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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. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
katherine dunham
float
doris humphrey and charles weidman
Bob Fosse
2. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
Beauchamps & Noverre
tendu
space
ideokinesis
3. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
King Louis XIV
motif and development
Kinesthetics
repetition
4. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
Marius Petipa
transition
rhythm tap
Direction
5. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
action/reaction
folk/traditional
augmentation/diminution
touch
6. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
Nijinsky
martha graham
incorporation
hinge
7. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
fifth position
canon
vertically
Luigi
8. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
third position
slash
stamp
wring
9. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
extension of the working leg
polyrhythm
merce cunningham
paul taylor
10. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
locomotion
slash
improve muscle strength
work
11. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
vertically
master juba lane
stamp
frappe
12. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
jazz
shuffle
turns at center
matt mattox
13. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
narrative
King Louis XIV
work
force/energy
14. 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
unison
erick hawkins
incorporation
cramp roll
15. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
augmentation/diminution
transitions
cholly atkins
head whip
16. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
broadway or show tap
ball change
modern dance
jerome robbins
17. 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
first position
head whip
tendu
fourth position
18. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
jazz hands
erick hawkins
rotation
19. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
petit allegro
genre
unison
projection
20. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
partnering/group skills
contrast
Mikhail Fokine
coordinating lighting and sound cues
21. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
kinesthetic awareness
narrative
martha graham
Nijinsky
22. A movement is made part of another movement
3/4
jump
degage
incorporation
23. Forward brush followed by a step
assessing complex assignments
flap
head whip
Catherine de Medici
24. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
erick hawkins
doris humphrey
extension
slash
25. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
jerome robbins
touch
head whip
extension of the working leg
26. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
George Balanchine
canon
punch
grand allegro
27. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
Beauchamps & Noverre
Bob Fosse
tendu
cecchetti method
28. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
second position
Beauchamps & Noverre
jump
3/4
29. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
weight
rhythm
Principles of composition
martha graham
30. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
rhythm
merce cunningham
fifth position
reverance
31. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
shuffle
genre
turns from corner
Principles of composition
32. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
a contact improvisation exercise
lester horton
economic development
george balanchine
33. 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
george balanchine
tendu
stamp
third position
34. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
in all directions
augmentation/diminution
Luigi
space
35. 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.
isolated movement
hinge
savion glover
ballet
36. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
folk/traditional
stomp
time
step
37. 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
cecchetti method
contrast
feldenkrais
shape
38. Where is the apron of the stage located
shuffle
at the front
canon
flexion
39. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
head whip
rhythm
Beauchamps & Noverre
dynamics
40. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
movement of the arms
extension
third position
social dance
41. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
touch
a contact improvisation exercise
merce cunningham
Luigi
42. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ballet
fred astaire and ginger rogers
cumulative canons
ball change
43. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
wring
space
bartenieff fundamentals
gene kelly
44. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
ideokinesis
incorporation
broadway or show tap
second position
45. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
float
fred astaire and ginger rogers
harold and fayard nicholas
improve muscle strength
46. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
inversion
cholly atkins
flexion and extension
melody
47. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
Beauchamps & Noverre
rond de jambe
touch
jazz dance
48. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
folk/traditional
choreography
Catherine de Medici
extension of the working leg
49. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
rhythm
hyperextension
telling a traditional story
tap dance
50. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
shape
improvisation
ballet
a contact improvisation exercise