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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Direction
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Pathway
Religious or ceremonial dance
2. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Arabesque
Quality of Energy
3. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Space
Choreography
Arabesque
Improvisation
4. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
18th and 19th Centuries
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance
5. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Promenade
Elements of dance: Levels
Postmodern dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
6. 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).
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Folk dance
Classical
Dance teaching - floor pattern
7. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Individual - group - or class
Pas de deux
Interactions between dancers
8. Even or uneven beat
Beat
Styles of dance and movement
Modern dance choreography
Kinds of Levels
9. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Kinesthetic awareness
Adagio
Minuet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
10. 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
Cultural dances
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Promenade
Well - known musical productions
11. High - medium - or low
Arabesque
Range (of movement)
Level
Dance teaching - floor pattern
12. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
18th and 19th Centuries
Beat
Rumba flamenco
13. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Social dance and mass culture
Forc
Body movement
Virtuoso dancing
14. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance - pointe
Syncopation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
15. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Social dance and mass culture
Dance post -1960s
Extension
Other theatrical production
16. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Spotting
Body movement
Rhythm
17. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Lifts
Kinesthetic awareness
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
18. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Social dance
Form and shape
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Focus
19. 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
Modern dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Flamenco dance
Choreography
20. 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
Level
Individual - group - or class
Dance teaching - prep
Styles of dance and movement
21. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Rhythm
Elements of dance: Force
Pathway
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
22. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Classical
Pathway
23. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Ballet
Characteristics of folk dance
Arabesque
24. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Pas de deux
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
25. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Dance
Dance post -1960s
Pas de deux
Space between dancers
26. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Elements of dance: Levels
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Flamenco dance
27. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Form and Shape
Folk dance
Spotting
Social dance styles
28. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Level
Promenade
4 Elements of dance movements
Well - known musical productions
29. Often danced on May Day in various European nations such as Germany and Sweden - taught in American schools today - The maypole is a tall pole decorated with floral garlands - flags - and streamers - Ribbons are attached to a pole - so that children
Maypole dance
Syncopation
Rumba flamenco
Creative movement
30. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Elements of dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Elevation
31. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Minuet
Modern dance
Arabesque
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
32. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Styles of dance and movement
Martha Graham and psychodrama
The 8 basic steps
Tempo
33. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Kinds of Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
34. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Line
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
35. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Square dancing and barn dancing
Folk dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dallet evolution
36. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Promenade
Syncopation
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Line
37. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Force
Degree of Energy
Dance - pointe
38. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Passe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Individual - group - or class
39. 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
Space between dancers
Virtuoso dancing
Classical
Adagio
40. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Dance post -1960s
Form and shape
Extension
Virtuoso dancing
41. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Creative movement
Movement materials
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
42. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Focus
Promenade
Other theatrical production
Romantic Era
43. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Postmodern dance
Level
Range (of movement)
44. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Modern dance choreography
Classical
Square dancing and barn dancing
Syncopation
45. Gaze - floor - or away
Allegro
Modern dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Focus
46. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance activities should begin with these
Beat
Social dance and mass culture
47. 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
Postmodern dance
Force
Interactions between dancers
Quality of Energy
48. Pantomime/dance expression
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Folk dance
Lifts
49. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Native Americans
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Other theatrical production
Level
50. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Combined locomotor
Native Americans
Social dance
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