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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. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
weight
axial movement
endomorph
2. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
rhythm
angular oppositions
ted shawn
bartenieff fundamentals
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)
choreography
ruth st. denis
pelvic thrusts
variety
4. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
transverse horizontal plane
master juba lane
syncopation
partnering/group skills
5. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
transition
degage
step
the changement and the sautes
6. Four main movements in the pas de deux
George Balanchine
wring
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
sagittal plane
7. What is the meter in the waltz
master juba lane
interdisciplinary
dab
3/4
8. Where is the apron of the stage located
jump
tableau
interdisciplinary
at the front
9. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
time
locomotion
repetition
sagittal plane
10. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
choreography
erick hawkins
tap dance
turns from corner
11. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
ted shawn
sammy davis jr
economic development
action/reaction
12. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
erick hawkins
hinge
developpe
modern
13. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
Giselle
canon
plie
angular oppositions
14. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
press
grand allegro
snap
weight
15. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
endomorph
Luigi
petit allegro
first position
16. Rubrics are most effective for
assessing complex assignments
free dance
feldenkrais
vertically
17. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
cholly atkins and coles
frontal plane
dab
18. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
Luigi
the changement and the sautes
locomotion
narrative
19. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
a contact improvisation exercise
choreography
head whip
retrograde
20. 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.
pathways
hinge
hop
a contact improvisation exercise
21. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
cholly atkins and coles
ruby keeler
tableau
gene kelly
22. Movements are repeated
loie fuller and isadora duncan
repetition
lester horton
stomp
23. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
transition
tempo acceleration/deceleration
ballet
Beauchamps & Noverre
24. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
ballet
instrumentation
reverance
gene kelly
25. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
cumulative canons
rhythm
ann miller
jazz dance
26. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
genre
rhythm
fourth position
george balanchine
27. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
at the front
Diaghilev
wring
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
28. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
syncopation
hinge
merce cunningham
doris humphrey and charles weidman
29. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
incorporation
ruth st. denis
Catherine de Medici
ruby keeler
30. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
weight
wring
cecchetti method
ballet
31. More is added to the original movement
harold and fayard nicholas
gus giordano
frontal plane
accumulation
32. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
tableau
doris humphrey and charles weidman
lester horton
paul taylor
33. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
polyrhythm
float
ectomorph
space
34. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
angular oppositions
modern
abduction
inversion
35. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
retrograde
head whip
at the front
space
36. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
hyperextension
unity
shape
rhythm
37. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
rond de jambe
matt mattox
master juba lane
fifth position
38. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
Luigi
cecchetti method
developpe
tempo
39. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
tap dance
space
bartenieff fundamentals
Principles of composition
40. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
Beauchamps & Noverre
tendu
cramp roll
telling a traditional story
41. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
gene kelly
unison
kinesthetic awareness
ted shawn
42. Forward brush followed by a step
Diaghilev
flap
Nijinsky
weight
43. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
master juba lane
reverance
modern dance
press
44. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
free dance
a contact improvisation exercise
jerome robbins
matt mattox
45. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
flexion
flexion and extension
ted shawn
Mikhail Fokine
46. 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.
jazz dance
instrumentation
ann miller
axial movement
47. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
snap
Mikhail Fokine
interdisciplinary
fragmentation
48. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
fred astaire and ginger rogers
touch
sammy davis jr
transitions
49. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
3/4
gene kelly
King Louis XIV
doris humphrey
50. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
ideokinesis
flap
transverse horizontal plane
erick hawkins