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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. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
slap
bill bojangles robinson
mesomorph
adductor magnus
2. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
Beauchamps & Noverre
adagio
flick
gene kelly
3. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
step
hinge
tendu
4. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
jerome robbins
modern dance
partnering/group skills
adagio
5. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
contrast
turns from corner
unison
Giselle
6. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
ruby keeler
rhythm
work
space
7. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
ball change
charles weidman
slap
8. Bending and straightening the knees
eversion
overuse of a tendon
plie
instrumentation
9. Reach space or personal space.
gene kelly
repetition
kinesphere
grand allegro
10. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
Catherine de Medici
rhythm
float
11. 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)
pelvic thrusts
modern
variety
cholly atkins and coles
12. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
twyla tharp
repetition
simultaneous canons
kinesthetic awareness
13. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
social dance
gene kelly
pathways
14. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
modern
economic development
turns at center
jazz hands
15. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
Bob Fosse
tendu
ann miller
jack cole
16. Forward brush followed by a touch
slap
rotation
Marius Petipa
ballet
17. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
isolated movement
interdisciplinary
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
dynamics
18. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
space
twyla tharp
work
inversion
19. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
flick
social dance
ballet
20. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
flap
jerome robbins
hyperextension
shape
21. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
locomotion
vaganova method
ball change
frappe
22. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
brush/scuff
improve muscle strength
transitions
slash
23. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
vaganova method
melody
twyla tharp
improving flexibility
24. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
extension of the working leg
improvisation
wring
plie
25. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
feldenkrais
katherine dunham
King Louis XIV
at the front
26. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
tableau
flick
movement of the arms
hyperextension
27. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
master juba lane
hyperextension
Beauchamps & Noverre
coordinating lighting and sound cues
28. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
axial movement
rhythm
snap
partnering/group skills
29. 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
George Balanchine
lester horton
kinesphere
tempo acceleration/deceleration
30. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
hinge
martha graham
King Louis XIV
pathways
31. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
the changement and the sautes
contrast
modern
Kinesthetics
32. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
broadway or show tap
kinesphere
ruth st. denis
ruby keeler
33. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
martha graham
interdisciplinary
gregory hines
jack cole
34. 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.
motif and development
ball change
inversion
isolated movement
35. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
in all directions
body knowledge
Luigi
projection
36. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
pirouette
Principles of composition
Kinesthetics
ballet
37. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
sammy davis jr
stamp
isolated movement
assessing complex assignments
38. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tableau
modern dance
tap
turns at center
39. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
fragmentation
Kinesthetics
Butoh
lester horton
40. Movements are repeated
repetition
pathways
at the front
jazz dance
41. 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
flick
axial movement
paul taylor
mesomorph
42. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
flexion and extension
gus giordano
frappe
melody
43. 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
3/4
alexander technique
melody
fragmentation
44. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
folk/traditional
punch
flick
shuffle
45. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
partnering/group skills
mesomorph
time
flow
46. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
Beauchamps & Noverre
weight
jack cole
endomorph
47. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
angular oppositions
ball change
sagittal plane
george balanchine
48. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
cholly atkins
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
isolated movement
fifth position
49. 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
snap
transverse horizontal plane
rhythm
hyperextension
50. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
jump
feldenkrais
adagio
matt mattox