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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
Adagio
Romantic Era
Social dance and mass culture
Dance - pointe
2. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Choreography
Attitude
Body movement
Abstraction
3. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Quality of Energy
Kinesthetic awareness
Dance teaching - prep
4. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Folk dance
Rhythm
Allegro
Kinds of Levels
5. 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)
Modern dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Arabesque
Native Americans
6. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Degree of Energy
The 8 basic steps
Modern dance choreography
7. 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
Maypole dance
Degree of Energy
Improvisation
8. Gaze - Floor - Away
Promenade
Focus
Space
Kinds of Levels
9. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Theatrical dance
The 8 basic steps
Dance teaching - prep
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
10. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Elements of dance: Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Cultural dances
Lifts
11. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Historical forms of dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Kinesthetic awareness
12. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance - pointe
Direction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
13. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Meter
Pas de deux
Level
14. 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
The 8 basic steps
Extension
Square dancing and barn dancing
Line
15. Gaze - floor - or away
Line
Focus
Direction
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
16. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
The 8 basic steps
Direction
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
17. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Extension
Space
Dance teaching - prep
Quality of Energy
18. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Range (of movement)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance
Flamenco dance
19. 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.
Forc
Degree of Energy
Quality of Energy
Native Americans
20. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Play and sing with movement
Social dance
Ballet
21. Appreciated the qualities of the individual; primitive expression and emotion; 'new freedom' of movement; choreography of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham and their harsh break from restrictive classical ballet and tutu; broadening the minds of the p
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
22. 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
Syncopation
Minuet
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Barre
23. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Creative movement
Syncopation
Maypole dance
24. 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)
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Pas de deux
Minuet
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
25. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Extension
Lifts
Passe
26. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Rhythm
Play and sing with movement
Pathway
Attitude
27. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Beat
Forc
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Framework for dance activity instruction
28. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Well - known musical productions
Force
Level
Lifts
29. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Focus
Classical
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
30. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Line
Dance post -1960s
Well - known musical productions
Other theatrical production
31. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Characteristics of folk dance
Level
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
32. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Abstraction
Elements of dance: Time
33. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Flamenco dance
Force
Forc
34. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Level
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Popular historical dances that are often used today
35. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Historical forms of dance
Improvisation
Social dance
Pathway
36. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Modern dance
Ballet
Choreography
Pointe
37. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Social dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Promenade
38. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Social dance
The 8 basic steps
Extension
Quality of Energy
39. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
Spotting
Pirouette
Virtuoso dancing
40. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Passe
Play and sing with movement
Grand jete
41. 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
Classical
Folk dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Level
42. Growth of contemporary dance - post - modernism in the 1960s; movement toward simplicity and a less sophisticated technique; 'No' manifesto - a frequent rejection of costumes and stories
Meter
Late 20th Century
Square dancing and barn dancing
Kinds of Levels
43. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Rhythm
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Framework for dance activity instruction
44. 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
Alignment
Force
Grand jete
Minuet
45. Wide - narrow - big - or little
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Range
46. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Other theatrical production
Allegro
47. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Elements of dance: Force
Range
Modern dance choreography
48. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Range
Form and Shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Adagio
49. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rhapsodic Rhythms
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
4 Elements of dance movements
Rumba flamenco
50. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Body movement
Spotting
Elements of dance: Levels
Force