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Dance Basics
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1. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
toe
sammy davis jr
augmentation/diminution
gus giordano
2. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
cramp roll
jazz
petit allegro
first position
3. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
aerobic exercise
transverse horizontal plane
shuffle
modern dance
4. Part of a movement is performed
aerobic exercise
flap
fragmentation
tap
5. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
touch
economic development
Luigi
stamp
6. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
pilates
weight
flow
polyrhythm
7. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
lester horton
third position
meter
sammy davis jr
8. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
economic development
gus giordano
Catherine de Medici
partnering/group skills
9. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
brush/scuff
interdisciplinary
cholly atkins
katherine dunham
10. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
angular oppositions
pathways
unison
petit allegro
11. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
hinge
hop
first position
projection
12. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
improvisation
body knowledge
transition
vertically
13. Bending and straightening the knees
plie
gus giordano
merce cunningham
ann miller
14. 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
rhythm
feldenkrais
turns from corner
bartenieff fundamentals
15. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
flexion and extension
dab
time
overuse of a tendon
16. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
endomorph
rhythm
unison
jack cole
17. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
grand allegro
Kinesthetics
Direction
dynamics
18. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
extension of the working leg
hinge
harold and fayard nicholas
sagittal plane
19. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
modern dance
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
merce cunningham
unison
20. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
incorporation
ruby keeler
cholly atkins and coles
pathways
21. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
simultaneous canons
assessing complex assignments
frappe
polyrhythm
22. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
erick hawkins
locomotion
simultaneous canons
23. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
transition
force/energy
degage
jazz hands
24. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
endomorph
work
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
modern
25. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
genre
inversion
economic development
second position
26. Feet heel of one foot against the instep of the other foot toes turned out arms: arm corresponding with front foot overhead arem corresponding with back foot open to the side as in second position
matt mattox
third position
unison
free dance
27. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
bartenieff fundamentals
space
kinesphere
step
28. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
weight
endomorph
merce cunningham
rotation
29. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
Bob Fosse
gus giordano
pirouette
rhythm
30. A piece of choreography or dance
slap
feldenkrais
work
flexion
31. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
jazz dance
extension
dab
gene kelly
32. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
shape
jump
rond de jambe
slap
33. Rubrics are most effective for
cecchetti method
assessing complex assignments
jack cole
tap dance
34. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
dab
polyrhythm
snap
35. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
space
doris humphrey
martha graham
fourth position
36. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
ann miller
Marius Petipa
press
Nijinsky
37. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
modern dance
unison
degage
kinesphere
38. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
fifth position
melody
martha graham
tableau
39. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
folk/traditional
tempo
line dancing
stomp
40. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
King Louis XIV
simultaneous canons
erick hawkins
broadway or show tap
41. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
martha graham
lester horton
feldenkrais
angular oppositions
42. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
twyla tharp
contrast
transverse horizontal plane
third position
43. 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
contrast
gene kelly
charles weidman
44. Where is the apron of the stage located
at the front
a contact improvisation exercise
sagittal plane
erick hawkins
45. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
transition
weight
twyla tharp
accumulation
46. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
broadway or show tap
slap
balance
shuffle
47. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
punch
movement of the arms
partnering/group skills
merce cunningham
48. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
adduction
the changement and the sautes
ballet
eversion
49. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
aerobic exercise
line dancing
gregory hines
50. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
tempo
Principles of composition
ectomorph
Kinesthetics
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