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CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
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1. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Adagio
Ballet
Cultural dances
2. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pathway
Promenade
Folk dance
3. Forward/Backward - Up/Down - Sideways (horizontal or vertical) - Diagonal - Straight - Circle - Out/In - Zigzag - Spiral
Direction
Meter
Late 20th Century
Pirouette
4. 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
Barre
Promenade
Direction
Martha Graham and psychodrama
5. A formal aristocratic court dance developed at the end of the rennaisance period
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Minuet
The 8 basic steps
Modern dance
6. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Promenade
Postmodern dance
Creative movement
7. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Quality of Energy
Elements of dance: Force
Popular historical dances that are often used today
8. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Promenade
Movement materials
Range (of movement)
Modern dance choreography
9. 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
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Modern dance
Spotting
Religious or ceremonial dance
10. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Force
Passe
Framework for dance activity instruction
Meter
11. Even or uneven beat
Quality of Energy
Beat
Allegro
Adagio
12. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Quality of Energy
Dance post -1960s
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
13. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
Kinesthetic awareness
Movement materials
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Degree of Energy
14. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pointe
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Pathway
Framework for dance activity instruction
15. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Modern dance
Dance - pointe
Level
Degree of Energy
16. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Lifts
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Attitude
Movement materials
17. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Form and shape
Space between dancers
Dance teaching - key words and counts
18. Strong/Weak - Heavy/Light - Dynamic/Static - Flowing/Tense
Pathway
Degree of Energy
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Folk dance
19. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Syncopation
Spotting
20. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Range
Force
Dance post -1960s
Well - known musical productions
21. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Other theatrical production
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Adagio
Form and shape
22. Includes locomotor (moving from one place to another) and axial (contained movement around an axis of the body)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Body movement
Styles of dance and movement
Elements of dance: Levels
23. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Historical forms of dance
Level
Play and sing with movement
Rhythm
24. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Pathway
Syncopation
Passe
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
25. 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
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Meter
Romantic Era
Focus
26. 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
Lifts
Historical forms of dance
Modern dance
Dance activities should begin with these
27. Ethnic and cultural dance - Cultural dances - Religious or ceremonial dance - Folk Dance - Play and sing with movement - Maypole dance - Modern Dance - Theatrical dance - Social dance
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Styles of dance and movement
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Creative movement
28. 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.
Dance teaching - prep
Body movement
Native Americans
Square dancing and barn dancing
29. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Syncopation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Degree of Energy
Dallet evolution
30. 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
Allegro
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance post -1960s
Creative movement
31. High - medium - or low
Level
4 Elements of dance movements
Tempo
Extension
32. Space - Time - Levels (dynamics)- Force (energy) - Locomotor (traveling through space)
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Minuet
Allegro
Elements of dance
33. Based on music - songs - dialogue - and dance - Audiences often experience it in the form of musical theatre productions
4 Elements of dance movements
Theatrical dance
Adagio
Dance - pointe
34. 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
Dance activities should begin with these
Spotting
Classical
Extension
35. Ceremonial dance with each character having specific hand movement - and martial (war) dancing
Elevation
Styles of dance and movement
4 Elements of dance movements
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
36. Dance movement that is primary and nonfunctional - with an emphasis on body mastery for expressive and communicative purposes
Dance
Spotting
Creative movement
Pathway
37. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Abstraction
Lifts
38. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Social dance styles
Native Americans
Ballet
39. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Minuet
Beat
Kinesthetic awareness
Well - known musical productions
40. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Square dancing and barn dancing
Nonlocomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
41. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Play and sing with movement
Elevation
Kinds of Levels
Virtuoso dancing
42. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Dallet evolution
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Lifts
43. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Rhapsodic rhythms
Rhythm
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
44. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Elevation
The 8 basic steps
Dallet evolution
Syncopation
45. 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
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Historical forms of dance
46. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Space between dancers
Virtuoso dancing
Improvisation
Cultural dances
47. Countable patterns
Romantic Era
Elements of dance: Levels
Attitude
Rhythm
48. 1. Space 2. Time 3. Levels (dynamics) 4. Force (energy)
Arabesque
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Classical
4 Elements of dance movements
49. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Allegro
Rumba flamenco
Force
Syncopation
50. 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
Adagio
Focus
Syncopation
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