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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. From the musical term - this refers to quick or lively movements
Choreography
Allegro
Creative movement
Dance post -1960s
2. Non - metric rhythms e.g. breath - water - or wind
Elements of dance: Force
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Promenade
Folk dance
3. Floor - elevated - or air patterns
Quality of Energy
Barre
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
4. Broadway and Hollywood shows; a new style of moving with emphasis on speed and mobility; lean body types; importance of the female dancer
Line
Quality of Energy
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Classical
5. 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
Level
Postmodern dance
Kinesthetic awareness
Forc
6. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
The 8 basic steps
Elevation
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
7. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Level
Social dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
4 Elements of dance movements
8. The way in which various parts of the dancer's body are in line with one another while the dancer is moving
Flamenco dance
Postmodern dance
Native Americans
Alignment
9. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Pathway
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Adagio
Space between dancers
10. In theatre chorus; also the festival of Dionysus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Alignment
Dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
11. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
The 8 basic steps
Classical
Framework for dance activity instruction
Grand jete
12. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Elements of dance: Levels
Elements of dance: Time
Kinds of Levels
Pathway
13. Dancing evolved from pageants and processions of the period
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Modern dance choreography
Promenade
14. On the ball of the foot - or half toe
Dance - pointe
Dance
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Abstraction
15. Variations on folk dances are found in dance forms of today - including...
Passe
Rhapsodic rhythms
Beat
Square dancing and barn dancing
16. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Movements involved in the space element of dance
18th and 19th Centuries
Minuet
Level
17. 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
Passe
Flamenco dance
Theatrical dance
18. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Pathway
Cultural dances
19. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Space
Barre
Spotting
Rumba flamenco
20. Whether the energy is: Sustained (smooth) - Suspended (light) - Swing (under - curve) - Sway (over - curve) - Collapsed (loose) - Percussive (sharp) - Vibrate (shudder)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Lifts
Grand jete
Quality of Energy
21. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Rhythm
Beat
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Pathway
22. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Modern dance
Minuet
Allegro
Body movement
23. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Meter
Creative movement
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Elements of dance: Time
24. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Nonlocomotor
Dallet evolution
Level
25. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Pirouette
Rumba flamenco
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Individual - group - or class
26. The steps of a dance as put together for performance or the art of composing dances
Choreography
Folk dance
Flamenco dance
Framework for dance activity instruction
27. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Pointe
Dance activities should begin with these
Meter
Elements of dance: Force
28. Feeling the dance movements of others in one's own muscles
Attitude
Classical
Kinesthetic awareness
Body movement
29. 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
Quality of Energy
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Creative movement
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
30. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Level
Pointe
Form and shape
Spotting
31. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
Religious or ceremonial dance
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Theatrical dance
Syncopation
32. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Promenade
Pointe
Spotting
33. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Elevation
Minuet
Modern dance
Combined locomotor
34. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Rumba flamenco
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Elements of dance: Force
Dance post -1960s
35. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Rhythm
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Dance teaching - prep
36. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Focus
Cultural dances
Rhapsodic Rhythms
37. 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
Syncopation
Cultural dances
Attitude
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
38. Quality of Energy - Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Pirouette
Forc
Spotting
39. The Church attempted to restrict pagan dance - often associated with fertility - but folk dances evolved from earlier ritual dance (e.g. - Maypole dance; origins in primitive fertility rituals [dancing around a pole]; associated with spring)
Syncopation
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Level
Modern dance choreography
40. Dancing on the toes
Late 20th Century
Grand jete
Pointe
Attitude
41. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Other theatrical production
Syncopation
Elements of dance: Time
42. 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
Well - known musical productions
Romantic Era
Characteristics of folk dance
Flamenco dance
43. Leader - follower - mirror - unison - or parting)
The 8 basic steps
Interactions between dancers
Pirouette
Form and shape
44. Speed: fast or slow
Force
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Tempo
18th and 19th Centuries
45. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
Abstraction
Level
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Extension
46. 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
Postmodern dance
Rumba flamenco
Dance teaching - prep
Range
47. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Promenade
Pathway
Body movement
The 8 basic steps
48. Posture - Balance - Flexibility - Strength - Coordination
Grand jete
Rumba flamenco
Elements of dance: Force
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
49. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
Passe
Dance
Virtuoso dancing
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
50. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Pathway
Creative movement
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Ballet