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Dance Basics
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1. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
movement of the arms
modern dance
harold and fayard nicholas
work
2. Rubrics are most effective for
rhythm
assessing complex assignments
ruth st. denis
stamp
3. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
hyperextension
body knowledge
in all directions
stamp
4. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
force/energy
weight
jazz
motif and development
5. A piece of choreography or dance
unison
work
cumulative canons
vaganova method
6. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
gene kelly
doris humphrey and charles weidman
variety
cramp roll
7. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
bob fosse
tempo
rotation
gene kelly
8. 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
fourth position
erick hawkins
folk/traditional
retrograde
9. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
jack cole
float
unity
jazz hands
10. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
improvisation
the changement and the sautes
touch
Luigi
11. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
cramp roll
force/energy
toe
12. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
eversion
charles weidman
jazz dance
brush/scuff
13. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
pathways
locomotion
degage
14. 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
transverse horizontal plane
tendu
erick hawkins
cramp roll
15. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
assessing complex assignments
cholly atkins
jazz
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
16. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
cholly atkins
cumulative canons
choreography
sagittal plane
17. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
Luigi
axial movement
body knowledge
slap
18. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
charles weidman
syncopation
extension of the working leg
turns from corner
19. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
fragmentation
brush/scuff
abduction
katherine dunham
20. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
martha graham
frontal plane
a contact improvisation exercise
dynamics
21. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
snap
King Louis XIV
vaganova method
22. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
jump
gus giordano
improving flexibility
choreography
23. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
axial movement
improve muscle strength
telling a traditional story
projection
24. 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
erick hawkins
turns at center
tendu
25. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
fragmentation
mesomorph
polyrhythm
bill bojangles robinson
26. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
george balanchine
hyperextension
rhythm tap
gus giordano
27. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
Mikhail Fokine
matt mattox
extension
free dance
28. 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.
augmentation/diminution
contrast
Luigi
flick
29. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
twyla tharp
tap
transitions
30. Four main movements in the pas de deux
turns from corner
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
movement of the arms
social dance
31. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
jerome robbins
unison
modern dance
vaganova method
32. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
Marius Petipa
space
motif and development
projection
33. Tendonitis is typically caused by
punch
overuse of a tendon
charles weidman
in all directions
34. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
developpe
master juba lane
syncopation
head whip
35. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
coordinating lighting and sound cues
flow
mesomorph
abduction
36. 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
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
at the front
partnering/group skills
37. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
turns from corner
harold and fayard nicholas
rhythm
angular oppositions
38. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
line dancing
Marius Petipa
flap
cecchetti method
39. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
tendu
Giselle
social dance
Bob Fosse
40. What is the meter in the waltz
line dancing
ruby keeler
tempo acceleration/deceleration
3/4
41. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
improvisation
harold and fayard nicholas
pathways
polyrhythm
42. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
Nijinsky
jazz
jazz dance
grand allegro
43. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
stamp
ann miller
Catherine de Medici
improving flexibility
44. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
variety
King Louis XIV
step
transition
45. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
jazz hands
Bob Fosse
petit allegro
tendu
46. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
ball and socket joint
twyla tharp
Nijinsky
stomp
47. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
gus giordano
motif and development
loie fuller and isadora duncan
cholly atkins and coles
48. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
third position
contrast
martha graham
jerome robbins
49. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
martha graham
broadway or show tap
harold and fayard nicholas
ruby keeler
50. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
doris humphrey
force/energy
Catherine de Medici
projection
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