SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET Domain 1 Performing Arts Dance
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
performing-arts
,
dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Solo - duet - or ensemble
Quality of Energy
Pas de deux
Spotting
Individual - group - or class
2. 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
Historical forms of dance
Choreography
Dallet evolution
Allegro
3. Warm - up exercises and Body awareness exercises
Elements of dance: Time
Dance activities should begin with these
Elements of dance: Levels
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
4. Angular - rounded - twisted - bent - crooked - symmetrical - or asymmetrical
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Extension
Form and shape
Social dance
5. Polka - square dances - historic dances
Elements of dance: Force
4 Elements of dance movements
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Syncopation
6. 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
Characteristics of folk dance
Historical forms of dance
Religious or ceremonial dance
Spotting
7. Wide/Narrow - Big/Little
Range (of movement)
Classical
Pathway
Other theatrical production
8. Stretched the boundaries of classical ballet; new movements ('turnout')
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Attitude
Minuet
9. Gaze - Floor - Away
Current examples of folk dances in the 20th century
Level
Focus
Rumba flamenco
10. 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
Dance post -1960s
Body movement
The 8 basic steps
11. 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
Improvisation
Cultural dances
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) China
Popular historical dances that are often used today
12. 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
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Play and sing with movement
13. 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).
The 8 basic steps
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Tempo
14. High -- Medium -- Low - Might refer to a dancer's head
Kinesthetic awareness
Characteristics of folk dance
Allegro
Level
15. 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
Space
18th and 19th Centuries
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
Rumba flamenco
16. All - inclusive term meaning the aesthetics of movement - the organization of moves with a beginning - middle - and end in sequential form
Dance
Force
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
Forc
17. 1. Direction 2. Form and Shape 3. Level 4. Range 5. Pathway 6. Focus
Kinds of Levels
Form and Shape
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Rhythm
18. Warm - up - skill building - expression via classroom dance activities
Modern dance
Alignment
Elements should be found in all dance instruction
Extension
19. Direction: forward - backward - up - down - sideways (horizontal or vertical) - diagonal - straight - circle - out - in - zigzag - or spiral
Elements of dance: Levels
Creative movement
Dance teaching - prep
Improvisation
20. Walking - running - leaping - jumping - hopping - galloping - skipping - and sliding (Chasse)
Rhythm
Elevation
Cultural dances
The 8 basic steps
21. The ability to get up into the air and remain there long enough to perform various movements or poses
Other theatrical production
Barre
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)
Elevation
22. Speed: fast or slow
Tempo
Elements of dance
Native Americans
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
23. Provide opportunities for interpretation of dance - Provide a classroom dance program that includes different styles of dance from a cultural and historical context
Degree of Energy
Elevation
Dance teaching - variety - exposure
Choreography
24. (Often traditional folk steps): two - step - paddle - grapevine - step - hop - chug - and spinning
Combined locomotor
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
Line
Allegro
25. Ballet developed throughout Europe; this led to ___________ - expressive capacity of the body - pointe footwork and the heel - less shoe
Native Americans
Virtuoso dancing
Maypole dance
Well - known musical productions
26. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
Social dance styles
Maypole dance
Force
27. 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
Extension
Dance teaching - floor pattern
Warm - up exercises should address these 5 skills/abilities
Theatrical dance
28. The arrangement of head - shoulders - arms - torso - and legs while dancing
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Line
29. Kabuki (traced to primitive rituals; it involves stomping - elaborate costumes - is male only - and is still current)
Meter
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Japan
Form and Shape
30. Type of creative dance involving specialized movement techniques; emphasis is on expression and communication
Modern dance
Rhapsodic Rhythms
Social dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Greece
31. Rock 'n' roll; MTV; hip - hop; ballroom dancing (tango)
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Minuet
Dance
Social dance and mass culture
32. Formalized hand movements (e.g. - Hindu dance - the oldest world dance)
Focus
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Indi
33. 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
Passe
Nonlocomotor
Kinds of Levels
Native Americans
34. 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
Styles of dance and movement
Theatrical dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Egypt
Social dance
35. (Staying in one place 'on spot'): stretching - pushing - twisting - bending - kicking - sinking - or curling
Nonlocomotor
George Balanchine (director of the New York City Ballet) and modern American ballet
Abstraction
Grand jete en tournan (tour jete)
36. Pantomime/dance expression
Characteristics of folk dance
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Social dance
37. An adagio movement in which the dancer pivots completely around on one foot while maintaining a pose with the working leg
Elements of dance: Force
Pathway
Dance
Promenade
38. Side - by - side - supported - far - or near)
Kinesthetic awareness
Dallet evolution
Dance in the Middle Ages (500-1400)
Space between dancers
39. 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
Virtuoso dancing
Flamenco dance
Pathway
Elements of dance: Force
40. 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
The 8 basic steps
Elements of dance: Levels
Grand jete
Romantic Era
41. Another popular form of the flamenco that originated in Cuba and Latin America
Late 20th Century
Rumba flamenco
Elements of dance: Time
Authentic folk dancing in its purest form
42. Countable patterns
Rhythm
Movement materials
Body movement
Social dance
43. Formal dancing spread to the Continent; expansion of professional dancing masters; professional choreography at the Paris Opera (opera and dance); costuming; introduction of the waltz (1-2-3) rhythm; court dance
Level
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Rome
Concepts regarding the time element of dance
18th and 19th Centuries
44. 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
Square dancing and barn dancing
The 8 basic steps
Martha Graham and psychodrama
Postmodern dance
45. 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
Revolutionary aspects of early modern dance
Elements of dance
Late 20th Century
Historic evolution (use of dance movement) Java
46. 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
Maypole dance
Native Americans
Syncopation
47. Gaze - floor - or away
Classical
Play and sing with movement
Focus
Space
48. More eclectic; ballet and ethnic used in the same performance; all - male groups; intense theatrical effects in lighting - costume - and sets
4 Elements of dance movements
Virtuoso dancing
Dance post -1960s
Late 20th Century
49. As in music - the opposite of allegro; a slower tempo - also a set of practice exercises in class consisting of extensions and balances
Beat
Kinesthetic awareness
Adagio
Early 20th Century Revolutionary aspects of Ballets Russes (Russia)
50. Pavane - Galliard (from the Renaissance period) - The minuet - Charleston - Twist - Disco - Hip - hop - Lambada
Social dance and mass culture
Popular historical dances that are often used today
Choreography
Era of Romanticism (early 1800s)