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Dance Basics
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1. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
eversion
Catherine de Medici
sammy davis jr
adduction
2. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
plie
kinesthetic awareness
genre
3. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
ted shawn
fourth position
cecchetti method
4. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
transitions
contrast
coordinating lighting and sound cues
5. 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)
variety
shape
bob fosse
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
6. The term 'port des bras' refers to
frappe
economic development
space
movement of the arms
7. A line along which a person or part of the person such as an arm or head - moves. Pathways can be linear - in circles - zigzags - etc.
pathways
fragmentation
gus giordano
space
8. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
jazz
hyperextension
extension
modern
9. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
kinesthetic awareness
cumulative canons
third position
glide
10. 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
extension of the working leg
feldenkrais
balance
meter
11. This is the speed at Which music is played.
tempo
first position
Direction
rotation
12. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
vertically
matt mattox
tempo
kinesthetic awareness
13. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
action/reaction
George Balanchine
flap
plie
14. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
a contact improvisation exercise
jazz hands
broadway or show tap
free dance
15. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
body knowledge
gregory hines
flap
action/reaction
16. The hip joint is a
master juba lane
ball and socket joint
rond de jambe
vaganova method
17. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
pirouette
melody
transverse horizontal plane
katherine dunham
18. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
instrumentation
snap
dynamics
head whip
19. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
augmentation/diminution
contrast
lester horton
jack cole
20. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
first position
space
work
transverse horizontal plane
21. Four main movements in the pas de deux
a contact improvisation exercise
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
partnering/group skills
rhythm
22. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
Luigi
cecchetti method
flexion
broadway or show tap
23. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
eversion
repetition
kinesthetic awareness
bill bojangles robinson
24. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
sagittal plane
social dance
lester horton
ted shawn
25. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
transitions
Giselle
canon
tableau
26. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
george balanchine
Luigi
ruth st. denis
eversion
27. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
3/4
stamp
Luigi
transitions
28. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
variety
the changement and the sautes
ballet
29. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
telling a traditional story
social dance
ballet
tempo
30. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
isolated movement
angular oppositions
loie fuller and isadora duncan
Luigi
31. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
unison
ideokinesis
dab
Catherine de Medici
32. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
extension of the working leg
work
instrumentation
petit allegro
33. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
transitions
flick
broadway or show tap
cecchetti method
34. Movements are repeated
space
repetition
augmentation/diminution
doris humphrey and charles weidman
35. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
jazz
fred astaire and ginger rogers
sagittal plane
unison
36. Reach space or personal space.
sagittal plane
kinesphere
reverance
ball change
37. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
ideokinesis
meter
slash
locomotion
38. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
action/reaction
Beauchamps & Noverre
pirouette
step
39. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
pilates
choreography
ballet
fourth position
40. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
folk/traditional
bob fosse
retrograde
shuffle
41. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
adagio
modern dance
petit allegro
42. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
unison
shape
transition
adductor magnus
43. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
touch
erick hawkins
transverse horizontal plane
matt mattox
44. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
Giselle
toe
savion glover
wring
45. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance
wring
lester horton
projection
step
46. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
coordinating lighting and sound cues
katherine dunham
step
head whip
47. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
assessing complex assignments
jack cole
bill bojangles robinson
in all directions
48. A movement is made part of another movement
incorporation
abduction
savion glover
time
49. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
telling a traditional story
george balanchine
developpe
50. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
endomorph
merce cunningham
erick hawkins
cholly atkins
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