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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. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
polyrhythm
master juba lane
tap
motif and development
2. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
incorporation
flow
ruby keeler
3/4
3. 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)
bill bojangles robinson
variety
loie fuller and isadora duncan
doris humphrey and charles weidman
4. The hip joint is a
choreography
second position
isolated movement
ball and socket joint
5. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
savion glover
gregory hines
transition
6. The speed of the music or dance
glide
repetition
tempo
punch
7. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
lester horton
frappe
improve muscle strength
locomotion
8. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
erick hawkins
a contact improvisation exercise
jump
9. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
toe
frappe
sammy davis jr
charles weidman
10. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
improvisation
syncopation
instrumentation
harold and fayard nicholas
11. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
martha graham
fragmentation
brush/scuff
a contact improvisation exercise
12. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
kinesphere
inversion
ballet
modern
13. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
line dancing
ideokinesis
fred astaire and ginger rogers
matt mattox
14. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
tempo
extension of the working leg
vaganova method
15. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position
the changement and the sautes
kinesphere
mesomorph
fourth position
16. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance
Diaghilev
lester horton
martha graham
Mikhail Fokine
17. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
doris humphrey
movement of the arms
second position
18. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
pirouette
stomp
kinesthetic awareness
master juba lane
19. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
shuffle
merce cunningham
motif and development
locomotion
20. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
head whip
rhythm
endomorph
gene kelly
21. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
martha graham
developpe
grand allegro
flow
22. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
hop
gus giordano
melody
23. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
improvisation
dynamics
improve muscle strength
erick hawkins
24. The sagittal plane divides the body
grand allegro
vertically
the changement and the sautes
aerobic exercise
25. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
plie
touch
tableau
unison
26. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
choreography
frontal plane
cramp roll
incorporation
27. The movement is performed backwards
dynamics
modern dance
retrograde
snap
28. This is the speed at Which music is played.
locomotion
kinesphere
motif and development
tempo
29. 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.
pathways
sagittal plane
at the front
jazz dance
30. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
improvisation
motif and development
modern
doris humphrey and charles weidman
31. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
paul taylor
hop
adagio
dynamics
32. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
improve muscle strength
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
pelvic thrusts
33. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
doris humphrey and charles weidman
genre
first position
George Balanchine
34. Rubrics are most effective for
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
kinesphere
assessing complex assignments
erick hawkins
35. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
Principles of composition
george balanchine
rond de jambe
Kinesthetics
36. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
merce cunningham
second position
weight
jazz hands
37. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
press
harold and fayard nicholas
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
38. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
projection
cholly atkins
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
modern dance
39. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
Giselle
polyrhythm
broadway or show tap
petit allegro
40. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
paul taylor
Luigi
body knowledge
time
41. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
transverse horizontal plane
cecchetti method
flap
alexander technique
42. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
syncopation
hop
rhythm tap
wring
43. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
assessing complex assignments
unison
ruth st. denis
lester horton
44. 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
martha graham
body knowledge
alexander technique
hinge
45. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
george balanchine
improving flexibility
gregory hines
developpe
46. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
in all directions
fred astaire and ginger rogers
rhythm tap
47. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
frontal plane
transition
harold and fayard nicholas
unity
48. 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?
frontal plane
erick hawkins
economic development
Butoh
49. Tendonitis is typically caused by
bartenieff fundamentals
jazz hands
overuse of a tendon
matt mattox
50. 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)?
merce cunningham
3/4
adductor magnus
Catherine de Medici