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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






2. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.






3. 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






4. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer






5. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






6. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.






7. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






8. 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.






9. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength






10. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






11. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






12. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






13. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






14. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






15. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






16. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied






17. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






18. This is the speed at Which music is played.






19. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.






20. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor






21. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique






22. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






23. 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.






24. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation






25. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






26. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?






27. 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






28. 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






29. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






30. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood






31. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward






32. 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.






33. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company






34. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






35. Reach space or personal space.






36. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






37. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






38. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






39. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings






40. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






41. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a






42. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






43. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes






44. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






45. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






46. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






47. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.






48. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight






49. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices






50. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane