/dance expression
Elements of dance: Force
Dance - pointe
Modern dance choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
49. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Beat
Elements of dance: Time
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Kinesthetic awareness
50. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Folk dance
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Body movement