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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Elevation
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Religious or ceremonial dance
2. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Degree of Energy
Space between dancers
3. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Individual - group - or class
Well - known musical productions
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
4. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Levels
Beat
Focus
5. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Late 20th Century
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Body movement
6. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Rhythm
Dance - pointe
7. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Virtuoso dancing
Minuet
Passe
Tempo
8. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Classical
Elements of dance: Levels
Folk dance
Dallet evolution
9. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Elements of dance
Spotting
Creative movement
Virtuoso dancing
10. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Ballet
18th and 19th Centuries
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
11. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Improvisation
Other theatrical production
Promenade
Level
12. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Beat
The 8 basic steps
Pathway
Virtuoso dancing
13. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Quality of Energy
Cultural dances
Theatrical dance
Adagio
14. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Level
Late 20th Century
Elements of dance: Levels
Social dance styles
15. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Well - known musical productions
Alignment
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Rumba flamenco
16. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Elements of dance
Body movement
Abstraction
17. 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
Nonlocomotor
18th and 19th Centuries
Passe
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
18. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Elements of dance
Choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Lifts
19. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Social dance and mass culture
Creative movement
The 8 basic steps
20. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Space between dancers
Elements of dance: Time
Late 20th Century
Quality of Energy
21. 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
Elements of dance: Force
Framework for dance activity instruction
Virtuoso dancing
Range
22. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Abstraction
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Focus
Elements of dance
23. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Classical
Kinesthetic awareness
Combined locomotor
24. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Pointe
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Syncopation
Native Americans
25. 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
Tempo
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Form and shape
Characteristics of folk dance
26. 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
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Force
Well - known musical productions
Grand jete
27. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
The 8 basic steps
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Kinds of Levels
Range
28. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Level
Classical
Square dancing and barn dancing
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
29. Gaze - floor - or away
Ballet
Barre
Tempo
Focus
30. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance activities should begin with these
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Syncopation
31. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Choreography
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Elements of dance
32. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Modern dance
Kinesthetic awareness
Maypole dance
4 Elements of dance movements
33. 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
Pathway
Dance - pointe
Passe
Ballet
34. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Religious or ceremonial dance
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Beat
35. In this leap - the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing the direction in which the movement started
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
18th and 19th Centuries
Minuet
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
36. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Elements of dance: Time
Nonlocomotor
Native Americans
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
37. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Framework for dance activity instruction
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Virtuoso dancing
38. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Extension
Interactions between dancers
39. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Dance post -1960s
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
40. 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
Maypole dance
Social dance and mass culture
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Elements of dance: Time
41. Choreography played a significant role in many cultural events throughout history - The origins of dance show that dance was created and performed in celebrations - rituals - and rites of passage - Many cultures consider dance a universal spiritual l
Classical
Barre
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Religious or ceremonial dance
42. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Space
Forc
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
43. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Elements of dance
Romantic Era
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
44. Speed: fast or slow
Kinds of Levels
Pointe
Barre
Tempo
45. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Elements of dance: Levels
Individual - group - or class
Rumba flamenco
Allegro
46. Countable patterns
Kinesthetic awareness
Level
Beat
Rhythm
47. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Choreography
48. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Classical
Form and shape
Historical forms of dance
Spotting
49. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Rhapsodic rhythms
Social dance
Promenade
Abstraction
50. 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).
Individual - group - or class
Arabesque
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Dance teaching - floor pattern
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