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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Classical
Nonlocomotor
Ballet
Pirouette
2. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Combined locomotor
Pathway
Interactions between dancers
Quality of Energy
3. High - medium - or low
Level
Degree of Energy
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Modern dance
4. 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
Elements of dance: Time
Attitude
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
5. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Attitude
Theatrical dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
6. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
The 8 basic steps
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Spotting
Focus
7. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Movement materials
Nonlocomotor
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Rhapsodic rhythms
8. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Form and Shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Social dance styles
Religious or ceremonial dance
9. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Syncopation
Framework for dance activity instruction
10. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
Flamenco dance
Cultural dances
Social dance and mass culture
11. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Elements of dance
Historical forms of dance
Forc
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
12. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Theatrical dance
Syncopation
Combined locomotor
13. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Maypole dance
Cultural dances
Space
14. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Barre
Kinds of Levels
Dance post -1960s
15. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Form and Shape
Direction
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
16. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Promenade
Force
Pointe
Pathway
17. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Range
Direction
Modern dance choreography
Kinds of Levels
18. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Body movement
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Movement materials
Dallet evolution
19. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Religious or ceremonial dance
Social dance and mass culture
Extension
Pathway
20. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Alignment
Level
Pathway
Styles of dance and movement
21. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Movement materials
Social dance
Social dance and mass culture
Elevation
22. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Rumba flamenco
Meter
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
23. 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
Spotting
Passe
Combined locomotor
Other theatrical production
24. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Lifts
Modern dance
Creative movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
25. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Cultural dances
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Social dance
26. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Space
Postmodern dance
Promenade
27. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Social dance styles
Line
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
28. 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
Extension
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Movement materials
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
29. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Rumba flamenco
Minuet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Individual - group - or class
30. 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
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Social dance styles
Extension
Grand jete
31. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Tempo
Choreography
Arabesque
Elements of dance
32. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Other theatrical production
Folk dance
Alignment
Elements of dance: Levels
33. 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
Social dance
Space
Rhythm
34. 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 post -1960s
Pointe
Dance teaching - prep
Meter
35. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Elements of dance
Direction
Classical
Form and Shape
36. 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
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pas de deux
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
37. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Combined locomotor
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Other theatrical production
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
38. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Late 20th Century
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Combined locomotor
39. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Well - known musical productions
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Allegro
40. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Grand jete
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Adagio
41. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Promenade
Elements of dance: Time
Creative movement
42. Movement without previous planning
Social dance
Improvisation
Virtuoso dancing
Dance activities should begin with these
43. Speed: fast or slow
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Kinesthetic awareness
Tempo
Minuet
44. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Level
Abstraction
4 Elements of dance movements
Folk dance
45. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Extension
18th and 19th Centuries
Historical forms of dance
46. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Abstraction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
47. 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
Cultural dances
Flamenco dance
Late 20th Century
Range (of movement)
48. Countable patterns
Theatrical dance
Rhythm
Beat
Kinds of Levels
49. Gaze - Floor - Away
Focus
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Well - known musical productions
Other theatrical production
50. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Styles of dance and movement
Syncopation
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