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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. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
endomorph
improvisation
George Balanchine
developpe
2. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
lester horton
glide
flexion
overuse of a tendon
3. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
retrograde
angular oppositions
bartenieff fundamentals
ruth st. denis
4. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
line dancing
grand allegro
punch
space
5. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
a contact improvisation exercise
Principles of composition
coordinating lighting and sound cues
endomorph
6. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
polyrhythm
degage
syncopation
inversion
7. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
bill bojangles robinson
hinge
petit allegro
8. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
repetition
press
syncopation
9. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
transition
tableau
matt mattox
developpe
10. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
fred astaire and ginger rogers
isolated movement
erick hawkins
coordinating lighting and sound cues
11. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
tap dance
kinesphere
sammy davis jr
syncopation
12. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
transverse horizontal plane
loie fuller and isadora duncan
flexion and extension
dab
13. 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
abduction
unison
dab
14. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
turns from corner
extension of the working leg
ideokinesis
pelvic thrusts
15. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
rhythm tap
kinesthetic awareness
rhythm
Marius Petipa
16. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
axial movement
first position
rhythm
force/energy
17. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
petit allegro
modern dance
line dancing
shuffle
18. 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?
genre
tap
economic development
jazz dance
19. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
projection
inversion
fragmentation
float
20. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
cumulative canons
improvisation
shape
flap
21. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
third position
shuffle
glide
cholly atkins
22. This is the speed at Which music is played.
brush/scuff
repetition
tempo
Bob Fosse
23. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
martha graham
syncopation
unison
ball change
24. Four main movements in the pas de deux
improving flexibility
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
Luigi
space
25. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
incorporation
Nijinsky
stomp
paul taylor
26. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
aerobic exercise
jazz
Butoh
toe
27. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
Beauchamps & Noverre
ruby keeler
ectomorph
cramp roll
28. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
line dancing
balance
glide
flexion and extension
29. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
flap
bill bojangles robinson
meter
30. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
erick hawkins
cramp roll
inversion
rhythm tap
31. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
incorporation
lester horton
syncopation
cecchetti method
32. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
folk/traditional
adductor magnus
force/energy
matt mattox
33. A piece of choreography or dance
kinesthetic awareness
work
shape
modern dance
34. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
improvisation
projection
plie
35. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
Beauchamps & Noverre
dab
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
ballet
36. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
bob fosse
modern dance
cumulative canons
tempo
37. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
ruby keeler
flexion and extension
genre
Giselle
38. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.
contrast
locomotion
alexander technique
time
39. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
ectomorph
erick hawkins
ball and socket joint
Diaghilev
40. 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
pirouette
alexander technique
george balanchine
lester horton
41. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
transverse horizontal plane
assessing complex assignments
george balanchine
extension of the working leg
42. 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
third position
modern dance
improve muscle strength
axial movement
43. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
simultaneous canons
tendu
contrast
kinesphere
44. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
variety
retrograde
modern dance
in all directions
45. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
cecchetti method
turns at center
cholly atkins and coles
kinesphere
46. Where is the apron of the stage located
toe
at the front
pilates
jazz
47. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
fourth position
martha graham
turns at center
mesomorph
48. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
Beauchamps & Noverre
matt mattox
transverse horizontal plane
instrumentation
49. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
action/reaction
body knowledge
turns from corner
Nijinsky
50. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
adagio
martha graham
endomorph