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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. A line along which a person or part of a person moves - Patterns on/in the Floor - Elevated or Air
Pathway
Level
Passe
Abstraction
2. Focusing the eyes on one point in the distance in order to keep balance while turning
Nonlocomotor
Spotting
Elements of dance: Levels
Dance teaching - floor pattern
3. 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
Play and sing with movement
Space between dancers
Focus
Range (of movement)
4. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Folk dance
Direction
Line
The 8 basic steps
5. Movement associated with gods/funerals
Dance post -1960s
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Square dancing and barn dancing
Kinds of Levels
6. 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.
Elements of dance: Force
Dance
Native Americans
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
7. 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
Dance
Modern dance choreography
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Maypole dance
8. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Nonlocomotor
Elements of dance: Levels
Kinesthetic awareness
9. Pantomime/dance expression
Folk dance
Native Americans
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
10. 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
Combined locomotor
Focus
Cultural dances
Late 20th Century
11. 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
Minuet
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Kinesthetic awareness
12. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Elevation
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Line
Elements of dance: Force
13. Ethno - cultural - kabuki - Russian - and Celtic dance
Romantic Era
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Other theatrical production
Folk dance
14. Rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset - Rhythm produced when beats are displaced such that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Direction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Syncopation
15. A part of pas de deux in which one dancer is lifted off the ground by another
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Focus
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Lifts
16. 1. Rhythm 2. Tempo 3. Beat 4. Meter 5. Syncopation 6. Rhapsodic Rhythms
4 Elements of dance movements
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
Cultural dances
Ballet
17. Refers to dances in which socializing is the main focus; therefore - a dance partner is essential
Focus
Focus
Social dance
Beat
18. Ballet - jazz - and tap
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Range (of movement)
Well - known musical productions
Classical
19. Release of potential energy into kinetic energy
Force
Elements of dance: Force
Maypole dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
20. Gaze - Floor - Away
Degree of Energy
Minuet
Social dance and mass culture
Focus
21. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Grand jete
Pathway
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Popular historical dances that are often used today
22. Rhythm: countable patterns - Tempo: fast or slow speed - Beat: even or uneven - Meter: 2/4 time - 3/4 time - etc.
Pas de deux
Elements of dance: Time
Theatrical dance
Folk dance
23. Determine appropriate age - related expectations for a safe - enjoyable classroom activity
Framework for dance activity instruction
Other theatrical production
Minuet
Rhythm
24. 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
Level
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Space
Cultural dances
25. Locomotor - Nonlocomotor - Combined Locomotor
Range
Arabesque
Rumba flamenco
Movements involved in the space element of dance
26. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Choreography
The 8 basic steps
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Line
27. 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
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Cultural dances
Dance teaching - prep
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
28. Elaborate costumes - balance and moderation - and traditional dance
Allegro
Dance post -1960s
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
Barre
29. Literally - 'a step for two'; this refers to a specific codified form that is choreographed in many classical ballets; this is also used to refer to any section of a dance performed by two dancers together
Rhapsodic rhythms
Pas de deux
Dance teaching - prep
Social dance and mass culture
30. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Combined locomotor
Spotting
Allegro
31. Developed in France (1500s) - and moved to Italy; this led to the development of court dancing in Europe (nobility in a palace setting); patronage of the Medicis; 'dancing masters'; steps were slow (adagio) and fast (allegro); lack of spontaneity (de
Ballet
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Adagio
Dance activities should begin with these
32. Non - metric (e.g. - breath - water - or wind)
Rhythm
Native Americans
Pirouette
Rhapsodic rhythms
33. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Classical
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Direction
34. Number of beats grouped together e.g. 3/4 or 2/4 or 6/8
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
Meter
Extension
4 Elements of dance movements
35. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
4 Elements of dance movements
Virtuoso dancing
Elevation
Grand jete
36. Movement without previous planning
Space
Pirouette
Native Americans
Improvisation
37. Music to accompany specific - technical ballet steps; a theatrical art form developed
Individual - group - or class
Dallet evolution
Virtuoso dancing
Syncopation
38. 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
Social dance
Dance teaching - prep
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
39. Hip - hop - line dance - ballroom - waltz - foxtrot - tango - rumba - jive - and swing
Social dance styles
Range (of movement)
Square dancing and barn dancing
Quality of Energy
40. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Interactions between dancers
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Combined locomotor
41. Born in the 20th century as a result of dancers resisting the rigid structure of classical ballet dance
Promenade
Space
Modern dance
Creative movement
42. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
Social dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Dance post -1960s
43. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Promenade
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Individual - group - or class
44. A rhythmic pattern produced when a deliberate pattern is upset
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Dance teaching - key words and counts
Play and sing with movement
Syncopation
45. The essence of an idea applied to the art of movement
4 Elements of dance movements
Syncopation
Romantic Era
Abstraction
46. Based upon the subjective interpretation of internalized feelings - emotions - and moods - Unlike formal ballet - this is often unstructured and makes deliberate use of gravity and body weight to enhance movement - It also encourages students to expr
Nonlocomotor
Styles of dance and movement
Historical forms of dance
Modern dance choreography
47. Even or uneven beat
Dance - Prehistory to Beginning of Middle Ages (A.D. 400)
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Beat
48. High - medium - or low
Syncopation
Level
Arabesque
Adagio
49. Sequences - motifs - and phrases developed as the choreographed dance
4 Elements of dance movements
Historical forms of dance
Choreography
Movement materials
50. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance
Level
Line
Form and Shape