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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Promenade
Late 20th Century
Body movement
2. High - medium - or low
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Level
Degree of Energy
Modern dance
3. 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
Syncopation
Virtuoso dancing
Dance teaching - prep
Modern dance choreography
4. 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)
Historical forms of dance
Allegro
Late 20th Century
Arabesque
5. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Elements of dance
Grand jete
Tempo
Social dance styles
6. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Individual - group - or class
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Movement materials
7. 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
Improvisation
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
8. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Meter
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Classical
9. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
The 8 basic steps
Creative movement
10. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Modern dance
Virtuoso dancing
Pirouette
Beat
11. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Improvisation
Play and sing with movement
Focus
Elements of dance: Levels
12. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Form and shape
Force
Spotting
Elevation
13. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Abstraction
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Passe
14. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Meter
Kinesthetic awareness
Social dance and mass culture
Dance post -1960s
15. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Flamenco dance
Dallet evolution
Characteristics of folk dance
Theatrical dance
16. 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
Elements of dance
Maypole dance
Tempo
Classical
17. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Syncopation
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Well - known musical productions
Dance teaching - prep
18. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Other theatrical production
Pointe
19. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Dallet evolution
Barre
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
20. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance teaching - prep
Pas de deux
21. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Postmodern dance
Lifts
Rhythm
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
22. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Dance post -1960s
Dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Forc
23. Movement without previous planning
Postmodern dance
Improvisation
18th and 19th Centuries
4 Elements of dance movements
24. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Dance - pointe
Maypole dance
Elevation
Abstraction
25. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Ballet
Dance
Modern dance choreography
Elements of dance: Levels
26. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Spotting
Elevation
Theatrical dance
27. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Pirouette
Styles of dance and movement
Line
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
28. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Quality of Energy
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Spotting
29. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Postmodern dance
Dance teaching - prep
Other theatrical production
Social dance and mass culture
30. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Body movement
The 8 basic steps
Space
Choreography
31. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
The 8 basic steps
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
32. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Well - known musical productions
Folk dance
Focus
4 Elements of dance movements
33. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Rhythm
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Social dance and mass culture
Other theatrical production
34. Gaze - floor - or away
Focus
Forc
Dance - pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
35. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Interactions between dancers
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance teaching - prep
Maypole dance
36. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Characteristics of folk dance
Flamenco dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Alignment
37. 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
Body movement
Rumba flamenco
Late 20th Century
Pas de deux
38. 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
Passe
Grand jete
Social dance styles
Barre
39. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Tempo
Social dance styles
Movement materials
Pathway
40. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Alignment
Elements of dance: Force
Social dance and mass culture
41. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Framework for dance activity instruction
Range
Dance post -1960s
42. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Lifts
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Ballet
Level
43. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Passe
44. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Kinds of Levels
Beat
Dallet evolution
Dance teaching - floor pattern
45. Even or uneven beat
Elements of dance: Time
Dance - pointe
Rhapsodic rhythms
Beat
46. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Range (of movement)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Social dance
47. 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
Kinds of Levels
Abstraction
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
48. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Focus
Line
Pirouette
Square dancing and barn dancing
49. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Direction
Elevation
Pathway
Promenade
50. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Elevation
Space between dancers
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Modern dance