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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?






2. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.






3. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






4. Tendonitis is typically caused by






5. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style






6. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






7. The hip joint is a






8. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy






9. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






10. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






11. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






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






13. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






14. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers






15. More is added to the original movement






16. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






17. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance






18. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






19. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






20. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






21. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.






22. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?






23. This is the speed at Which music is played.






24. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






25. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake






26. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






27. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






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






29. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






30. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position






31. The speed of the music or dance






32. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






33. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






34. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films






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






36. Rubrics are most effective for






37. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






38. They were the progenitors of modern dance






39. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.






40. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight






41. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.






42. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






43. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






44. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement






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






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






47. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics






48. The sagittal plane divides the body






49. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






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