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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Quality of Energy
Characteristics of folk dance
Focus
Martha Graham and psychodrama
2. 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
Romantic Era
Kinesthetic awareness
Kinds of Levels
Historical forms of dance
3. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Elevation
Minuet
Form and shape
Folk dance
4. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Elements of dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance - pointe
5. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Cultural dances
Maypole dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Extension
6. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Maypole dance
Postmodern dance
Focus
7. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Syncopation
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Quality of Energy
Range (of movement)
8. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Modern dance
Body movement
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Pirouette
9. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Dance post -1960s
Dallet evolution
Square dancing and barn dancing
Renaissance (1400-1600)
10. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Virtuoso dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Allegro
Forc
11. Movement without previous planning
Improvisation
Rumba flamenco
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historical forms of dance
12. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Pointe
Movements involved in the space element of dance
13. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Allegro
Pirouette
Modern dance choreography
14. 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
Level
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Styles of dance and movement
Passe
15. 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
Line
Quality of Energy
Elements of dance: Force
Virtuoso dancing
16. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
18th and 19th Centuries
Adagio
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Grand jete
17. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Passe
Abstraction
Barre
Meter
18. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Beat
Abstraction
Social dance styles
4 Elements of dance movements
19. Immediate area surrounding the body; the area in which bodies can move at all levels
Alignment
Space
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Extension
20. 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
Historical forms of dance
Syncopation
Space between dancers
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
21. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Dance - pointe
Kinds of Levels
Range (of movement)
Movements involved in the space element of dance
22. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Allegro
Alignment
Kinesthetic awareness
Modern dance
23. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Body movement
Dance teaching - prep
Other theatrical production
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
24. 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.
Focus
Passe
Native Americans
Dance - pointe
25. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Range (of movement)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Alignment
Arabesque
26. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Flamenco dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Social dance
Romantic Era
27. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Barre
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Elements of dance: Time
Elements of dance: Levels
28. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Late 20th Century
Rumba flamenco
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Grand jete
29. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Level
Beat
Space between dancers
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
30. 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
Dallet evolution
Level
Barre
Theatrical dance
31. 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 activities should begin with these
Square dancing and barn dancing
Well - known musical productions
32. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance post -1960s
Body movement
33. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Form and shape
4 Elements of dance movements
Modern dance
34. 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
Modern dance choreography
Combined locomotor
Framework for dance activity instruction
35. 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
Pas de deux
Body movement
Play and sing with movement
Arabesque
36. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Form and shape
Syncopation
Space
Movements involved in the space element of dance
37. Wide - narrow - big - or little
Well - known musical productions
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Range
Modern dance
38. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Pirouette
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
39. Speed: fast or slow
Pas de deux
Tempo
Direction
Elements of dance
40. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Elements of dance: Force
Creative movement
41. 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)
Spotting
Dance - pointe
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
42. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Form and Shape
Spotting
43. 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
Historical forms of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Movements involved in the space element of dance
Styles of dance and movement
44. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Space
Play and sing with movement
Force
Dance activities should begin with these
45. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Pathway
Individual - group - or class
Promenade
46. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Body movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
47. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Pathway
Movement materials
Syncopation
4 Elements of dance movements
48. 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
4 Elements of dance movements
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Dance teaching - prep
49. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Late 20th Century
Dance
50. 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
Classical
Dance
Body movement
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century