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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Primary school children love to play and sing with movement in the simple sing - along dances of London Bridge - Hokey Pokey - Ring Around the Rosie - The Farmer in the Dell - B.I.N.G.O. - Pop Goes the Weasel - and Skip to My Lou
Play and sing with movement
Syncopation
Virtuoso dancing
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
2. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Elements of dance: Time
Range
Pirouette
Dance teaching - floor pattern
3. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Space between dancers
Interactions between dancers
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Romantic Era
4. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Late 20th Century
Dance - pointe
Other theatrical production
Syncopation
5. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Theatrical dance
Syncopation
The 8 basic steps
6. Ethnic and cultural dance - Cultural dances - Religious or ceremonial dance - Folk Dance - Play and sing with movement - Maypole dance - Modern Dance - Theatrical dance - Social dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
7. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Syncopation
Dance teaching - prep
Form and Shape
8. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Adagio
Native Americans
Range
9. High - medium - or low
Pathway
Attitude
Nonlocomotor
Level
10. 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
Dance
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
11. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Body movement
Dance activities should begin with these
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
12. Gaze - Floor - Away
Dance activities should begin with these
Folk dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Focus
13. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Movement materials
Pathway
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Dance post -1960s
14. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Body movement
Form and shape
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
15. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Folk dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Cultural dances
Pathway
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
Grand jete
Quality of Energy
Force
Maypole dance
17. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Beat
Elements of dance
Interactions between dancers
Dance teaching - floor pattern
18. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Forc
Alignment
Space between dancers
18th and 19th Centuries
19. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
Flamenco dance
Creative movement
Movement materials
20. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Movement materials
Social dance styles
Pathway
21. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Combined locomotor
Kinesthetic awareness
22. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Kinesthetic awareness
Religious or ceremonial dance
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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Extension
Promenade
24. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Forc
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Virtuoso dancing
Dallet evolution
25. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Pirouette
Creative movement
Modern dance
Line
26. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Allegro
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Folk dance
27. 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
Framework for dance activity instruction
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Lifts
28. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Space between dancers
Body movement
Pirouette
Form and Shape
29. A pose modeled after the statue of the winged Mercury by Giovanni Bologna in which the working leg is extended behind the body with the knee bent; it can also be held in front of the body
Rhythm
Attitude
Flamenco dance
Dance - pointe
30. 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
Forc
Degree of Energy
Flamenco dance
Pathway
31. 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
Focus
Quality of Energy
Grand jete
Late 20th Century
32. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Range
Form and shape
Lifts
Social dance styles
33. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Meter
Elevation
Pirouette
34. 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)
Native Americans
Direction
Arabesque
Pathway
35. 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
Rhythm
Modern dance choreography
Square dancing and barn dancing
Other theatrical production
36. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Abstraction
Other theatrical production
Attitude
37. 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
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Pirouette
Dance teaching - key words and counts
38. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Characteristics of folk dance
Postmodern dance
Form and shape
Allegro
39. 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
Attitude
Elements of dance: Force
Body movement
Barre
40. Gaze - floor - or away
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance teaching - prep
4 Elements of dance movements
Focus
41. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Modern dance choreography
Focus
Level
Dance teaching - prep
42. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Range (of movement)
Minuet
Lifts
Late 20th Century
43. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Social dance
Form and shape
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
44. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Social dance styles
Play and sing with movement
Dance
Social dance and mass culture
45. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Individual - group - or class
46. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Virtuoso dancing
Individual - group - or class
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
47. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Characteristics of folk dance
Quality of Energy
48. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
The 8 basic steps
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Dance teaching - key words and counts
49. Even or uneven beat
Beat
Flamenco dance
Cultural dances
Tempo
50. 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
Maypole dance
Range (of movement)
Social dance and mass culture
Barre