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Dance Basics
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1. 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
polyrhythm
fourth position
syncopation
press
2. 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
erick hawkins
developpe
pilates
ted shawn
3. The speed of the music or dance
toe
jerome robbins
dab
tempo
4. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
Giselle
cecchetti method
angular oppositions
Butoh
5. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
Diaghilev
retrograde
improve muscle strength
gene kelly
6. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
press
merce cunningham
motif and development
lester horton
7. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
coordinating lighting and sound cues
tempo acceleration/deceleration
charles weidman
8. What is the meter in the waltz
ruby keeler
touch
3/4
Luigi
9. 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)?
feldenkrais
at the front
incorporation
adductor magnus
10. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
polyrhythm
bill bojangles robinson
feldenkrais
inversion
11. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
ballet
cecchetti method
unison
polyrhythm
12. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
flow
rhythm
gene kelly
13. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
toe
inversion
feldenkrais
alexander technique
14. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
broadway or show tap
projection
transitions
flow
15. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
folk/traditional
bob fosse
choreography
cecchetti method
16. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
flick
partnering/group skills
cecchetti method
flow
17. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
ball and socket joint
ball change
doris humphrey
extension of the working leg
18. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
syncopation
rond de jambe
fourth position
petit allegro
19. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
erick hawkins
tap dance
flexion
feldenkrais
20. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
ted shawn
ruth st. denis
grand allegro
flexion
21. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
head whip
pirouette
ball and socket joint
simultaneous canons
22. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
punch
broadway or show tap
rond de jambe
23. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
harold and fayard nicholas
force/energy
aerobic exercise
slash
24. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
social dance
folk/traditional
repetition
work
25. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
hyperextension
entrechat
feldenkrais
frappe
26. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
isolated movement
third position
tendu
pirouette
27. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
ectomorph
Luigi
rotation
28. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
tempo
incorporation
jump
29. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
wring
the changement and the sautes
pilates
Mikhail Fokine
30. 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.
adduction
tap dance
fifth position
erick hawkins
31. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
adagio
stomp
adduction
weight
32. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
3/4
hinge
ball change
cholly atkins and coles
33. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
balance
George Balanchine
brush/scuff
Giselle
34. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
ideokinesis
flexion and extension
merce cunningham
extension
35. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
assessing complex assignments
balance
improve muscle strength
polyrhythm
36. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
broadway or show tap
pathways
erick hawkins
Marius Petipa
37. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
cholly atkins and coles
flow
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
petit allegro
38. A movement is made part of another movement
syncopation
incorporation
modern dance
pathways
39. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
cramp roll
jump
pelvic thrusts
snap
40. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
ballet
george balanchine
bill bojangles robinson
locomotion
41. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
shuffle
third position
isolated movement
action/reaction
42. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
transitions
ann miller
gus giordano
Catherine de Medici
43. 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
shuffle
line dancing
Butoh
bartenieff fundamentals
44. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
canon
retrograde
Diaghilev
flick
45. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
dynamics
motif and development
overuse of a tendon
turns from corner
46. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
step
unison
balance
dab
47. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
pathways
head whip
endomorph
degage
48. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
snap
space
Principles of composition
telling a traditional story
49. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
unison
petit allegro
the changement and the sautes
dab
50. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
aerobic exercise
work
melody
grand allegro
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