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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Modern dance
Line
Social dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
2. Gaze - floor - or away
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Social dance styles
Focus
3. 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
Nonlocomotor
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Lifts
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
4. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Degree of Energy
Dance teaching - prep
Alignment
5. 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).
Direction
Virtuoso dancing
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
6. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Line
Pointe
Barre
Direction
7. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance teaching - prep
Kinds of Levels
Modern dance
8. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Forc
Force
Elements of dance: Force
Extension
9. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance post -1960s
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dallet evolution
10. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Forc
11. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Space
Creative movement
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
12. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Space
Late 20th Century
Theatrical dance
13. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Modern dance choreography
Square dancing and barn dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Forc
14. 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
Social dance styles
Space
Flamenco dance
18th and 19th Centuries
15. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Social dance styles
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Square dancing and barn dancing
16. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Elements of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dallet evolution
17. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Syncopation
Religious or ceremonial dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
18. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Alignment
Space
Virtuoso dancing
19. 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
Native Americans
Elements of dance
Dallet evolution
Modern dance choreography
20. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Tempo
Range
21. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dallet evolution
Styles of dance and movement
Allegro
22. 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
Extension
Modern dance
Pas de deux
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
23. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Rhythm
Line
Pathway
Range (of movement)
24. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Rhythm
Framework for dance activity instruction
Creative movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
25. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Movement materials
Attitude
Religious or ceremonial dance
26. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Combined locomotor
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
27. 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
Late 20th Century
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Creative movement
Promenade
28. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Well - known musical productions
Dance post -1960s
Late 20th Century
29. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
The 8 basic steps
Elements of dance: Force
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
30. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Choreography
Rhapsodic rhythms
Syncopation
Popular historical dances that are often used today
31. Countable patterns
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Nonlocomotor
Rhythm
Passe
32. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Pas de deux
Modern dance
Direction
33. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance - pointe
Level
Choreography
34. 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
Space between dancers
Maypole dance
Characteristics of folk dance
Elements of dance: Levels
35. Pantomime/dance expression
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Classical
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
The 8 basic steps
36. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
4 Elements of dance movements
Cultural dances
37. 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
Interactions between dancers
Pirouette
Barre
Characteristics of folk dance
38. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Social dance styles
Virtuoso dancing
Passe
Choreography
39. Dancing on the toes
Pointe
Native Americans
Arabesque
Other theatrical production
40. 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.
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Maypole dance
Native Americans
41. 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 - prep
Romantic Era
Spotting
Rhapsodic Rhythms
42. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Tempo
Social dance
Flamenco dance
Modern dance
43. To cue the steps and directional changes - and to alert students (e.g. - 'ready'); this helps students keep the main rhythmic pattern and encourages them to gain a sense of the whole
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Social dance
Folk dance
Late 20th Century
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
Attitude
Elements of dance
Pas de deux
Force
45. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Virtuoso dancing
Passe
Dance
Folk dance
46. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Level
Line
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
The 8 basic steps
47. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Abstraction
Body movement
Minuet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
48. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Body movement
Syncopation
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
49. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Promenade
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Theatrical dance
Minuet
50. 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
Minuet
Historical forms of dance
Maypole dance
Cultural dances