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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. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
eversion
doris humphrey
cholly atkins
unison
2. 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.
polyrhythm
syncopation
entrechat
contrast
3. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
modern dance
abduction
jack cole
4. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
cecchetti method
coordinating lighting and sound cues
head whip
rhythm tap
5. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
kinesphere
shape
sagittal plane
6. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
savion glover
jazz hands
bartenieff fundamentals
7. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
at the front
sammy davis jr
second position
hop
8. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
katherine dunham
dab
weight
George Balanchine
9. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
the changement and the sautes
degage
ballet
10. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
punch
brush/scuff
ball and socket joint
fragmentation
11. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
ann miller
cumulative canons
entrechat
doris humphrey
12. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
transverse horizontal plane
telling a traditional story
hop
tempo acceleration/deceleration
13. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
space
telling a traditional story
variety
ballet
14. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
movement of the arms
transition
turns at center
flexion
15. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
sagittal plane
step
loie fuller and isadora duncan
brush/scuff
16. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
pathways
eversion
interdisciplinary
ted shawn
17. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
master juba lane
transverse horizontal plane
shape
lester horton
18. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
telling a traditional story
interdisciplinary
economic development
ted shawn
19. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
slash
broadway or show tap
Beauchamps & Noverre
modern dance
20. The speed of the music or dance
jump
body knowledge
Luigi
tempo
21. More is added to the original movement
modern dance
kinesphere
accumulation
at the front
22. Bending and straightening the knees
Direction
plie
fifth position
punch
23. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
rhythm tap
Butoh
a contact improvisation exercise
Marius Petipa
24. A piece of choreography or dance
adagio
slap
second position
work
25. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
projection
ballet
ideokinesis
hop
26. Rubrics are most effective for
tendu
brush/scuff
assessing complex assignments
doris humphrey and charles weidman
27. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
axial movement
transverse horizontal plane
variety
28. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
jerome robbins
transition
Diaghilev
contrast
29. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
sagittal plane
free dance
rond de jambe
space
30. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
the changement and the sautes
developpe
gus giordano
fragmentation
31. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
improving flexibility
Nijinsky
tap
genre
32. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
balance
unison
instrumentation
plie
33. 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.
isolated movement
improve muscle strength
katherine dunham
erick hawkins
34. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
time
Bob Fosse
vaganova method
syncopation
35. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
cholly atkins
social dance
rhythm
kinesphere
36. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
alexander technique
locomotion
slash
ann miller
37. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
slap
narrative
sagittal plane
Nijinsky
38. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
space
first position
doris humphrey and charles weidman
turns at center
39. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
unity
mesomorph
frontal plane
cholly atkins
40. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
third position
weight
stamp
simultaneous canons
41. What is the meter in the waltz
3/4
repetition
ted shawn
gus giordano
42. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
partnering/group skills
force/energy
doris humphrey
rhythm
43. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
Principles of composition
sagittal plane
hyperextension
endomorph
44. A movement is made part of another movement
paul taylor
incorporation
martha graham
jazz dance
45. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
jazz dance
rond de jambe
at the front
touch
46. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
cramp roll
simultaneous canons
erick hawkins
lester horton
47. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
syncopation
tendu
entrechat
48. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
savion glover
transverse horizontal plane
economic development
49. 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
broadway or show tap
meter
master juba lane
hyperextension
50. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
modern dance
projection
feldenkrais
motif and development