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Dance Basics
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1. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
incorporation
entrechat
lester horton
George Balanchine
2. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
entrechat
improve muscle strength
axial movement
first position
3. The term 'port des bras' refers to
movement of the arms
toe
hop
rhythm
4. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
rond de jambe
unison
turns at center
tableau
5. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
motif and development
syncopation
abduction
Butoh
6. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
hyperextension
degage
unison
sagittal plane
7. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
developpe
cumulative canons
rhythm
pathways
8. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
aerobic exercise
a contact improvisation exercise
flexion and extension
rhythm
9. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
doris humphrey and charles weidman
incorporation
telling a traditional story
gene kelly
10. Forward brush followed by a step
interdisciplinary
polyrhythm
flap
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
11. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Mikhail Fokine
savion glover
unison
hyperextension
12. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
Marius Petipa
coordinating lighting and sound cues
space
13. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
cumulative canons
Giselle
work
pelvic thrusts
14. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
step
polyrhythm
action/reaction
merce cunningham
15. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
jazz
unison
time
telling a traditional story
16. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
improve muscle strength
Luigi
contrast
simultaneous canons
17. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
kinesphere
rhythm
George Balanchine
18. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
hinge
erick hawkins
tap dance
space
19. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
inversion
developpe
ball and socket joint
frappe
20. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
polyrhythm
tendu
Butoh
tempo acceleration/deceleration
21. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
Catherine de Medici
genre
alexander technique
dynamics
22. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
brush/scuff
hop
fourth position
telling a traditional story
23. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
adagio
wring
improving flexibility
jerome robbins
24. 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.
pilates
tap dance
body knowledge
sagittal plane
25. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ball change
body knowledge
entrechat
stomp
26. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
bob fosse
assessing complex assignments
snap
Giselle
27. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
narrative
press
katherine dunham
second position
28. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
Direction
mesomorph
unity
gus giordano
29. 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
axial movement
Mikhail Fokine
rhythm
punch
30. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
ruth st. denis
jump
master juba lane
flexion and extension
31. 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?
transverse horizontal plane
gus giordano
stomp
economic development
32. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
twyla tharp
syncopation
time
lester horton
33. Movements are repeated
erick hawkins
ball change
repetition
savion glover
34. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
in all directions
turns from corner
canon
frappe
35. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
first position
unity
flow
narrative
36. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
modern dance
katherine dunham
rhythm tap
adductor magnus
37. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
vertically
ruth st. denis
pathways
partnering/group skills
38. Rounded body type.
rond de jambe
choreography
toe
ectomorph
39. 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
degage
martha graham
feldenkrais
genre
40. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
unison
shuffle
cumulative canons
step
41. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
ruth st. denis
petit allegro
Principles of composition
dynamics
42. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
cramp roll
martha graham
rhythm
lester horton
43. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
in all directions
flap
at the front
tendu
44. The movement is performed backwards
variety
flick
retrograde
inversion
45. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
work
tap dance
space
extension
46. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
fourth position
twyla tharp
rhythm
47. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
improvisation
interdisciplinary
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
lester horton
48. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
augmentation/diminution
step
unison
bill bojangles robinson
49. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
rhythm
sagittal plane
hyperextension
entrechat
50. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
jack cole
broadway or show tap
paul taylor
angular oppositions
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