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Dance Basics
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1. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
adagio
merce cunningham
at the front
jack cole
2. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
canon
flexion and extension
King Louis XIV
glide
3. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
Marius Petipa
syncopation
cumulative canons
wring
4. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Mikhail Fokine
gus giordano
punch
kinesthetic awareness
5. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
bob fosse
master juba lane
flexion and extension
a contact improvisation exercise
6. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
martha graham
master juba lane
bartenieff fundamentals
choreography
7. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
master juba lane
rotation
gene kelly
8. More is added to the original movement
slash
erick hawkins
variety
accumulation
9. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
jazz hands
a contact improvisation exercise
Luigi
10. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
grand allegro
tempo
locomotion
adagio
11. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
Kinesthetics
assessing complex assignments
degage
transitions
12. The speed of the music or dance
Catherine de Medici
modern
toe
tempo
13. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
slap
hinge
matt mattox
dab
14. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
improve muscle strength
repetition
Beauchamps & Noverre
martha graham
15. Bending and straightening the knees
step
plie
tempo
movement of the arms
16. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
matt mattox
erick hawkins
savion glover
canon
17. 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
body knowledge
unity
jerome robbins
18. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
cholly atkins
charles weidman
petit allegro
vaganova method
19. 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
third position
touch
shuffle
20. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
matt mattox
time
bartenieff fundamentals
21. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
martha graham
ballet
syncopation
shuffle
22. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
Principles of composition
Luigi
ballet
shuffle
23. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
modern
repetition
Giselle
matt mattox
24. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
bill bojangles robinson
entrechat
tempo
space
25. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
charles weidman
developpe
turns from corner
overuse of a tendon
26. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
cecchetti method
adagio
fragmentation
improvisation
27. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
katherine dunham
unity
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
martha graham
28. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
rhythm
press
entrechat
Principles of composition
29. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
ectomorph
partnering/group skills
wring
augmentation/diminution
30. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
Beauchamps & Noverre
Catherine de Medici
tempo acceleration/deceleration
ectomorph
31. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
fred astaire and ginger rogers
shape
rhythm
variety
32. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
work
angular oppositions
modern dance
charles weidman
33. Movements are repeated
step
transverse horizontal plane
repetition
cholly atkins and coles
34. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
jerome robbins
george balanchine
kinesthetic awareness
tempo
35. 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
fred astaire and ginger rogers
sammy davis jr
gregory hines
ballet
36. Rubrics are most effective for
endomorph
bob fosse
assessing complex assignments
pathways
37. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
genre
modern dance
rhythm tap
erick hawkins
38. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
jack cole
second position
first position
rond de jambe
39. The sagittal plane divides the body
vertically
transitions
matt mattox
shape
40. 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?
broadway or show tap
partnering/group skills
tap
economic development
41. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
george balanchine
lester horton
ballet
melody
42. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
angular oppositions
merce cunningham
bill bojangles robinson
Bob Fosse
43. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
brush/scuff
interdisciplinary
extension
Beauchamps & Noverre
44. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
frappe
angular oppositions
ballet
head whip
45. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
fragmentation
touch
tempo
adduction
46. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
jerome robbins
hop
fourth position
improve muscle strength
47. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
press
endomorph
shuffle
48. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
isolated movement
free dance
press
sammy davis jr
49. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
gus giordano
King Louis XIV
movement of the arms
telling a traditional story
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
balance
improve muscle strength
movement of the arms
bartenieff fundamentals
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