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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Time
18th and 19th Centuries
2. 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) Japan
Late 20th Century
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Adagio
3. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Pathway
Square dancing and barn dancing
Play and sing with movement
Dance teaching - floor pattern
4. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Characteristics of folk dance
Social dance and mass culture
Popular historical dances that are often used today
5. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Classical
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
6. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Forc
Folk dance
Form and Shape
7. Countable patterns
Elements of dance: Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Grand jete
Rhythm
8. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Native Americans
Pathway
Choreography
Space
9. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Line
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Force
10. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Barre
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Kinds of Levels
Martha Graham and psychodrama
11. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Space
Postmodern dance
Creative movement
Movements involved in the space element of dance
12. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Elements of dance: Force
Focus
Framework for dance activity instruction
13. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Abstraction
Kinds of Levels
Syncopation
Flamenco dance
14. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Cultural dances
Dance post -1960s
Arabesque
Pathway
15. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Alignment
Dance teaching - floor pattern
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
Improvisation
Romantic Era
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Promenade
17. 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).
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Extension
Ballet
Barre
18. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Body movement
Syncopation
Well - known musical productions
19. Movement without previous planning
Square dancing and barn dancing
Improvisation
Promenade
Form and Shape
20. 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
Beat
Late 20th Century
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Other theatrical production
21. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Individual - group - or class
Maypole dance
Other theatrical production
22. Gaze - Floor - Away
Folk dance
Space between dancers
Focus
Line
23. 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)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Space
24. Literally - 'a step for two'; this refers to a specific codified form that is choreographed in many classical ballets; this is also used to refer to any section of a dance performed by two dancers together
18th and 19th Centuries
Pas de deux
Maypole dance
Historical forms of dance
25. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Dance - pointe
Abstraction
Force
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
26. 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
18th and 19th Centuries
Styles of dance and movement
Kinesthetic awareness
Martha Graham and psychodrama
27. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Dance
Level
Social dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Syncopation
Quality of Energy
29. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Alignment
Meter
Religious or ceremonial dance
30. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Choreography
Extension
Religious or ceremonial dance
Space
31. 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
Ballet
Adagio
Flamenco dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
32. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Well - known musical productions
Line
18th and 19th Centuries
Alignment
33. 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.
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Native Americans
Adagio
Other theatrical production
34. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance - pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Level
35. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Arabesque
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Native Americans
36. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Virtuoso dancing
Level
Nonlocomotor
Cultural dances
37. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Classical
Maypole dance
Elements of dance: Time
38. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Rumba flamenco
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Framework for dance activity instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
39. 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
Arabesque
Maypole dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Dance - pointe
40. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Force
41. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Grand jete
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
42. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Native Americans
43. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elements of dance: Force
Passe
44. 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
Dance teaching - prep
Focus
Well - known musical productions
Theatrical dance
45. 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
Rhapsodic rhythms
Modern dance choreography
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Individual - group - or class
46. Gaze - floor - or away
Rhythm
Focus
18th and 19th Centuries
Creative movement
47. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Dance activities should begin with these
Framework for dance activity instruction
Elements of dance: Levels
Forc
48. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Postmodern dance
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Attitude
49. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
The 8 basic steps
Attitude
50. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Body movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Choreography
Religious or ceremonial dance
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