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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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1. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
narrative
ball change
angular oppositions
aerobic exercise
2. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
erick hawkins
eversion
a contact improvisation exercise
ideokinesis
3. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
weight
social dance
master juba lane
modern dance
4. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
space
Giselle
meter
ruth st. denis
5. An element of dance characterized by the release of potential energy into kinetic energy. It utilizes body weight - reveals the effects of gravity on the body - is projected into space - and affects emotional and spatial relationships and intentions.
flap
angular oppositions
force/energy
tendu
6. 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.
time
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
improve muscle strength
retrograde
7. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
pelvic thrusts
stomp
katherine dunham
rond de jambe
8. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
weight
doris humphrey
george balanchine
matt mattox
9. Rounded body type.
frontal plane
Direction
ectomorph
transitions
10. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
angular oppositions
balance
aerobic exercise
partnering/group skills
11. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
frontal plane
cholly atkins
interdisciplinary
accumulation
12. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
Nijinsky
transitions
snap
jump
13. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
improve muscle strength
ted shawn
touch
master juba lane
14. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
space
head whip
slap
folk/traditional
15. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
rhythm
third position
Diaghilev
glide
16. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
polyrhythm
ectomorph
motif and development
ted shawn
17. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
slash
ball and socket joint
cholly atkins and coles
vertically
18. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement
isolated movement
mesomorph
martha graham
improvisation
19. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
force/energy
third position
Giselle
turns from corner
20. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
charles weidman
matt mattox
shuffle
rhythm tap
21. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
accumulation
cumulative canons
alexander technique
degage
22. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
canon
gene kelly
rond de jambe
ideokinesis
23. The term 'port des bras' refers to
movement of the arms
ann miller
weight
ideokinesis
24. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
unison
augmentation/diminution
sagittal plane
sammy davis jr
25. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
savion glover
tempo acceleration/deceleration
Direction
unity
26. To set side by side to emphasize difference in dance - two movements that differ in energy - space - (size - direction - level) - design (symmetrical/asymmetrical - open/closed) - timing (fast/slow - even -uneven - themes or patterns.
slash
punch
contrast
ball and socket joint
27. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
pelvic thrusts
weight
accumulation
syncopation
28. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
lester horton
partnering/group skills
kinesphere
space
29. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
improving flexibility
ball and socket joint
rhythm tap
flow
30. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
adduction
degage
adagio
action/reaction
31. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
Mikhail Fokine
unison
tempo
32. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
martha graham
lester horton
King Louis XIV
katherine dunham
33. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
second position
modern
doris humphrey
34. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
Principles of composition
ted shawn
gene kelly
Luigi
35. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
twyla tharp
dynamics
in all directions
vaganova method
36. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
Luigi
Beauchamps & Noverre
Principles of composition
weight
37. Reach space or personal space.
balance
gene kelly
Marius Petipa
kinesphere
38. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
transitions
doris humphrey and charles weidman
dab
eversion
39. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
bartenieff fundamentals
stamp
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
narrative
40. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics
erick hawkins
ectomorph
pilates
retrograde
41. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
ann miller
unison
cholly atkins and coles
merce cunningham
42. 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.
tap dance
space
adduction
Luigi
43. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
merce cunningham
space
isolated movement
slap
44. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
transverse horizontal plane
shape
simultaneous canons
repetition
45. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
matt mattox
extension of the working leg
snap
lester horton
46. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
ted shawn
fred astaire and ginger rogers
polyrhythm
abduction
47. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
bob fosse
stomp
transitions
rhythm
48. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
Luigi
Direction
slash
kinesthetic awareness
49. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
Kinesthetics
broadway or show tap
work
gus giordano
50. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees
hyperextension
rhythm
fred astaire and ginger rogers
reverance