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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 hip joint is a






2. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music






3. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






4. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight






5. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg






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






7. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. The movement is performed backwards






13. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






14. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to






15. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






17. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






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






19. 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.






20. 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






21. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.






22. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






23. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






24. Forward brush followed by a step






25. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover






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






33. Bending and straightening the knees






34. Four main movements in the pas de deux






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






36. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






37. 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






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






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






40. More is added to the original movement






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






42. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






43. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






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






45. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight






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






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






48. Movements are repeated






49. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations






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







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