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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. Gaze - Floor - Away
Characteristics of folk dance
Well - known musical productions
Focus
Dance teaching - floor pattern
2. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pas de deux
Extension
Line
3. 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
4 Elements of dance movements
Rhythm
Rumba flamenco
Barre
4. Raising the leg to a straightened position with the foot very high above the ground; the ability to lift and hold the leg in position of the ground
Other theatrical production
Extension
Native Americans
Combined locomotor
5. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Pathway
Characteristics of folk dance
Theatrical dance
Nonlocomotor
6. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Elements of dance
Maypole dance
Postmodern dance
7. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Space
Maypole dance
Elements of dance
Level
8. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Romantic Era
Nonlocomotor
Dance teaching - prep
Pirouette
9. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Late 20th Century
Promenade
Religious or ceremonial dance
10. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Meter
Body movement
Styles of dance and movement
11. 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
Quality of Energy
Arabesque
Square dancing and barn dancing
18th and 19th Centuries
12. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Arabesque
Quality of Energy
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
13. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Elements of dance: Force
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Abstraction
Syncopation
14. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Late 20th Century
15. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Forc
Dance teaching - prep
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
16. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Classical
Social dance
Modern dance
Ballet
17. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Minuet
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Elevation
Space
18. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Romantic Era
18th and 19th Centuries
19. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Historical forms of dance
Spotting
Virtuoso dancing
20. Speed: fast or slow
Adagio
Tempo
Combined locomotor
Creative movement
21. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Pathway
Elements of dance: Time
18th and 19th Centuries
Space between dancers
22. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Historical forms of dance
Tempo
Dance teaching - key words and counts
23. 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
Romantic Era
Play and sing with movement
The 8 basic steps
Dance teaching - floor pattern
24. 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
Focus
Modern dance
Minuet
Martha Graham and psychodrama
25. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Range
Classical
Dance teaching - prep
26. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Spotting
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Beat
27. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Virtuoso dancing
Pirouette
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
28. 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
Framework for dance activity instruction
Direction
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance post -1960s
29. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Ballet
Choreography
Dance teaching - prep
Maypole dance
30. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Spotting
Modern dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Adagio
31. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Allegro
Rhapsodic rhythms
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
32. 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).
Body movement
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Space
33. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Elements of dance
Social dance
Lifts
34. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Rhapsodic rhythms
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Theatrical dance
Level
35. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
Space
Dallet evolution
Forc
36. Quality of energy: sustained (smooth) - suspended (light) - swing (under - curve) - sway (over - curve) - collapsed (loose) - percussive (sharp) - or vibrate (shudder) - Degree of energy: strong - weak - heavy - light - dynamic - static - flowing - o
Elements of dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Elements of dance: Force
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
37. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Pirouette
Elements of dance
Forc
Pathway
38. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Theatrical dance
Force
Form and shape
Virtuoso dancing
39. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Postmodern dance
Form and Shape
Pas de deux
40. Even or uneven beat
Form and shape
Passe
Beat
Cultural dances
41. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Dance
Level
Interactions between dancers
42. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Classical
43. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Meter
Romantic Era
Elements of dance: Force
44. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Modern dance choreography
The 8 basic steps
Space
Renaissance (1400-1600)
45. Movement without previous planning
Focus
Improvisation
Religious or ceremonial dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
46. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Range
Flamenco dance
Social dance
Dallet evolution
47. 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
Cultural dances
Flamenco dance
Pirouette
Focus
48. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Space
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Elements of dance: Force
Kinesthetic awareness
49. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Focus
Modern dance
Dance
Degree of Energy
50. 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
Virtuoso dancing
Late 20th Century
Styles of dance and movement
Modern dance