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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






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






3. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)






4. The hip joint is a






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






6. The speed of the music or dance






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






8. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery






9. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic






10. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style






11. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






12. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






13. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles






14. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city






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






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






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






22. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign






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






24. The sagittal plane divides the body






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






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






27. The movement is performed backwards






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






29. 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.






30. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






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






32. Rounded body type.






33. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






34. Rubrics are most effective for






35. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography






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






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






38. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






39. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.






40. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion






41. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy






42. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






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






44. 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






45. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






46. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






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






48. 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?






49. Tendonitis is typically caused by






50. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?