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Dance Basics
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Subjects
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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. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
rotation
hop
adagio
folk/traditional
2. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
tap dance
merce cunningham
punch
3. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
george balanchine
grand allegro
Direction
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
4. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
shuffle
improvisation
erick hawkins
flick
5. The sagittal plane divides the body
vertically
axial movement
flap
kinesthetic awareness
6. The term 'port des bras' refers to
abduction
movement of the arms
line dancing
time
7. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
master juba lane
kinesphere
ted shawn
8. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
accumulation
jack cole
weight
erick hawkins
9. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
hinge
toe
Luigi
Diaghilev
10. The movement is performed backwards
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
hinge
aerobic exercise
retrograde
11. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
sagittal plane
ballet
improve muscle strength
shuffle
12. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
hyperextension
tendu
savion glover
gus giordano
13. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
choreography
fifth position
Luigi
jump
14. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
Marius Petipa
axial movement
frappe
snap
15. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
developpe
pelvic thrusts
unison
hop
16. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
fred astaire and ginger rogers
canon
matt mattox
force/energy
17. 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.
force/energy
modern dance
tempo acceleration/deceleration
wring
18. 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)?
head whip
first position
adductor magnus
erick hawkins
19. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
improvisation
second position
axial movement
dynamics
20. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
unison
matt mattox
flap
21. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
slap
assessing complex assignments
jerome robbins
ballet
22. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
entrechat
in all directions
flow
press
23. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
motif and development
dynamics
a contact improvisation exercise
24. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
float
ballet
stamp
isolated movement
25. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
axial movement
repetition
bill bojangles robinson
fifth position
26. More is added to the original movement
dab
space
Luigi
accumulation
27. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
matt mattox
glide
syncopation
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
28. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
transition
flap
variety
doris humphrey and charles weidman
29. Rounded body type.
ted shawn
ectomorph
improving flexibility
master juba lane
30. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
modern dance
ball and socket joint
erick hawkins
fifth position
31. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
shape
incorporation
doris humphrey
toe
32. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
george balanchine
3/4
gus giordano
improve muscle strength
33. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
movement of the arms
dynamics
syncopation
sammy davis jr
34. This is the speed at Which music is played.
a contact improvisation exercise
shuffle
erick hawkins
tempo
35. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
line dancing
step
sagittal plane
degage
36. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
savion glover
interdisciplinary
telling a traditional story
37. Bending and straightening the knees
shape
pirouette
plie
aerobic exercise
38. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
modern dance
cumulative canons
melody
39. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
developpe
the changement and the sautes
master juba lane
bartenieff fundamentals
40. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.
Principles of composition
choreography
space
rond de jambe
41. 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
erick hawkins
transitions
flexion and extension
instrumentation
42. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
turns at center
turns from corner
choreography
step
43. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
cramp roll
time
ectomorph
mesomorph
44. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
reverance
social dance
overuse of a tendon
tableau
45. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
a contact improvisation exercise
toe
Principles of composition
modern dance
46. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
coordinating lighting and sound cues
accumulation
tableau
47. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
time
master juba lane
rhythm
incorporation
48. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
jazz hands
polyrhythm
incorporation
plie
49. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
Butoh
broadway or show tap
at the front
locomotion
50. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
cecchetti method
martha graham
lester horton
sammy davis jr