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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. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
2. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Range (of movement)
Well - known musical productions
Passe
Degree of Energy
3. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dallet evolution
Creative movement
4. 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
Lifts
Pointe
Virtuoso dancing
Classical
5. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dallet evolution
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Styles of dance and movement
6. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance post -1960s
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Folk dance
7. Pantomime/dance expression
Level
Minuet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
8. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Space
Maypole dance
Abstraction
9. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Social dance
Pas de deux
Tempo
Elements of dance: Time
10. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Virtuoso dancing
The 8 basic steps
Theatrical dance
Elements of dance: Force
11. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Dance post -1960s
4 Elements of dance movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Allegro
12. 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
Flamenco dance
Play and sing with movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Degree of Energy
13. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Religious or ceremonial dance
Rhythm
Interactions between dancers
Virtuoso dancing
14. 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).
Choreography
Kinesthetic awareness
Elements of dance: Time
Dance teaching - floor pattern
15. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Rumba flamenco
Forc
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Barre
16. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Classical
Cultural dances
Form and Shape
Martha Graham and psychodrama
17. 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
Late 20th Century
Grand jete
Line
Passe
18. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Romantic Era
Dallet evolution
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
19. 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
Passe
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Social dance styles
Elevation
20. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Range
21. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Choreography
Arabesque
Abstraction
Elements of dance: Force
22. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Cultural dances
Historical forms of dance
Styles of dance and movement
Promenade
23. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Dance activities should begin with these
Range (of movement)
Social dance styles
24. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
Maypole dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
25. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Pathway
Religious or ceremonial dance
Spotting
Maypole dance
26. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Tempo
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
27. Speed: fast or slow
Square dancing and barn dancing
Tempo
The 8 basic steps
Postmodern dance
28. 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
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Nonlocomotor
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Martha Graham and psychodrama
29. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Range
Line
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
30. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Classical
Religious or ceremonial dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
31. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Force
32. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Focus
18th and 19th Centuries
Theatrical dance
Social dance styles
33. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Religious or ceremonial dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Late 20th Century
Modern dance
34. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Passe
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Native Americans
Rumba flamenco
35. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Pirouette
Elements of dance
Native Americans
Flamenco dance
36. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Elements of dance: Time
Square dancing and barn dancing
Virtuoso dancing
Dance post -1960s
37. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Modern dance
Movement materials
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
38. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Folk dance
Minuet
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Quality of Energy
39. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Native Americans
Degree of Energy
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
40. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Pointe
Social dance and mass culture
Cultural dances
Rhapsodic Rhythms
41. 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
Minuet
Pointe
Adagio
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
42. 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)
Elements of dance: Force
Improvisation
Line
Arabesque
43. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Promenade
Body movement
Renaissance (1400-1600)
44. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rhapsodic rhythms
Rumba flamenco
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
45. Dancing on the toes
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Direction
Historical forms of dance
Pointe
46. 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
Space
Nonlocomotor
Historical forms of dance
Late 20th Century
47. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Time
48. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Pirouette
Native Americans
Dance post -1960s
Elements of dance: Levels
49. 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.
Interactions between dancers
Dance teaching - prep
Form and shape
Native Americans
50. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Form and shape
Rhythm
Range
4 Elements of dance movements