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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. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
martha graham
at the front
extension
polyrhythm
2. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
syncopation
improving flexibility
balance
step
3. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
action/reaction
endomorph
tempo
George Balanchine
4. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
isolated movement
Marius Petipa
Kinesthetics
bill bojangles robinson
5. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
touch
choreography
folk/traditional
space
6. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
harold and fayard nicholas
pilates
flow
first position
7. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
ballet
in all directions
canon
erick hawkins
8. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
cecchetti method
modern dance
flick
fourth position
9. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
rond de jambe
feldenkrais
Catherine de Medici
weight
10. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
accumulation
hop
turns at center
jack cole
11. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
transition
Butoh
kinesphere
space
12. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
overuse of a tendon
isolated movement
fred astaire and ginger rogers
improve muscle strength
13. 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).
weight
mesomorph
augmentation/diminution
space
14. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
George Balanchine
ballet
tendu
ideokinesis
15. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
transitions
time
erick hawkins
Beauchamps & Noverre
16. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
motif and development
turns from corner
tempo
ballet
17. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
katherine dunham
shuffle
Luigi
Bob Fosse
18. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
adagio
flap
pilates
george balanchine
19. 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
slash
jump
partnering/group skills
fourth position
20. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
dynamics
endomorph
locomotion
ballet
21. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
space
shape
in all directions
matt mattox
22. Tendonitis is typically caused by
first position
ruth st. denis
flow
overuse of a tendon
23. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
lester horton
Giselle
pelvic thrusts
first position
24. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
a contact improvisation exercise
the changement and the sautes
Direction
pirouette
25. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
syncopation
first position
flexion
wring
26. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
unison
ruby keeler
paul taylor
syncopation
27. 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
inversion
merce cunningham
step
hyperextension
28. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
savion glover
extension of the working leg
plie
augmentation/diminution
29. 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?
endomorph
coordinating lighting and sound cues
economic development
jack cole
30. 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
master juba lane
in all directions
unity
third position
31. What is the meter in the waltz
genre
3/4
third position
paul taylor
32. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
simultaneous canons
twyla tharp
rhythm tap
33. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
improving flexibility
reverance
fifth position
sammy davis jr
34. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
turns from corner
tap dance
jerome robbins
shape
35. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
3/4
transverse horizontal plane
weight
martha graham
36. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
Diaghilev
ann miller
cramp roll
tempo
37. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
gregory hines
folk/traditional
george balanchine
degage
38. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ruby keeler
martha graham
shape
39. Movements are repeated
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
george balanchine
repetition
stomp
40. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
projection
transitions
melody
ideokinesis
41. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
lester horton
merce cunningham
ruby keeler
42. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
syncopation
erick hawkins
force/energy
canon
43. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
line dancing
rhythm
unity
first position
44. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
kinesthetic awareness
inversion
weight
45. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
flexion
erick hawkins
tempo acceleration/deceleration
unison
46. A piece of choreography or dance
snap
flow
bill bojangles robinson
work
47. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
aerobic exercise
rhythm tap
canon
ball change
48. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
float
retrograde
polyrhythm
rhythm
49. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
assessing complex assignments
erick hawkins
adagio
Nijinsky
50. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
rhythm
syncopation
unison
martha graham