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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
locomotion
fifth position
movement of the arms
Diaghilev
2. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
martha graham
tendu
eversion
interdisciplinary
3. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
modern dance
press
toe
Diaghilev
4. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
vaganova method
George Balanchine
kinesphere
gregory hines
5. The hip joint is a
bartenieff fundamentals
time
aerobic exercise
ball and socket joint
6. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
unison
tendu
master juba lane
jump
7. 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
hinge
paul taylor
bartenieff fundamentals
dynamics
8. A movement is made part of another movement
savion glover
incorporation
endomorph
contrast
9. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
transitions
space
mesomorph
locomotion
10. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
space
second position
ruth st. denis
ectomorph
11. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
fred astaire and ginger rogers
motif and development
flap
first position
12. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
tempo
jack cole
pelvic thrusts
cholly atkins
13. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
wring
ruby keeler
tempo
Diaghilev
14. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
narrative
angular oppositions
modern dance
meter
15. Rubrics are most effective for
Kinesthetics
assessing complex assignments
kinesphere
canon
16. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
endomorph
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
doris humphrey and charles weidman
free dance
17. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
gregory hines
in all directions
motif and development
improve muscle strength
18. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
bartenieff fundamentals
frontal plane
tempo
unison
19. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
repetition
jack cole
first position
grand allegro
20. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
space
sagittal plane
feldenkrais
Mikhail Fokine
21. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
ruth st. denis
modern
master juba lane
Beauchamps & Noverre
22. 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)?
lester horton
ted shawn
variety
adductor magnus
23. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
the changement and the sautes
transition
erick hawkins
24. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
ballet
ballet
bill bojangles robinson
float
25. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
rhythm
fifth position
developpe
degage
26. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
body knowledge
shape
merce cunningham
transverse horizontal plane
27. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
tempo acceleration/deceleration
punch
merce cunningham
28. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
third position
gregory hines
frontal plane
rhythm
29. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
unison
George Balanchine
extension
isolated movement
30. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
sammy davis jr
body knowledge
matt mattox
Principles of composition
31. 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
fourth position
lester horton
force/energy
martha graham
32. More is added to the original movement
accumulation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
body knowledge
charles weidman
33. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
instrumentation
folk/traditional
wring
34. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
paul taylor
projection
gus giordano
balance
35. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
improving flexibility
tempo
dab
feldenkrais
36. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
loie fuller and isadora duncan
cumulative canons
improvisation
instrumentation
37. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
meter
twyla tharp
wring
38. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
fragmentation
genre
tendu
gene kelly
39. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
pilates
ballet
matt mattox
improve muscle strength
40. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
augmentation/diminution
press
gene kelly
kinesphere
41. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
merce cunningham
body knowledge
hinge
paul taylor
42. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
contrast
transitions
rhythm
weight
43. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
Mikhail Fokine
stomp
matt mattox
jerome robbins
44. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
press
space
motif and development
45. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
narrative
Nijinsky
extension of the working leg
cramp roll
46. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
free dance
Marius Petipa
touch
instrumentation
47. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
Luigi
ball and socket joint
abduction
hyperextension
48. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
cramp roll
dynamics
tap
narrative
49. 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
lester horton
paul taylor
unison
reverance
50. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
hyperextension
gregory hines
simultaneous canons
aerobic exercise