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CSET Performing Arts III
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Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Modern dance pioneer - Greek influence - break away from constricting requirements of ballet
Isadora Duncan
European Opera
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
Teaching creative expression: middle school
2. 'Hamlet'
square dancing
William shakespeare
Teaching Historical/cultural context:middle grades
thrust stage
3. The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving; the use of weight
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
force/energy
Japanese theater NOH
American opera
4. Began in 16th century Italy. Often used traditional legends - myths or folktales as the basis for their librettos or written text.
American opera
European Opera
proscenium arch
tragedy
5. The relationship of one movement or part of a movement to another
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
opera
Japanese theater NOH
time
6. Argentina (Spanish) origin - influenced both by ancient African rhythms and the music from Europe.
square dancing
Comedy
proscenium arch
tango
7. Use dance vocabulary to describe movements (unity - variety - force) - physically connect movement phrases with smooth transitions
square dancing
William shakespeare
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
Japanese theater NOH
8. Noh Theater often includes a ghost - The performances are very formal dance dramas - Performances can last 10 hours - All performers are men - Props signify characters.
proscenium arch
What do arts prepare students for?
Teaching creative expression: middle school
Japanese theater NOH
9. K learning simple folk dances where they come from and functions - 2nd name and perform rhythms from various traditions
Comedy
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
tragedy
Euripides
10. A part of the main stage that goes into the audience and brings the actors closer to the audience - The audience is on 3 sides of the stage
What do arts prepare students for?
thrust stage
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
time
11. A motif in theatre is a theme that is repeated and developed in artistic work or a decorative design or pattern.
Moliere
theater motif
theatre
American opera
12. King of comedy in 1600s - His most famous play was 'Tartuffe' a witty play about religious hypocrisy
Martha Graham
chinese opera
Moliere
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
13. A gong sounds to begin the play - There is no scenery; it is the actor's job to create the environment - Mime - drama - music and acrobatics are blended - Makeup is rich and colorful - Costumes are elaborate - Until 1911 no women performed - only men
chinese opera
force/energy
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
square dancing
14. Creates a 'window' around the scenery and performers. 'picture frame'
Greek vs Midieval drama
force/energy
proscenium arch
Teaching creative expression: middle school
15. Aristonphanes and his comedic parodies - Lysistrata (she persuades all women to withhold sex from warring men) and Aeusylus - blunder or ugliness which does not cause pain or disaster
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
Comedy
Martha Graham
Teaching creative expression primary
16. Learn to distinguish 1 dance from another - explain and demonstrate being good audience
Comedy
Euripides
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
space
17. Operatic performance the story is told mainly through singing. However - an opera also involves instrumental music - acting - dancing - sets and costumes
opera
space
What do arts prepare students for?
Japanese theater: Kabuki
18. Choral song: was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus - the god of wine and fertility
dithyramb
Sophocles
Teaching creative expression: middle school
Globe theater
19. The area in which you move; the area around you
William shakespeare
proscenium arch
Comedy
space
20. This term is used to refer to drama as an art form as well as to the building in which it is performed.
Moliere
dionysian festivals
theatre
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
21. Along with Sophocles refined playwriting (Madea - woman who killed her husband after coming home from war) - introduced elements of comedy and exploration into psyches - representation of traditional - mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordin
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
Euripides
Teaching creative expression primary
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
22. The ancient Greeks believed Dionysus - the god of wine and revelry - died and was reborn every year. They held celebrations in his honor in the spring and fall - after the grape harvest. Every form of western drama has its origins in these Dionysian
Isadora Duncan
Greek vs Midieval drama
dionysian festivals
Teaching creative expression: middle school
23. Brazilian origin - 2/4 time but quick
samba
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
Comedy
space
24. The arts prepare students to provide understanding of systems - manipulation of information - and use of resources.
What do arts prepare students for?
dionysian festivals
theater motif
William shakespeare
25. Dances that originated in America in 20th century
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
Comedy
foxtrot - Charleston - swing - twist - line dancing - Texas two - step
Teaching creative expression: middle school
26. Roots from European folk dancing
American opera
Globe theater
square dancing
Greek vs Midieval drama
27. 'Porgy and Bess' by George Gershwin blended Broadway musical with African - American music
Teaching artistic perception -8th
space
time
American opera
28. vivacious couple dance of Bohemian origin in double time; was a basic pattern of hop - step - close - step; a lively Bohemian dance tune in 2/4 time - Czech peasant dance - developed in Eastern Bohemia (Eastern Europe)
Sophocles
polka
samba
Japanese theater NOH
29. Fuse African dance and European styles - mambo - samba - meringue - rumba
dithyramb
force/energy
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
William shakespeare
30. Like the Noh drama - is full of ghosts and supernatural situations - Costumes weigh up to 50 lbs. or more and take hours to assemble - Men play the part of women.
theater motif
force/energy
Japanese theater: Kabuki
Moliere
31. Mother of modern dance
dionysian festivals
Moliere
samba
Martha Graham
32. playwriter (after Aeschylus) Oedipus and Antigone (sister who wants to bury body of brother who is killed by another brother) - added a 3rd actor - eliminating strong need for chorus
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
dithyramb
Sophocles
33. England was the most famous - and is associated with William Shakespeare. The center of the theater was open to the sky. Curtains were not used.
time
Globe theater
American opera
space
34. credited to Thespis and Aeschylus (in drama added a 2nd actor - The Orestea - Agamemnon) - main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow - especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw - moral weakness - or inability to cope with unfavor
tragedy
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
flamenco
proscenium arch
35. Use dance vocabulary to analyze elements and components of dance - understand artistic intent - range of movement expanding
European Opera
Teaching artistic perception -8th
flamenco
Teaching Historical/cultural context:middle grades
36. responding to simple oral instructions (reach - turn walk) - vocabulary of opposites (wiggle/freeze - high/low)
theatre
Globe theater
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
Isadora Duncan
37. Improvisation to respond to various music and oral prompts - younger children dance alone - 2nd learning to work with partners
Japanese theater NOH
Isadora Duncan
Teaching creative expression primary
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
38. Greek drama was performed at religious festivals and in outside amphitheaters - Medieval drama evolved in the Church from musical elaborations of the service.
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
Globe theater
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
Greek vs Midieval drama
39. Critically evaluate dance in terms of the elements
space
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
proscenium arch
Comedy
40. Create - memorize - and perform variety of simple dance forms - work cooperatively in groups to create dance
Isadora Duncan
Teaching creative expression: middle school
Teaching creative expression primary
William shakespeare
41. Originated in Spain - amoung gypsy dancers
Isadora Duncan
flamenco
Globe theater
European Opera
42. Learn dances specific to 18th and 19th century America - 8th graders can describe functions of dance and compare and contrast different forms of dance
Teaching creative expression: middle school
chinese opera
Teaching Historical/cultural context:middle grades
polka