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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - prep
Improvisation
Range (of movement)
2. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Tempo
Creative movement
Folk dance
Abstraction
3. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Romantic Era
Other theatrical production
Arabesque
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
4. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance teaching - key words and counts
5. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Line
Combined locomotor
Body movement
Square dancing and barn dancing
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).
Creative movement
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Nonlocomotor
Dance activities should begin with these
7. 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
Tempo
Characteristics of folk dance
Space
18th and 19th Centuries
8. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Cultural dances
Space between dancers
Modern dance
Social dance
9. A 'passing' position in which the foot passes by the knee of the supporting leg - When this position is held - as in pirouettes - with the foot of the working leg resting against the knee of the supporting leg - it is known as retire
Minuet
Spotting
Promenade
Passe
10. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
The 8 basic steps
Folk dance
Focus
Theatrical dance
11. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Pathway
Theatrical dance
Combined locomotor
Form and shape
12. Countable patterns
Rhythm
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Form and Shape
Historical forms of dance
13. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Religious or ceremonial dance
Extension
14. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Elements of dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Classical
15. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Barre
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Framework for dance activity instruction
16. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Historical forms of dance
Native Americans
Framework for dance activity instruction
17. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Pointe
Form and shape
Square dancing and barn dancing
18. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Space between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
19. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Extension
Line
Individual - group - or class
20. 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
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
21. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
4 Elements of dance movements
Meter
Other theatrical production
Beat
22. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Native Americans
Kinds of Levels
Adagio
Nonlocomotor
23. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Adagio
Social dance styles
Promenade
Pas de deux
24. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
Dance - pointe
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
25. 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
Elevation
Flamenco dance
Tempo
Postmodern dance
26. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Ballet
Level
Rhapsodic rhythms
Grand jete
27. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Forc
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Theatrical dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
28. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
18th and 19th Centuries
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Cultural dances
Elevation
29. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Religious or ceremonial dance
Space between dancers
Adagio
30. 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.
Choreography
Native Americans
Play and sing with movement
Pathway
31. 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
Interactions between dancers
Ballet
Social dance and mass culture
Rhapsodic Rhythms
32. 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
Pathway
Level
18th and 19th Centuries
33. 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
Modern dance
Tempo
Adagio
34. High - medium - or low
Elements of dance: Force
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
35. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Abstraction
Dance post -1960s
Range
Rhapsodic rhythms
36. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
18th and 19th Centuries
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Space
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
37. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Range (of movement)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Cultural dances
Elements of dance: Levels
38. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Elevation
Well - known musical productions
Abstraction
Pas de deux
39. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Tempo
Maypole dance
Focus
40. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Range (of movement)
Barre
Kinesthetic awareness
Dance teaching - key words and counts
41. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Social dance styles
Other theatrical production
Modern dance
Social dance
42. 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
Space between dancers
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Play and sing with movement
Space
43. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Alignment
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Social dance and mass culture
Modern dance choreography
44. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Level
Flamenco dance
Movement materials
Passe
45. 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
4 Elements of dance movements
Maypole dance
Dance teaching - prep
46. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
The 8 basic steps
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Meter
47. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Dance - pointe
Play and sing with movement
Range (of movement)
Meter
48. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Pirouette
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Pointe
49. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Arabesque
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Allegro
Framework for dance activity instruction
50. 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: Force
Choreography
Adagio
Concepts regarding the time element of dance