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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations






2. This is the speed at Which music is played.






3. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated






4. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






5. A movement is made part of another movement






6. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






7. Rounded body type.






8. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






9. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners






10. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches






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






12. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






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






14. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.






15. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






16. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight






17. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






18. They were the progenitors of modern dance






19. 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.






20. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






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






22. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?






23. Part of a movement is performed






24. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood






25. 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.






26. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






27. Forward brush followed by a backward brush






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






29. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






30. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






31. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






32. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






33. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






34. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






35. 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)?






36. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






37. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






38. 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






39. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight






40. Four main movements in the pas de deux






41. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.






42. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






43. 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.






44. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings






45. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






46. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






47. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






48. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body






49. 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






50. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position