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CSET Performing Arts III
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Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Improvisation to respond to various music and oral prompts - younger children dance alone - 2nd learning to work with partners
tango
Teaching creative expression primary
force/energy
Japanese theater NOH
2. Brazilian origin - 2/4 time but quick
time
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
samba
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
3. Use dance vocabulary to analyze elements and components of dance - understand artistic intent - range of movement expanding
Teaching artistic perception -8th
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
polka
dionysian festivals
4. 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
chinese opera
William shakespeare
Euripides
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
5. 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
What do arts prepare students for?
dionysian festivals
time
6. The relationship of one movement or part of a movement to another
tragedy
time
American opera
Martha Graham
7. 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 Historical/cultural context:middle grades
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
8. Create - memorize - and perform variety of simple dance forms - work cooperatively in groups to create dance
Teaching creative expression: middle school
Teaching artistic perception -8th
What do arts prepare students for?
chinese opera
9. 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.
chinese opera
Japanese theater NOH
Teaching creative expression primary
American opera
10. The arts prepare students to provide understanding of systems - manipulation of information - and use of resources.
Japanese theater NOH
dionysian festivals
flamenco
What do arts prepare students for?
11. Dances that originated in America in 20th century
force/energy
foxtrot - Charleston - swing - twist - line dancing - Texas two - step
time
Euripides
12. This term is used to refer to drama as an art form as well as to the building in which it is performed.
dionysian festivals
theatre
tragedy
Teaching artistic perception -8th
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
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
chinese opera
Greek vs Midieval drama
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
14. K learning simple folk dances where they come from and functions - 2nd name and perform rhythms from various traditions
samba
Japanese theater NOH
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
Sophocles
15. responding to simple oral instructions (reach - turn walk) - vocabulary of opposites (wiggle/freeze - high/low)
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
flamenco
Euripides
proscenium arch
16. Operatic performance the story is told mainly through singing. However - an opera also involves instrumental music - acting - dancing - sets and costumes
time
flamenco
foxtrot - Charleston - swing - twist - line dancing - Texas two - step
opera
17. Use dance vocabulary to describe movements (unity - variety - force) - physically connect movement phrases with smooth transitions
Isadora Duncan
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
Teaching creative expression: middle school
European Opera
18. 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.
Isadora Duncan
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
square dancing
Globe theater
19. Mother of modern dance
Martha Graham
polka
samba
opera
20. Argentina (Spanish) origin - influenced both by ancient African rhythms and the music from Europe.
Moliere
Teaching Historical/cultural context:middle grades
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
tango
21. Originated in Spain - amoung gypsy dancers
American opera
flamenco
Comedy
Isadora Duncan
22. Choral song: was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honor of Dionysus - the god of wine and fertility
proscenium arch
dithyramb
flamenco
chinese opera
23. 'Hamlet'
American opera
Isadora Duncan
opera
William shakespeare
24. Critically evaluate dance in terms of the elements
time
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: middle
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
Euripides
25. The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving; the use of weight
square dancing
Teaching creative expression primary
William shakespeare
force/energy
26. Learn to distinguish 1 dance from another - explain and demonstrate being good audience
Teaching Aesthetic valuing: primary
theatre
Japanese theater NOH
time
27. Creates a 'window' around the scenery and performers. 'picture frame'
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
theater motif
square dancing
proscenium arch
28. 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
Euripides
Moliere
thrust stage
samba
29. 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
polka
Teaching artistic perception -8th
Sophocles
Moliere
30. 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
theatre
American opera
tragedy
dithyramb
31. The area in which you move; the area around you
force/energy
space
Teaching artistic perception - Kindergarten
Isadora Duncan
32. 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
chinese opera
Comedy
Euripides
samba
33. Roots from European folk dancing
dithyramb
force/energy
square dancing
chinese opera
34. 'Porgy and Bess' by George Gershwin blended Broadway musical with African - American music
tragedy
American opera
Teaching Historical/cultural context: primary
Globe theater
35. 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.
foxtrot - Charleston - swing - twist - line dancing - Texas two - step
Japanese theater: Kabuki
Japanese theater NOH
Greek vs Midieval drama
36. King of comedy in 1600s - His most famous play was 'Tartuffe' a witty play about religious hypocrisy
thrust stage
Teaching artistic perception -8th
Moliere
Teaching artistic perception - 4th
37. Began in 16th century Italy. Often used traditional legends - myths or folktales as the basis for their librettos or written text.
proscenium arch
square dancing
Greek vs Midieval drama
European Opera
38. Fuse African dance and European styles - mambo - samba - meringue - rumba
Sophocles
What do arts prepare students for?
dithyramb
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
39. Greek drama was performed at religious festivals and in outside amphitheaters - Medieval drama evolved in the Church from musical elaborations of the service.
Greek vs Midieval drama
Globe theater
samba
Moliere
40. Modern dance pioneer - Greek influence - break away from constricting requirements of ballet
Isadora Duncan
Greek vs Midieval drama
Teaching creative expression primary
square dancing
41. A motif in theatre is a theme that is repeated and developed in artistic work or a decorative design or pattern.
What do arts prepare students for?
theater motif
Sophocles
Teaching creative expression: middle school
42. 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)
ballroom syles originated in Caribbean
Teaching Historical/cultural context:middle grades
polka
Teaching artistic perception - 4th