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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. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Promenade
Quality of Energy
Creative movement
2. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Folk dance
Maypole dance
The 8 basic steps
3. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Level
Social dance styles
Arabesque
Dance
4. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Tempo
Combined locomotor
Dallet evolution
5. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
6. Dancing on the toes
Elements of dance: Force
Pointe
Well - known musical productions
Modern dance
7. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Force
Movement materials
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Dance
8. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Arabesque
Forc
Line
Framework for dance activity instruction
9. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Level
Historical forms of dance
Dance - pointe
10. 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)
Dance activities should begin with these
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Arabesque
11. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Folk dance
Force
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance - pointe
12. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Form and Shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Elevation
Individual - group - or class
13. 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
Elevation
Styles of dance and movement
Allegro
Late 20th Century
14. 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
Ballet
Allegro
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Promenade
15. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Interactions between dancers
Passe
Focus
Elements of dance: Levels
16. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Classical
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Virtuoso dancing
17. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Improvisation
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Minuet
Folk dance
18. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Focus
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Form and shape
Rumba flamenco
19. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Form and shape
Play and sing with movement
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Improvisation
20. 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
Promenade
Elements of dance
Modern dance
18th and 19th Centuries
21. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Passe
Postmodern dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
22. 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
Passe
Other theatrical production
Elevation
Direction
23. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Improvisation
Social dance styles
Creative movement
Quality of Energy
24. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Dance activities should begin with these
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Syncopation
25. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Other theatrical production
Beat
Modern dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
26. 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
Elevation
Individual - group - or class
Focus
27. 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
Social dance
Late 20th Century
Elements of dance
Abstraction
28. 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
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Line
Attitude
29. 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
Forc
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Pathway
Line
30. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Rhapsodic rhythms
Range
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Space between dancers
31. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Virtuoso dancing
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
32. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
The 8 basic steps
Native Americans
Rumba flamenco
Renaissance (1400-1600)
33. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Modern dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Modern dance
34. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Direction
Choreography
Syncopation
35. 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
Alignment
Social dance and mass culture
Attitude
Romantic Era
36. 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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Folk dance
Romantic Era
Direction
37. 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
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance
Meter
Dance teaching - prep
38. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance activities should begin with these
Rhapsodic Rhythms
39. 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
Elements of dance: Levels
Force
Dance teaching - key words and counts
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
Flamenco dance
Other theatrical production
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historical forms of dance
41. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
42. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Social dance and mass culture
4 Elements of dance movements
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Line
43. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Cultural dances
Passe
Theatrical dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
44. 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
Barre
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Rhythm
45. Pantomime/dance expression
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Level
Form and Shape
46. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Level
Native Americans
Range (of movement)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
47. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Cultural dances
Dance post -1960s
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
48. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Arabesque
Modern dance
Romantic Era
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
49. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Elevation
Range (of movement)
Other theatrical production
50. 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
Modern dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Classical