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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






2. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.






3. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function






4. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






5. The speed of the music or dance






6. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






7. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher






8. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response






9. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.






10. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a






11. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






12. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward






13. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique






14. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of






15. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect






16. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






17. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices






18. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






19. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






20. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






21. Forward brush followed by a touch






22. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music






23. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings






24. Part of a movement is performed






25. A movement is made part of another movement






26. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






27. Forward brush followed by a backward brush






28. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky






29. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






30. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






31. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer






32. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






33. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






34. Movements are repeated






35. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






36. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






37. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s






38. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






39. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






40. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo






41. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?






42. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight






43. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






44. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.






45. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






46. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






47. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.






48. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






49. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor






50. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






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