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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
Mikhail Fokine
Principles of composition
first position
fred astaire and ginger rogers
2. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
axial movement
savion glover
float
action/reaction
3. 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
pelvic thrusts
feldenkrais
weight
a contact improvisation exercise
4. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
in all directions
third position
kinesphere
George Balanchine
5. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
step
the changement and the sautes
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
Butoh
6. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
Catherine de Medici
incorporation
master juba lane
kinesthetic awareness
7. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
kinesphere
rhythm
canon
cramp roll
8. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
3/4
pathways
force/energy
Catherine de Medici
9. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
second position
ann miller
master juba lane
jump
10. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
plie
Catherine de Medici
time
developpe
11. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
unison
rhythm tap
interdisciplinary
ruby keeler
12. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
isolated movement
jazz hands
jack cole
unity
13. 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
alexander technique
space
melody
stomp
14. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
doris humphrey
canon
fifth position
matt mattox
15. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
Butoh
space
matt mattox
slap
16. Tendonitis is typically caused by
polyrhythm
overuse of a tendon
ballet
mesomorph
17. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
space
time
rotation
rhythm
18. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
eversion
narrative
martha graham
abduction
19. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
canon
Beauchamps & Noverre
syncopation
genre
20. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
touch
jerome robbins
motif and development
stomp
21. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
endomorph
snap
ectomorph
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)?
gus giordano
movement of the arms
adductor magnus
ball and socket joint
23. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
fred astaire and ginger rogers
jump
Marius Petipa
erick hawkins
24. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
time
coordinating lighting and sound cues
melody
meter
25. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
turns from corner
adduction
syncopation
Mikhail Fokine
26. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
retrograde
reverance
grand allegro
glide
27. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
flexion and extension
pirouette
entrechat
locomotion
28. 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
in all directions
reverance
flick
fourth position
29. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
ball and socket joint
first position
extension
30. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
doris humphrey and charles weidman
dab
unity
katherine dunham
31. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
step
grand allegro
rond de jambe
flexion
32. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
reverance
adductor magnus
unity
frappe
33. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
fourth position
improve muscle strength
movement of the arms
narrative
34. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
tempo
tap
in all directions
erick hawkins
35. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
Luigi
stomp
reverance
dynamics
36. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
alexander technique
ideokinesis
cramp roll
ballet
37. The movement is performed backwards
a contact improvisation exercise
George Balanchine
accumulation
retrograde
38. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
in all directions
merce cunningham
cecchetti method
toe
39. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
balance
transition
Luigi
katherine dunham
40. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
overuse of a tendon
improvisation
polyrhythm
kinesphere
41. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
frappe
improvisation
weight
42. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
adduction
kinesphere
simultaneous canons
dynamics
43. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
space
mesomorph
rhythm
twyla tharp
44. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
Giselle
adagio
unison
first position
45. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
polyrhythm
dynamics
ruby keeler
folk/traditional
46. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
head whip
assessing complex assignments
Mikhail Fokine
first position
47. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
tempo acceleration/deceleration
doris humphrey and charles weidman
canon
turns at center
48. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
third position
press
savion glover
punch
49. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
modern dance
telling a traditional story
stomp
meter
50. 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
merce cunningham
gene kelly
brush/scuff
bartenieff fundamentals