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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
tableau
transverse horizontal plane
Giselle
sammy davis jr
2. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
narrative
tempo
transition
press
3. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
in all directions
melody
kinesphere
Nijinsky
4. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
punch
ann miller
cumulative canons
erick hawkins
5. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
turns at center
Luigi
telling a traditional story
fifth position
6. The movement is performed using a different body part
head whip
melody
instrumentation
axial movement
7. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
matt mattox
broadway or show tap
improving flexibility
martha graham
8. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
doris humphrey
pelvic thrusts
jazz hands
retrograde
9. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
shuffle
gus giordano
motif and development
sammy davis jr
10. What is the meter in the waltz
Kinesthetics
tempo
3/4
choreography
11. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
ruth st. denis
brush/scuff
unity
tap
12. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
George Balanchine
katherine dunham
improvisation
tendu
13. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
instrumentation
alexander technique
katherine dunham
retrograde
14. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
syncopation
kinesphere
matt mattox
folk/traditional
15. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
tap dance
martha graham
sagittal plane
katherine dunham
16. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
jazz hands
bob fosse
grand allegro
17. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
space
tendu
Mikhail Fokine
genre
18. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
doris humphrey and charles weidman
Bob Fosse
syncopation
extension
19. Four main movements in the pas de deux
space
a contact improvisation exercise
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
gene kelly
20. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
King Louis XIV
ballet
jazz hands
lester horton
21. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
aerobic exercise
rotation
weight
interdisciplinary
22. 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
lester horton
unity
abduction
erick hawkins
23. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
cholly atkins
hop
assessing complex assignments
transitions
24. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
wring
ballet
vaganova method
canon
25. 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?
economic development
extension of the working leg
pelvic thrusts
cramp roll
26. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
ideokinesis
motif and development
extension
King Louis XIV
27. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
rhythm tap
jazz
line dancing
Direction
28. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
cholly atkins
modern dance
variety
weight
29. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
second position
interdisciplinary
Giselle
gus giordano
30. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
fred astaire and ginger rogers
erick hawkins
Marius Petipa
ideokinesis
31. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
ideokinesis
harold and fayard nicholas
cumulative canons
jazz hands
32. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
narrative
unison
fred astaire and ginger rogers
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
33. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
paul taylor
transition
choreography
3/4
34. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
canon
frappe
slash
wring
35. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
assessing complex assignments
charles weidman
adduction
reverance
36. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
gregory hines
extension
paul taylor
tendu
37. 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
space
cramp roll
ruby keeler
axial movement
38. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
canon
rhythm tap
rhythm
Butoh
39. 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.
isolated movement
jazz dance
touch
space
40. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
partnering/group skills
ball and socket joint
kinesphere
ballet
41. The speed of the music or dance
ruby keeler
space
snap
tempo
42. 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.
flick
movement of the arms
telling a traditional story
isolated movement
43. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
rhythm tap
flow
flap
ideokinesis
44. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
brush/scuff
tempo acceleration/deceleration
Kinesthetics
3/4
45. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
petit allegro
aerobic exercise
augmentation/diminution
Catherine de Medici
46. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
gus giordano
fifth position
unity
47. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
pilates
tap
snap
coordinating lighting and sound cues
48. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
Catherine de Medici
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
turns from corner
George Balanchine
49. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
Beauchamps & Noverre
force/energy
matt mattox
50. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
doris humphrey
entrechat
step
martha graham