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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Line
Range
Direction
Popular historical dances that are often used today
2. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Tempo
Form and Shape
Square dancing and barn dancing
Spotting
3. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Level
Rhythm
4. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Space
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
4 Elements of dance movements
5. 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
Rumba flamenco
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
6. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Range (of movement)
Dance activities should begin with these
7. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Range (of movement)
Religious or ceremonial dance
Elements of dance: Levels
8. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Forc
Beat
Alignment
9. 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
Syncopation
Range
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Late 20th Century
10. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Postmodern dance
Improvisation
Extension
11. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Level
Body movement
Meter
Dance teaching - prep
12. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Elements of dance: Time
Barre
Grand jete
Framework for dance activity instruction
13. 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
Focus
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Flamenco dance
14. Dancing on the toes
Styles of dance and movement
Range
Pointe
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
15. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Individual - group - or class
Abstraction
Range
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
16. 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
Form and shape
Grand jete
Romantic Era
Well - known musical productions
17. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Body movement
18. Movement without previous planning
Form and Shape
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance activities should begin with these
Improvisation
19. 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)
Combined locomotor
Social dance styles
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Elements of dance: Time
20. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Rhythm
Well - known musical productions
Form and Shape
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
21. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Pirouette
Promenade
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Attitude
22. Pantomime/dance expression
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Allegro
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Extension
23. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Choreography
Social dance
Nonlocomotor
Kinds of Levels
24. The continued evolution of ballet; emphasis on emotions and fantasy; true pointe work; evolution of 'lightness in flight'; - this differed from other dance forms in placement and alignment of the body - as well as in training - Focus on the ballerina
Dance teaching - prep
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Interactions between dancers
25. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Cultural dances
Individual - group - or class
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Force
26. Characteristics: circle form (rhythmic motion within a circle); use of imagery - Gender roles: war and hunting for men - seasons and planting for women; early accompaniment came from drums - harps - flutes - and chants
Allegro
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Characteristics of folk dance
Styles of dance and movement
27. 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
Form and Shape
Abstraction
Barre
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
28. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Forc
Social dance styles
Arabesque
29. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Focus
Rhapsodic rhythms
Styles of dance and movement
The 8 basic steps
30. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Nonlocomotor
Historical forms of dance
Lifts
Individual - group - or class
31. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
Extension
Pointe
Abstraction
32. 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
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Social dance styles
Ballet
33. 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
Range (of movement)
Focus
Elements of dance
Play and sing with movement
34. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Space
Pointe
Elements of dance: Time
35. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Quality of Energy
Dance post -1960s
Syncopation
Range
36. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Rhythm
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Kinds of Levels
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
Creative movement
Dance - pointe
Late 20th Century
18th and 19th Centuries
38. 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
Body movement
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Social dance
Allegro
39. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Elements of dance: Force
Postmodern dance
Dallet evolution
Pathway
40. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Extension
41. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Theatrical dance
Meter
Elements of dance: Levels
Syncopation
42. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Elements of dance: Force
Degree of Energy
Styles of dance and movement
Kinesthetic awareness
43. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Historical forms of dance
Forc
Dance
Play and sing with movement
44. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dallet evolution
Meter
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
45. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Minuet
Folk dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Elements of dance
46. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Space between dancers
Elements of dance: Time
Beat
Social dance and mass culture
47. 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)
Pathway
Arabesque
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Social dance and mass culture
48. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Rhapsodic rhythms
Range
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Levels
49. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Elevation
Range
Flamenco dance
50. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Forc
Body movement
Other theatrical production
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