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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
melody
cumulative canons
pathways
unison
2. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
cecchetti method
kinesphere
melody
transverse horizontal plane
3. 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
martha graham
doris humphrey
bob fosse
4. What is the meter in the waltz
3/4
petit allegro
telling a traditional story
Principles of composition
5. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
jump
the changement and the sautes
aerobic exercise
transition
6. Where is the apron of the stage located
movement of the arms
bill bojangles robinson
flick
at the front
7. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
matt mattox
charles weidman
space
folk/traditional
8. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
ruth st. denis
slash
fred astaire and ginger rogers
george balanchine
9. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
rotation
fred astaire and ginger rogers
press
tempo
10. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
ball change
rhythm
Giselle
flow
11. 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
economic development
Principles of composition
Catherine de Medici
feldenkrais
12. 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
lester horton
tendu
erick hawkins
brush/scuff
13. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
Luigi
instrumentation
modern
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
14. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
cecchetti method
Kinesthetics
adductor magnus
George Balanchine
15. Movement executed with one body part or a small part of the body. Examples are rooling the head - shruggung the shoulders and rotating the pelvis.
shape
Diaghilev
isolated movement
polyrhythm
16. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
jazz dance
petit allegro
rotation
17. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
rotation
mesomorph
projection
fragmentation
18. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
rhythm
grand allegro
paul taylor
Marius Petipa
19. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
pirouette
King Louis XIV
rhythm
kinesthetic awareness
20. More is added to the original movement
locomotion
merce cunningham
social dance
accumulation
21. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
unity
broadway or show tap
meter
first position
22. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
unison
erick hawkins
ectomorph
eversion
23. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
Kinesthetics
george balanchine
meter
body knowledge
24. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
Mikhail Fokine
step
interdisciplinary
Diaghilev
25. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
jerome robbins
meter
axial movement
26. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
retrograde
Direction
sagittal plane
twyla tharp
27. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
jump
fragmentation
free dance
28. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
genre
in all directions
Luigi
endomorph
29. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
Nijinsky
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
space
30. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
space
weight
accumulation
gregory hines
31. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
ideokinesis
angular oppositions
cramp roll
flick
32. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.
genre
fragmentation
aerobic exercise
transition
33. The hip joint is a
improve muscle strength
isolated movement
ball and socket joint
paul taylor
34. This is the speed at Which music is played.
tempo
martha graham
george balanchine
harold and fayard nicholas
35. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
entrechat
gene kelly
doris humphrey and charles weidman
Nijinsky
36. 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
glide
slash
Nijinsky
erick hawkins
37. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
ball and socket joint
vertically
adductor magnus
38. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
Nijinsky
transition
matt mattox
hop
39. Rubrics are most effective for
assessing complex assignments
Butoh
cramp roll
tableau
40. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
touch
extension of the working leg
tap dance
Direction
41. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
canon
harold and fayard nicholas
hop
kinesphere
42. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
master juba lane
pilates
cholly atkins
harold and fayard nicholas
43. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
space
feldenkrais
transverse horizontal plane
Direction
44. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
cecchetti method
katherine dunham
syncopation
rotation
45. 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
master juba lane
hop
press
46. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
twyla tharp
ectomorph
pelvic thrusts
gregory hines
47. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
transverse horizontal plane
lester horton
fourth position
Butoh
48. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
third position
martha graham
space
gus giordano
49. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Beauchamps & Noverre
overuse of a tendon
Luigi
Butoh
50. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
dynamics
paul taylor
merce cunningham
Marius Petipa