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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






2. The movement is performed backwards






3. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star






4. Movements are repeated






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






6. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?






7. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the






8. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






9. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






10. The sagittal plane divides the body






11. Four main movements in the pas de deux






12. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison






13. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






14. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






15. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






16. 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






17. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






18. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






19. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect






20. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage






21. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward






22. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






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






24. Rounded body type.






25. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






26. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






27. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films






28. 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.






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






30. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






31. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






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. Where is the apron of the stage located






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






35. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






36. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s






37. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






38. 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.






39. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






40. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






41. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.






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






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






44. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






45. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers






46. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






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






48. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky






49. The movement is performed using a different body part






50. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot