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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. 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.
canon
sammy davis jr
snap
isolated movement
2. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
matt mattox
frontal plane
cramp roll
3. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
broadway or show tap
Catherine de Medici
modern dance
4. The speed of the music or dance
canon
tempo
George Balanchine
kinesphere
5. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
matt mattox
locomotion
ruth st. denis
improvisation
6. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
pilates
ruby keeler
canon
a contact improvisation exercise
7. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
assessing complex assignments
space
ball change
lester horton
8. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
time
sammy davis jr
meter
developpe
9. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
pelvic thrusts
improve muscle strength
unison
cramp roll
10. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
flap
the changement and the sautes
ann miller
shape
11. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
turns at center
shape
angular oppositions
polyrhythm
12. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
pelvic thrusts
sammy davis jr
martha graham
ballet
13. 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.
Marius Petipa
gus giordano
glide
pathways
14. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
the changement and the sautes
tempo
feldenkrais
space
15. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
jazz
rotation
degage
harold and fayard nicholas
16. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
feldenkrais
stamp
melody
rhythm
17. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
sagittal plane
second position
rhythm tap
the changement and the sautes
18. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
sagittal plane
assessing complex assignments
cramp roll
ball change
19. Forward brush followed by a step
flap
work
syncopation
space
20. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
twyla tharp
genre
Nijinsky
21. The term 'port des bras' refers to
cramp roll
gene kelly
movement of the arms
merce cunningham
22. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
locomotion
variety
katherine dunham
Beauchamps & Noverre
23. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
inversion
wring
reverance
charles weidman
24. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
unison
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
jack cole
bob fosse
25. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
ball and socket joint
locomotion
lester horton
ideokinesis
26. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
pilates
gus giordano
fragmentation
hop
27. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
King Louis XIV
merce cunningham
hop
float
28. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
Giselle
flexion
rhythm tap
29. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
locomotion
extension of the working leg
pirouette
first position
30. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
dynamics
projection
abduction
cumulative canons
31. The sagittal plane divides the body
katherine dunham
Direction
rhythm tap
vertically
32. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
ball change
Marius Petipa
rond de jambe
Luigi
33. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
modern dance
folk/traditional
hinge
jerome robbins
34. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
jack cole
contrast
locomotion
abduction
35. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
body knowledge
3/4
social dance
transverse horizontal plane
36. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
savion glover
3/4
body knowledge
modern dance
37. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
second position
jazz hands
punch
choreography
38. 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?
economic development
repetition
merce cunningham
master juba lane
39. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
stamp
assessing complex assignments
cramp roll
vertically
40. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
head whip
jack cole
syncopation
Bob Fosse
41. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
choreography
hop
unison
martha graham
42. Rounded body type.
abduction
ectomorph
unison
polyrhythm
43. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
jazz
lester horton
press
slap
44. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
punch
touch
genre
head whip
45. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
improving flexibility
modern dance
matt mattox
fred astaire and ginger rogers
46. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
work
first position
rond de jambe
second position
47. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
ball change
snap
action/reaction
rond de jambe
48. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
instrumentation
time
fifth position
balance
49. What is the meter in the waltz
projection
jazz
3/4
the changement and the sautes
50. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
bill bojangles robinson
cumulative canons
improving flexibility
rhythm tap