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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. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Elements of dance: Time
Level
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dance teaching - prep
2. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Range
Syncopation
Individual - group - or class
3. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Pathway
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
4. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Creative movement
Dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Virtuoso dancing
5. Even or uneven beat
Arabesque
Beat
Postmodern dance
Abstraction
6. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Pathway
Dance teaching - prep
Direction
Elements of dance: Levels
7. 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
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Elements of dance: Levels
Cultural dances
8. 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
Virtuoso dancing
Maypole dance
Dance
Cultural dances
9. 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
Pas de deux
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Cultural dances
Allegro
10. High - medium - or low
Lifts
Rumba flamenco
Level
Forc
11. 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)
Movement materials
Arabesque
Focus
Dance post -1960s
12. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Form and shape
Popular historical dances that are often used today
13. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Minuet
Creative movement
Kinds of Levels
Dance teaching - key words and counts
14. 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).
Late 20th Century
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
15. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Focus
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Martha Graham and psychodrama
18th and 19th Centuries
16. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Grand jete
Virtuoso dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Alignment
17. 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)
Tempo
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Late 20th Century
Focus
18. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Virtuoso dancing
Modern dance
Space between dancers
Dance post -1960s
19. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Elements of dance: Force
Elevation
Range (of movement)
Modern dance
20. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Kinds of Levels
Improvisation
Other theatrical production
21. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Passe
Extension
Rhapsodic Rhythms
18th and 19th Centuries
22. 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
Well - known musical productions
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Flamenco dance
Popular historical dances that are often used today
23. 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
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Square dancing and barn dancing
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Creative movement
24. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Extension
Spotting
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Dance
25. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Cultural dances
Kinesthetic awareness
Postmodern dance
Maypole dance
26. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
27. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Range
Passe
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pathway
28. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Dance activities should begin with these
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Nonlocomotor
29. Gaze - floor - or away
Styles of dance and movement
Extension
Focus
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
30. 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
Maypole dance
Historical forms of dance
Syncopation
Lifts
31. 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
Postmodern dance
Beat
Ballet
Pointe
32. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Pointe
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
33. 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
Social dance and mass culture
Classical
4 Elements of dance movements
Elements of dance
34. Dancing on the toes
Theatrical dance
Romantic Era
Combined locomotor
Pointe
35. 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
Well - known musical productions
The 8 basic steps
Passe
Individual - group - or class
36. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Degree of Energy
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Range (of movement)
37. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Forc
Rhapsodic rhythms
Tempo
Modern dance
38. 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
Tempo
Late 20th Century
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
39. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Choreography
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Theatrical dance
Lifts
40. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Pas de deux
Form and Shape
Flamenco dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
41. Developed in France (1500s) - and moved to Italy; this led to the development of court dancing in Europe (nobility in a palace setting); patronage of the Medicis; 'dancing masters'; steps were slow (adagio) and fast (allegro); lack of spontaneity (de
Range
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Ballet
Form and Shape
42. 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
Modern dance
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Forc
Dance teaching - key words and counts
43. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Adagio
Attitude
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Minuet
44. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Level
Elements of dance: Levels
Adagio
45. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
46. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
18th and 19th Centuries
Historical forms of dance
Space
47. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Classical
Meter
Social dance and mass culture
48. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Barre
Historical forms of dance
Theatrical dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
49. 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
Form and Shape
Modern dance
Elements of dance: Force
Body movement
50. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Virtuoso dancing
Beat
Choreography
Direction