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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






2. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices






3. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films






4. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.






5. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






6. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






7. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






8. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.






9. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






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






15. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






16. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






17. 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






18. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.






19. The hip joint is a






20. 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)?






21. 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






22. Movement executed with one body part or a small part of the body. Examples are rooling the head - shruggung the shoulders and rotating the pelvis.






23. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight






24. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






25. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






26. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






27. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






28. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage






29. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






30. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






31. The movement is performed backwards






32. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






33. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






34. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect






35. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






36. 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






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






38. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






39. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






40. Forward brush followed by a touch






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






42. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






43. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






44. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






45. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star






46. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






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






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






49. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






50. Rubrics are most effective for