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Dance Basics
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1. The movement is performed backwards
ballet
retrograde
action/reaction
press
2. 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
action/reaction
fifth position
glide
feldenkrais
3. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
Beauchamps & Noverre
doris humphrey
paul taylor
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.
Direction
cecchetti method
merce cunningham
pathways
5. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
tempo
rhythm
locomotion
6. 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
Catherine de Medici
hyperextension
Kinesthetics
accumulation
7. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
time
dynamics
martha graham
sammy davis jr
8. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
line dancing
jazz hands
ann miller
contrast
9. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
isolated movement
syncopation
abduction
10. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
space
telling a traditional story
Catherine de Medici
tendu
11. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
ectomorph
glide
merce cunningham
angular oppositions
12. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
sagittal plane
improvisation
tap
13. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
transition
contrast
entrechat
repetition
14. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
twyla tharp
unison
merce cunningham
stamp
15. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
pirouette
flow
movement of the arms
ballet
16. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
locomotion
folk/traditional
rhythm
turns from corner
17. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
merce cunningham
fragmentation
rhythm
18. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
gus giordano
Diaghilev
rhythm
19. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
developpe
frappe
adduction
space
20. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
tap
harold and fayard nicholas
fifth position
bob fosse
21. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
narrative
dynamics
George Balanchine
eversion
22. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
partnering/group skills
dynamics
repetition
flick
23. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
variety
ann miller
Giselle
frappe
24. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
turns at center
Beauchamps & Noverre
cumulative canons
savion glover
25. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
contrast
punch
social dance
26. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
sagittal plane
loie fuller and isadora duncan
tempo acceleration/deceleration
dynamics
27. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
assessing complex assignments
head whip
aerobic exercise
ruth st. denis
28. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
second position
jazz
a contact improvisation exercise
modern dance
29. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
charles weidman
improve muscle strength
press
30. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
wring
accumulation
weight
space
31. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
cecchetti method
erick hawkins
force/energy
press
32. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
katherine dunham
hinge
slash
angular oppositions
33. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
time
jazz
matt mattox
aerobic exercise
34. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
erick hawkins
retrograde
kinesphere
press
35. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
melody
merce cunningham
transitions
choreography
36. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
shape
erick hawkins
rhythm
Beauchamps & Noverre
37. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
bill bojangles robinson
extension
slash
the changement and the sautes
38. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
Marius Petipa
lester horton
reverance
39. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
repetition
george balanchine
broadway or show tap
slash
40. Bending and straightening the knees
fred astaire and ginger rogers
plie
hyperextension
time
41. What is the meter in the waltz
partnering/group skills
fifth position
3/4
overuse of a tendon
42. 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
cholly atkins and coles
space
Bob Fosse
ideokinesis
43. Reach space or personal space.
dynamics
projection
pelvic thrusts
kinesphere
44. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
merce cunningham
ruth st. denis
harold and fayard nicholas
degage
45. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
overuse of a tendon
unison
adagio
Marius Petipa
46. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
telling a traditional story
coordinating lighting and sound cues
tempo
polyrhythm
47. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
pilates
gus giordano
doris humphrey
a contact improvisation exercise
48. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
kinesthetic awareness
economic development
rhythm
merce cunningham
49. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ann miller
Diaghilev
cecchetti method
50. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
merce cunningham
petit allegro
Marius Petipa
bill bojangles robinson
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