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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. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
polyrhythm
ball and socket joint
erick hawkins
loie fuller and isadora duncan
2. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
mesomorph
harold and fayard nicholas
genre
syncopation
3. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
reverance
slap
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
narrative
4. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
sammy davis jr
loie fuller and isadora duncan
shuffle
5. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
action/reaction
pirouette
flexion
punch
6. Forward brush followed by a touch
work
tap
slap
eversion
7. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
martha graham
economic development
modern
loie fuller and isadora duncan
8. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
Direction
ball and socket joint
choreography
rotation
9. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
social dance
coordinating lighting and sound cues
incorporation
modern dance
10. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
adagio
jazz dance
vaganova method
11. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
feldenkrais
bill bojangles robinson
wring
second position
12. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
head whip
george balanchine
Mikhail Fokine
lester horton
13. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
transition
merce cunningham
rhythm
augmentation/diminution
14. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
doris humphrey
inversion
jazz
instrumentation
15. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
Principles of composition
twyla tharp
locomotion
modern
16. A piece of choreography or dance
dab
telling a traditional story
work
dynamics
17. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
slap
pirouette
third position
vaganova method
18. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
stomp
Bob Fosse
frappe
turns from corner
19. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
locomotion
tableau
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
balance
20. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
touch
cramp roll
isolated movement
flap
21. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
pathways
Giselle
syncopation
slap
22. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
rhythm tap
grand allegro
improvisation
tap
23. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
ballet
hop
interdisciplinary
matt mattox
24. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
social dance
ted shawn
jack cole
tap
25. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
cholly atkins
lester horton
improvisation
twyla tharp
26. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
angular oppositions
tableau
toe
merce cunningham
27. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
third position
action/reaction
kinesphere
28. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
cumulative canons
fifth position
head whip
fred astaire and ginger rogers
29. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
ectomorph
transitions
syncopation
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.
merce cunningham
simultaneous canons
tap dance
transition
31. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
gregory hines
contrast
hinge
coordinating lighting and sound cues
32. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
economic development
cecchetti method
Luigi
ruth st. denis
33. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
Principles of composition
first position
stomp
alexander technique
34. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
locomotion
jerome robbins
martha graham
space
35. 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
turns at center
projection
tap
hyperextension
36. 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
jerome robbins
erick hawkins
polyrhythm
37. What is the meter in the waltz
gus giordano
martha graham
3/4
transition
38. 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.
assessing complex assignments
bill bojangles robinson
projection
isolated movement
39. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
weight
fourth position
shape
bob fosse
40. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
aerobic exercise
Direction
endomorph
rhythm tap
41. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
time
wring
jazz dance
social dance
42. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
space
shape
time
cholly atkins
43. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
developpe
improving flexibility
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
meter
44. More is added to the original movement
punch
syncopation
accumulation
loie fuller and isadora duncan
45. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
jump
lester horton
martha graham
broadway or show tap
46. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
inversion
Luigi
isolated movement
body knowledge
47. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
Catherine de Medici
free dance
ruth st. denis
alexander technique
48. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
contrast
telling a traditional story
ball change
overuse of a tendon
49. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
flow
Diaghilev
action/reaction
bartenieff fundamentals
50. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
syncopation
adduction
motif and development
instrumentation