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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. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






2. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion






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






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






5. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






6. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans






7. 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






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






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






10. A movement is made part of another movement






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






12. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






13. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school






14. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






15. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles






16. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.






17. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet






18. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis






19. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






20. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






21. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






22. 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






23. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign






24. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






25. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






26. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot






27. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover






28. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography






29. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time






30. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






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






32. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






33. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor






34. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight






35. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






36. Forward brush followed by a step






37. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






38. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic






39. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer






40. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the






41. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






42. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






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






44. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






45. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees






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






47. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






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






49. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






50. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today