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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
genre
extension of the working leg
rotation
rhythm
2. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tap
partnering/group skills
broadway or show tap
modern
3. 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.
jazz dance
Beauchamps & Noverre
projection
dynamics
4. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
lester horton
gregory hines
transverse horizontal plane
accumulation
5. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
kinesphere
modern
partnering/group skills
Bob Fosse
6. The sagittal plane divides the body
master juba lane
vertically
cholly atkins and coles
turns at center
7. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
Beauchamps & Noverre
repetition
coordinating lighting and sound cues
unity
8. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
cecchetti method
charles weidman
ball change
coordinating lighting and sound cues
9. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
fifth position
tendu
Bob Fosse
tempo acceleration/deceleration
10. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Nijinsky
tendu
Butoh
martha graham
11. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
modern dance
float
gene kelly
stomp
12. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
action/reaction
modern
improving flexibility
slap
13. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Beauchamps & Noverre
economic development
Mikhail Fokine
in all directions
14. Four main movements in the pas de deux
Marius Petipa
float
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
vertically
15. 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
ballet
mesomorph
punch
hyperextension
16. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
cholly atkins and coles
dynamics
meter
jump
17. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
a contact improvisation exercise
rhythm
Catherine de Medici
dynamics
18. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
space
developpe
contrast
flow
19. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
kinesthetic awareness
adagio
ballet
sagittal plane
20. The movement is performed using a different body part
rotation
instrumentation
George Balanchine
turns from corner
21. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
gus giordano
incorporation
the changement and the sautes
inversion
22. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
vertically
frontal plane
first position
step
23. The speed of the music or dance
time
tempo
toe
broadway or show tap
24. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ball change
rhythm tap
cholly atkins
cecchetti method
25. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
modern dance
in all directions
twyla tharp
motif and development
26. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
instrumentation
isolated movement
Catherine de Medici
tap dance
27. The movement is performed backwards
retrograde
balance
pilates
adductor magnus
28. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
merce cunningham
Beauchamps & Noverre
matt mattox
abduction
29. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
adagio
kinesthetic awareness
Catherine de Medici
reverance
30. 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.
hyperextension
pelvic thrusts
time
modern
31. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)
flick
social dance
variety
syncopation
32. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
jazz hands
interdisciplinary
polyrhythm
33. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
turns at center
inversion
time
loie fuller and isadora duncan
34. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
gus giordano
Mikhail Fokine
gregory hines
35. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
fifth position
partnering/group skills
tap dance
polyrhythm
36. The hip joint is a
King Louis XIV
ballet
ball and socket joint
Beauchamps & Noverre
37. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
savion glover
adagio
space
38. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
locomotion
broadway or show tap
developpe
first position
39. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
master juba lane
ectomorph
broadway or show tap
punch
40. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
rond de jambe
jump
turns at center
adduction
41. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
retrograde
improvisation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
shuffle
42. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
stamp
modern dance
charles weidman
frontal plane
43. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
time
martha graham
improving flexibility
George Balanchine
44. 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
petit allegro
lester horton
improve muscle strength
45. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
cholly atkins
cecchetti method
space
doris humphrey and charles weidman
46. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
narrative
jazz hands
doris humphrey and charles weidman
brush/scuff
47. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
line dancing
force/energy
dynamics
matt mattox
48. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
fourth position
interdisciplinary
extension
tap
49. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
rhythm
improvisation
turns from corner
Principles of composition
50. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
reverance
George Balanchine
Bob Fosse
work