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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 feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
Mikhail Fokine
frappe
unity
tendu
2. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
choreography
movement of the arms
savion glover
overuse of a tendon
3. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
Beauchamps & Noverre
free dance
ball and socket joint
grand allegro
4. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
instrumentation
Mikhail Fokine
flexion
augmentation/diminution
5. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
syncopation
time
modern
balance
6. 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.
telling a traditional story
wring
isolated movement
simultaneous canons
7. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
fifth position
folk/traditional
Bob Fosse
repetition
8. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
master juba lane
third position
overuse of a tendon
meter
9. The term 'port des bras' refers to
tableau
modern dance
head whip
movement of the arms
10. 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
abduction
fifth position
axial movement
endomorph
11. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
ruth st. denis
jack cole
genre
stomp
12. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
kinesthetic awareness
bob fosse
merce cunningham
abduction
13. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
press
gus giordano
tendu
snap
14. Where is the apron of the stage located
at the front
adductor magnus
toe
gus giordano
15. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
ball and socket joint
master juba lane
dynamics
unison
16. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
jazz
polyrhythm
frappe
tempo
17. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
hop
charles weidman
pathways
fourth position
18. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
canon
adagio
tap dance
social dance
19. The movement is performed backwards
sammy davis jr
adduction
flexion and extension
retrograde
20. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
erick hawkins
body knowledge
cumulative canons
flick
21. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
angular oppositions
unison
flick
touch
22. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
space
instrumentation
ball change
gene kelly
23. 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
katherine dunham
rhythm
feldenkrais
flexion and extension
24. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo
frontal plane
shuffle
savion glover
alexander technique
25. This is the speed at Which music is played.
charles weidman
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
stomp
tempo
26. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
mesomorph
flexion and extension
the changement and the sautes
lester horton
27. 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)?
adductor magnus
kinesthetic awareness
ruby keeler
jazz
28. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
George Balanchine
rhythm
tendu
gene kelly
29. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
Luigi
turns at center
projection
matt mattox
30. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
modern
toe
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
interdisciplinary
31. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
time
extension
rhythm tap
press
32. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
Principles of composition
wring
george balanchine
33. What is the meter in the waltz
twyla tharp
extension
harold and fayard nicholas
3/4
34. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
at the front
extension of the working leg
grand allegro
transition
35. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
petit allegro
sammy davis jr
telling a traditional story
36. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
partnering/group skills
Bob Fosse
merce cunningham
tendu
37. 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
grand allegro
unity
fourth position
degage
38. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
cholly atkins
rhythm
unison
second position
39. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
syncopation
pirouette
ballet
narrative
40. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
matt mattox
weight
savion glover
41. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
axial movement
bartenieff fundamentals
narrative
assessing complex assignments
42. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
gus giordano
improving flexibility
second position
rotation
43. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
brush/scuff
Mikhail Fokine
narrative
press
44. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
punch
shape
modern dance
polyrhythm
45. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
sagittal plane
fourth position
lester horton
hop
46. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
time
Catherine de Medici
gus giordano
in all directions
47. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
hyperextension
polyrhythm
adductor magnus
kinesthetic awareness
48. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
hinge
genre
endomorph
49. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
eversion
master juba lane
extension of the working leg
jazz dance
50. 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
kinesthetic awareness
line dancing
ballet
balance