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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. The term 'port des bras' refers to
movement of the arms
ruth st. denis
petit allegro
unity
2. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
pathways
abduction
kinesthetic awareness
hinge
3. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
grand allegro
bob fosse
Nijinsky
time
4. 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.
ideokinesis
katherine dunham
pathways
float
5. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
broadway or show tap
Mikhail Fokine
stamp
Direction
6. The sagittal plane divides the body
transition
rotation
vertically
third position
7. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
George Balanchine
dynamics
augmentation/diminution
genre
8. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
turns at center
ann miller
assessing complex assignments
melody
9. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
merce cunningham
unison
matt mattox
twyla tharp
10. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
pirouette
vertically
interdisciplinary
stomp
11. This is the speed at Which music is played.
frontal plane
tempo
kinesthetic awareness
rotation
12. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
kinesphere
fred astaire and ginger rogers
syncopation
Kinesthetics
13. What is the meter in the waltz
3/4
fred astaire and ginger rogers
jazz dance
aerobic exercise
14. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
Kinesthetics
doris humphrey and charles weidman
tendu
cramp roll
15. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
unity
ballet
Butoh
ectomorph
16. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
variety
katherine dunham
jazz hands
Principles of composition
17. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
3/4
flick
martha graham
jack cole
18. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
Giselle
broadway or show tap
cumulative canons
19. The speed of the music or dance
folk/traditional
free dance
martha graham
tempo
20. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
isolated movement
improving flexibility
in all directions
matt mattox
21. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
broadway or show tap
loie fuller and isadora duncan
gene kelly
rhythm
22. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
free dance
narrative
slash
shape
23. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
hyperextension
Nijinsky
entrechat
24. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
jazz hands
space
pirouette
Diaghilev
25. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
martha graham
free dance
matt mattox
paul taylor
26. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
tap dance
locomotion
modern dance
27. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
contrast
dynamics
improving flexibility
martha graham
28. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
aerobic exercise
george balanchine
free dance
gus giordano
29. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
rhythm tap
snap
matt mattox
harold and fayard nicholas
30. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
work
partnering/group skills
eversion
rond de jambe
31. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
degage
space
hinge
jazz
32. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
King Louis XIV
float
erick hawkins
jerome robbins
33. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
instrumentation
merce cunningham
time
in all directions
34. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
balance
fragmentation
extension of the working leg
kinesthetic awareness
35. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.
extension
jerome robbins
time
Kinesthetics
36. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
improve muscle strength
adductor magnus
coordinating lighting and sound cues
flexion
37. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
reverance
merce cunningham
jump
inversion
38. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
locomotion
doris humphrey and charles weidman
fifth position
reverance
39. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
pathways
stomp
free dance
reverance
40. 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
adagio
axial movement
slash
jazz dance
41. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
action/reaction
harold and fayard nicholas
body knowledge
stamp
42. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
accumulation
shuffle
balance
charles weidman
43. 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
merce cunningham
bartenieff fundamentals
fourth position
ted shawn
44. They were the progenitors of modern dance
rhythm tap
loie fuller and isadora duncan
3/4
jazz hands
45. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
rotation
narrative
turns at center
step
46. The movement is performed backwards
kinesphere
turns from corner
retrograde
merce cunningham
47. Dance marked by movement isolations and complex polyrhythms found in African American music such as - ragtime - jazz - spirituals - blues - work songs and is considered and American style of dance.
partnering/group skills
flexion
King Louis XIV
jazz dance
48. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
head whip
erick hawkins
glide
ted shawn
49. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
doris humphrey and charles weidman
entrechat
slap
cholly atkins
50. 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
hyperextension
cumulative canons
broadway or show tap
balance