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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. High - medium - or low
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Level
Pathway
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
2. There are many regional differences; all had recreational aspects and basic steps such as running - walking - hopping - and skipping; all are linked to culture - music - and the history of a group; they take the form of a circle
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Characteristics of folk dance
Social dance and mass culture
Promenade
3. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Maypole dance
Dance activities should begin with these
Choreography
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
4. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Force
Syncopation
Native Americans
Elements of dance: Levels
5. 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
Dance post -1960s
Minuet
Adagio
Late 20th Century
6. Pantomime/dance expression
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
7. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Dance activities should begin with these
Kinesthetic awareness
Lifts
8. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Ballet
Kinesthetic awareness
Dallet evolution
Individual - group - or class
9. 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
Level
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Beat
Pas de deux
10. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Pathway
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Creative movement
Abstraction
11. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Interactions between dancers
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Spotting
Dance teaching - floor pattern
12. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Square dancing and barn dancing
Force
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
13. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Elements of dance: Levels
Kinds of Levels
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
14. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Space between dancers
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dallet evolution
Adagio
15. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Elements of dance: Time
Flamenco dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Rhapsodic Rhythms
16. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Degree of Energy
Pirouette
Elements of dance: Force
17. 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.
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Degree of Energy
Theatrical dance
Native Americans
18. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Modern dance
Level
4 Elements of dance movements
Elements of dance: Levels
19. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Cultural dances
Dance - pointe
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Levels
20. Countable patterns
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Interactions between dancers
Rhythm
Characteristics of folk dance
21. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pirouette
Elements of dance: Time
Form and Shape
22. Movement without previous planning
Play and sing with movement
Improvisation
Line
Popular historical dances that are often used today
23. 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
Space between dancers
Social dance styles
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Extension
24. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Dance - pointe
Direction
Movements involved in the space element of dance
25. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Maypole dance
Choreography
Rhapsodic rhythms
Well - known musical productions
26. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance teaching - prep
Focus
Dance - pointe
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
27. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Alignment
Form and Shape
Choreography
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
28. 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
Folk dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Pas de deux
Meter
29. 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
Dance post -1960s
Level
Historical forms of dance
Social dance
30. 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
Late 20th Century
Elements of dance: Levels
Classical
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
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
18th and 19th Centuries
Elevation
Tempo
Dance activities should begin with these
32. 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
Kinesthetic awareness
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Modern dance choreography
Level
33. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Framework for dance activity instruction
Pathway
Postmodern dance
34. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
35. Even or uneven beat
Choreography
Beat
18th and 19th Centuries
Space
36. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Minuet
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Range
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
Dance teaching - prep
Range
Framework for dance activity instruction
Popular historical dances that are often used today
38. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Historical forms of dance
39. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Nonlocomotor
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Late 20th Century
Quality of Energy
40. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dallet evolution
Social dance styles
Elements of dance: Levels
Form and shape
41. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Forc
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Minuet
42. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Modern dance
Modern dance choreography
43. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance
Social dance and mass culture
Level
44. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Social dance
Adagio
Level
Kinesthetic awareness
45. 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
Form and shape
Space between dancers
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Arabesque
46. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Kinds of Levels
Theatrical dance
Postmodern dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
47. Gaze - Floor - Away
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Postmodern dance
48. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhapsodic rhythms
18th and 19th Centuries
Combined locomotor
49. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Kinesthetic awareness
Spotting
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance post -1960s
50. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Movement materials
Attitude
Elements of dance