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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. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
master juba lane
jazz
meter
Principles of composition
2. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
choreography
tempo
locomotion
step
3. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
lester horton
endomorph
punch
4. 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
alexander technique
grand allegro
ted shawn
ballet
5. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
a contact improvisation exercise
angular oppositions
martha graham
abduction
6. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
ballet
repetition
3/4
7. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
Diaghilev
transverse horizontal plane
telling a traditional story
time
8. 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
at the front
inversion
third position
unison
9. Movements are repeated
degage
repetition
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
pelvic thrusts
10. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
reverance
jump
inversion
rotation
11. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
flow
Beauchamps & Noverre
at the front
petit allegro
12. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
ted shawn
ruby keeler
telling a traditional story
float
13. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
motif and development
cholly atkins
pirouette
unison
14. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
cumulative canons
in all directions
tempo
turns at center
15. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
ball and socket joint
kinesphere
Diaghilev
16. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
pirouette
variety
projection
17. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
variety
abduction
grand allegro
degage
18. 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.
Diaghilev
pathways
canon
matt mattox
19. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
master juba lane
polyrhythm
kinesphere
pelvic thrusts
20. 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
inversion
canon
axial movement
feldenkrais
21. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
axial movement
rotation
ruth st. denis
cecchetti method
22. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
cecchetti method
economic development
ballet
balance
23. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
tendu
pelvic thrusts
vertically
touch
24. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
second position
locomotion
flexion and extension
head whip
25. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
tempo
ectomorph
isolated movement
Luigi
26. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
at the front
george balanchine
tempo acceleration/deceleration
space
27. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
ann miller
modern dance
a contact improvisation exercise
martha graham
28. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
space
economic development
gus giordano
George Balanchine
29. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
savion glover
inversion
variety
30. Forward brush followed by a step
rhythm
master juba lane
flap
dab
31. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
kinesphere
wring
merce cunningham
savion glover
32. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
Nijinsky
jazz hands
feldenkrais
jazz
33. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
gene kelly
axial movement
inversion
dynamics
34. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
jerome robbins
contrast
loie fuller and isadora duncan
endomorph
35. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
accumulation
variety
tendu
coordinating lighting and sound cues
36. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
King Louis XIV
toe
jazz
cecchetti method
37. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
loie fuller and isadora duncan
transverse horizontal plane
abduction
improve muscle strength
38. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
motif and development
flexion
social dance
39. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
brush/scuff
fourth position
martha graham
twyla tharp
40. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
Principles of composition
kinesphere
genre
flexion
41. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
gregory hines
lester horton
float
master juba lane
42. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
cecchetti method
george balanchine
tendu
work
43. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
charles weidman
transitions
ann miller
savion glover
44. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
glide
modern
kinesthetic awareness
Principles of composition
45. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.
force/energy
entrechat
tap
bill bojangles robinson
46. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
unison
entrechat
space
adduction
47. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
fifth position
bob fosse
Mikhail Fokine
jazz dance
48. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
erick hawkins
modern dance
shuffle
space
49. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
weight
retrograde
grand allegro
melody
50. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
doris humphrey
tap
snap
ruby keeler