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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. Gaze - floor - or away
Rhapsodic rhythms
Focus
Ballet
Folk dance
2. 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
Rhythm
Late 20th Century
Form and shape
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
3. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Social dance and mass culture
Modern dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Ballet
4. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Social dance and mass culture
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
5. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Flamenco dance
Kinesthetic awareness
Kinds of Levels
6. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Form and shape
Rhapsodic rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
7. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Choreography
Degree of Energy
Dance post -1960s
Postmodern dance
8. 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
Dallet evolution
Pas de deux
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Modern dance
9. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Promenade
Creative movement
Syncopation
Pirouette
10. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Grand jete
Square dancing and barn dancing
Elements of dance: Time
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
11. 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
Late 20th Century
Dance teaching - prep
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Attitude
12. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Folk dance
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Social dance styles
Dance - pointe
13. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Other theatrical production
Dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Social dance styles
14. 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.
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Range (of movement)
Pointe
Native Americans
15. 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)
Adagio
Focus
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
16. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Form and Shape
Nonlocomotor
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Social dance
17. Gaze - Floor - Away
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Focus
Forc
Dance post -1960s
18. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Theatrical dance
Elements of dance: Levels
Pathway
19. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Forc
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Movement materials
20. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Improvisation
Social dance styles
Dallet evolution
Focus
21. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Social dance
Maypole dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Movement materials
22. 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
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Grand jete
Ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
23. 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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Rhapsodic rhythms
Elements of dance: Force
24. 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
Extension
Improvisation
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Choreography
25. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Direction
Minuet
Social dance
Late 20th Century
26. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Pathway
Rhythm
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Abstraction
27. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Elements of dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
28. 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
Interactions between dancers
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Elements of dance
Modern dance choreography
29. 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
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Elements of dance: Time
Barre
Rhapsodic Rhythms
30. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Modern dance choreography
Range
Dallet evolution
Grand jete
31. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Range
Line
Minuet
Arabesque
32. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Meter
Promenade
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Social dance
33. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Lifts
Romantic Era
Interactions between dancers
Body movement
34. Even or uneven beat
Dance teaching - prep
Beat
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Form and shape
35. 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
Form and Shape
Range (of movement)
Postmodern dance
Focus
36. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Grand jete
Tempo
Force
Modern dance
37. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Adagio
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Square dancing and barn dancing
Forc
38. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Spotting
Theatrical dance
Ballet
Well - known musical productions
39. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Folk dance
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Allegro
40. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Line
Well - known musical productions
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
41. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Range
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Styles of dance and movement
Line
42. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Native Americans
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Individual - group - or class
43. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Kinds of Levels
Dance activities should begin with these
Movement materials
Form and shape
44. 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
Rhapsodic rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Romantic Era
Range (of movement)
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
Elements of dance: Levels
Combined locomotor
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
46. 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
Line
Tempo
Minuet
47. Movement without previous planning
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Grand jete
Social dance and mass culture
Improvisation
48. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Well - known musical productions
Dance - pointe
The 8 basic steps
Other theatrical production
49. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Characteristics of folk dance
The 8 basic steps
50. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Barre
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Rhapsodic rhythms
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