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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. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Elements of dance: Time
Allegro
Theatrical dance
Social dance
2. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Romantic Era
Elevation
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Martha Graham and psychodrama
3. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Alignment
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Folk dance
Combined locomotor
4. 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
Range
Religious or ceremonial dance
Extension
Allegro
5. 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
Beat
Grand jete
Social dance styles
Play and sing with movement
6. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Dance post -1960s
Interactions between dancers
Pointe
7. Movement without previous planning
Pirouette
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Improvisation
Kinds of Levels
8. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
18th and 19th Centuries
Meter
The 8 basic steps
9. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Line
Focus
Play and sing with movement
10. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Romantic Era
Elements of dance: Force
Pathway
11. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Dallet evolution
Alignment
Pathway
12. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Individual - group - or class
Kinesthetic awareness
Elements of dance: Levels
Classical
13. Body position - Angular/Rounded - Twisted - Bent - Crooked - Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Elevation
Dance - pointe
Form and Shape
Late 20th Century
14. Intense movement often depicting pain - fear - and love; dance forms 'sculptured' by human body positions; contraction and release of the torso - 'fall and recover'; angular gestures; schools and dance companies
Ballet
Elements of dance: Levels
Folk dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
15. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Native Americans
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Postmodern dance
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
16. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Styles of dance and movement
Interactions between dancers
Forc
Body movement
17. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Well - known musical productions
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Space
18. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Form and Shape
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
19. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Focus
Cultural dances
Social dance and mass culture
Pirouette
20. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Creative movement
Range
Social dance
Dance
21. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Postmodern dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Popular historical dances that are often used today
22. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Form and Shape
Modern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Maypole dance
23. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Other theatrical production
Improvisation
Late 20th Century
Theatrical dance
24. 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
Grand jete
Direction
Form and shape
Body movement
25. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Improvisation
Nonlocomotor
Space between dancers
Movements involved in the space element of dance
26. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Level
27. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Kinds of Levels
Elements of dance: Time
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
28. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Space between dancers
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Pointe
29. Countable patterns
Elements of dance
Alignment
Rhythm
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
30. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Range
Kinds of Levels
Maypole dance
Pathway
31. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Dance
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Elements of dance: Levels
32. Gaze - floor - or away
Form and Shape
Focus
Extension
Lifts
33. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Ballet
Forc
34. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Space between dancers
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Forc
Tempo
35. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Nonlocomotor
Lifts
Framework for dance activity instruction
Syncopation
36. A form of cultural dance - originated from medieval times when townspeople danced to celebrate - e.g. Medieval 'carolers'
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Folk dance
Pathway
37. 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
Pointe
Framework for dance activity instruction
Late 20th Century
Dallet evolution
38. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Folk dance
Quality of Energy
The 8 basic steps
39. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Kinds of Levels
Choreography
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Styles of dance and movement
40. Gaze - Floor - Away
Dance
Focus
Folk dance
Classical
41. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Pathway
Social dance styles
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Native Americans
42. 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
Cultural dances
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Classical
43. 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
Elevation
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Body movement
44. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Folk dance
Movements involved in the space element of dance
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Quality of Energy
45. 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
Range (of movement)
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Level
46. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Framework for dance activity instruction
Improvisation
Kinesthetic awareness
47. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Pas de deux
Creative movement
Minuet
Form and Shape
48. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Virtuoso dancing
Styles of dance and movement
Movement materials
49. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Framework for dance activity instruction
50. High - medium - or low
Promenade
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Allegro
Level