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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. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level






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






3. 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






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






5. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend






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






7. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






8. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






9. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer






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






11. 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.






12. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement






13. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school






14. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings






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






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






17. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia






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






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






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






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






22. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of






30. 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






31. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a






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






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






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






35. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






36. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






37. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis






38. 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






39. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase






40. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






41. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






42. Forward brush followed by a step






43. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






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






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






46. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change






47. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique






48. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






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






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