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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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1. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Direction
Extension
Choreography
2. 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
Postmodern dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Creative movement
Adagio
3. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Play and sing with movement
Space between dancers
Degree of Energy
Minuet
4. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Extension
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Meter
Direction
5. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Elevation
Dance - pointe
Rhapsodic Rhythms
6. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
Range (of movement)
Allegro
Kinds of Levels
7. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Nonlocomotor
Religious or ceremonial dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
8. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Improvisation
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Theatrical dance
Nonlocomotor
9. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Line
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Interactions between dancers
10. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Line
Modern dance
Space between dancers
11. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Flamenco dance
Pathway
Elements of dance
12. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Level
Promenade
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
13. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Choreography
Body movement
Beat
Maypole dance
14. Often carry important historical significance from ancient civilizations Examples: Chinese ribbon dance - Polish polonaise - India's Kathakali or Bharatanatyam dance - Clogging - traditionally from Wales - which involves double taps on both the heel
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Individual - group - or class
Cultural dances
Degree of Energy
15. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Dance teaching - prep
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Nonlocomotor
16. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Body movement
Adagio
Level
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
17. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Well - known musical productions
Modern dance
Allegro
Promenade
18. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Dance activities should begin with these
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Pathway
Adagio
19. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Range (of movement)
Direction
Line
Social dance and mass culture
20. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Kinesthetic awareness
Theatrical dance
Syncopation
Postmodern dance
21. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Movement materials
Allegro
Beat
Level
22. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Pirouette
Attitude
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Syncopation
23. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Extension
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Nonlocomotor
Kinesthetic awareness
24. 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
Direction
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Late 20th Century
25. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Spotting
Styles of dance and movement
Dance post -1960s
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
26. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Line
Improvisation
Ballet
27. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Elements of dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Space between dancers
28. 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
Rumba flamenco
Grand jete
Direction
Abstraction
29. 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)
Social dance and mass culture
Syncopation
Abstraction
Arabesque
30. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Well - known musical productions
Dance post -1960s
Minuet
Characteristics of folk dance
31. 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
Meter
Forc
18th and 19th Centuries
Framework for dance activity instruction
32. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Characteristics of folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Elements of dance: Levels
Maypole dance
33. 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
Social dance and mass culture
Dance teaching - prep
Late 20th Century
Ballet
34. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Movement materials
Forc
Barre
35. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pas de deux
36. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Ballet
Passe
Extension
Elements of dance: Time
37. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Late 20th Century
Pirouette
Classical
38. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
18th and 19th Centuries
Choreography
Dance teaching - key words and counts
39. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Range
Modern dance choreography
Play and sing with movement
40. 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
Historical forms of dance
Interactions between dancers
Other theatrical production
Cultural dances
41. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Virtuoso dancing
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Well - known musical productions
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
42. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Extension
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
43. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Kinds of Levels
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
44. High - medium - or low
Late 20th Century
Social dance
Level
Well - known musical productions
45. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
The 8 basic steps
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Minuet
46. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Native Americans
Social dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Minuet
47. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Characteristics of folk dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Modern dance choreography
Abstraction
48. 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
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Maypole dance
Virtuoso dancing
49. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
18th and 19th Centuries
Form and shape
Social dance and mass culture
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
50. 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
Social dance styles
Tempo
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Force