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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. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Line
Virtuoso dancing
Individual - group - or class
2. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Improvisation
Theatrical dance
Arabesque
Adagio
3. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
4 Elements of dance movements
Abstraction
Space
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
4. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Direction
Degree of Energy
Elements of dance: Levels
5. 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
Well - known musical productions
Form and Shape
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Characteristics of folk dance
6. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Theatrical dance
Elements of dance
Creative movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
7. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Nonlocomotor
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
8. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Allegro
Dance post -1960s
Forc
Movement materials
9. 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.
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Native Americans
Modern dance choreography
Dance teaching - key words and counts
10. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Syncopation
Classical
Focus
Range
11. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Pathway
Degree of Energy
Pirouette
Renaissance (1400-1600)
12. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Force
Barre
18th and 19th Centuries
Promenade
13. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Form and shape
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Grand jete
Square dancing and barn dancing
14. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Level
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
15. 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)
Arabesque
Tempo
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Postmodern dance
16. 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
Focus
Dance teaching - prep
The 8 basic steps
Spotting
17. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Extension
Late 20th Century
Arabesque
18. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Range
Combined locomotor
Choreography
Passe
19. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Classical
Alignment
20. 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).
Other theatrical production
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Meter
Form and shape
21. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Modern dance choreography
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Body movement
22. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Level
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Space between dancers
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
23. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rumba flamenco
Degree of Energy
Classical
Movements involved in the space element of dance
24. 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
Play and sing with movement
Space
Modern dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
25. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Adagio
Kinds of Levels
Abstraction
26. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Range
Extension
Pointe
Social dance styles
27. Gaze - floor - or away
Forc
Focus
Promenade
Syncopation
28. 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
Ballet
Attitude
Level
Body movement
29. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Adagio
Play and sing with movement
Syncopation
Elevation
30. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Direction
Line
Combined locomotor
31. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Pathway
Elements of dance
Form and shape
32. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historical forms of dance
Extension
Focus
33. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Interactions between dancers
Theatrical dance
Social dance
Creative movement
34. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Other theatrical production
Beat
Alignment
35. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Barre
36. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Creative movement
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
37. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Play and sing with movement
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Framework for dance activity instruction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
38. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Level
Dallet evolution
39. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Religious or ceremonial dance
Creative movement
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Line
40. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Elevation
Creative movement
Minuet
Arabesque
41. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
The 8 basic steps
Dance - pointe
Line
42. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dallet evolution
Elevation
Dance teaching - prep
43. 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
Kinds of Levels
Ballet
Styles of dance and movement
Passe
44. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Styles of dance and movement
Social dance styles
Spotting
Form and shape
45. 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
Space between dancers
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Direction
Dance teaching - key words and counts
46. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Form and Shape
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Elements of dance: Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
47. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Dance activities should begin with these
Individual - group - or class
Rhapsodic rhythms
48. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Alignment
Focus
Kinesthetic awareness
Social dance and mass culture
49. 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
Folk dance
Modern dance choreography
Passe
Kinds of Levels
50. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Combined locomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Kinds of Levels
Dance - pointe