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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Lifts
Combined locomotor
Form and Shape
Syncopation
2. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Body movement
Folk dance
Lifts
3. 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
Modern dance
Level
Combined locomotor
Martha Graham and psychodrama
4. 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
Ballet
Space between dancers
Elements of dance: Force
Alignment
5. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Rumba flamenco
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Rhapsodic Rhythms
6. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Grand jete
Elements of dance
Meter
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
7. 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
Attitude
Degree of Energy
Passe
Dance teaching - floor pattern
8. 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
Religious or ceremonial dance
Space between dancers
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Extension
9. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Movement materials
Modern dance choreography
Late 20th Century
Dallet evolution
10. 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
Late 20th Century
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
11. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Modern dance
Elements of dance: Force
Meter
12. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Flamenco dance
Individual - group - or class
Play and sing with movement
Kinesthetic awareness
13. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Tempo
Dance teaching - prep
Postmodern dance
14. 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
Allegro
Flamenco dance
Rhythm
Form and shape
15. Dancing on the toes
Folk dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Other theatrical production
Pointe
16. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Choreography
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Dance post -1960s
17. 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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Force
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Pointe
18. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Social dance
Dance post -1960s
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
19. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Pathway
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
20. 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).
Adagio
Form and Shape
Line
Dance teaching - floor pattern
21. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Minuet
Ballet
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
22. 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
Rhapsodic rhythms
Romantic Era
Folk dance
Social dance and mass culture
23. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Combined locomotor
Rumba flamenco
Syncopation
Theatrical dance
24. Pantomime/dance expression
Attitude
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Abstraction
Elements of dance: Force
25. Speed: fast or slow
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Tempo
Cultural dances
Kinds of Levels
26. Gaze - Floor - Away
Pointe
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Range
Focus
27. 'To twirl or spin'; a turn on one foot that can be executed outward - away from the body - or inward - toward the body
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Tempo
Pirouette
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
28. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Historical forms of dance
Virtuoso dancing
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Play and sing with movement
29. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Flamenco dance
Postmodern dance
Alignment
30. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Kinesthetic awareness
Elevation
Play and sing with movement
31. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Maypole dance
Individual - group - or class
32. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Dance - pointe
Ballet
Pointe
Form and shape
33. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Attitude
Kinesthetic awareness
Allegro
Passe
34. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Rumba flamenco
Romantic Era
Dance activities should begin with these
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
35. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Elements of dance
Styles of dance and movement
Creative movement
36. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Classical
Rumba flamenco
37. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Elevation
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Dance
38. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Allegro
Adagio
Lifts
Focus
39. High - medium - or low
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Pas de deux
Level
Arabesque
40. 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
Form and Shape
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Elements of dance: Levels
Passe
41. 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
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Dance teaching - prep
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
42. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhythm
Rumba flamenco
Religious or ceremonial dance
43. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Square dancing and barn dancing
Religious or ceremonial dance
Tempo
44. 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
Well - known musical productions
Spotting
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Postmodern dance
45. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Kinds of Levels
Syncopation
46. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Attitude
Modern dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
47. Movement without previous planning
Force
Improvisation
Dance - pointe
Syncopation
48. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Barre
Pathway
49. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Pathway
Level
Allegro
Passe
50. 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)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Arabesque
Grand jete
Kinesthetic awareness
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