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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. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
tableau
punch
tap
2. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it
ideokinesis
reverance
kinesthetic awareness
turns from corner
3. The speed of the music or dance
jump
improve muscle strength
tempo
jazz hands
4. A piece of choreography or dance
retrograde
work
flap
unison
5. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
ectomorph
dab
matt mattox
endomorph
6. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
sammy davis jr
ted shawn
projection
7. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
repetition
stamp
a contact improvisation exercise
second position
8. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
line dancing
hinge
master juba lane
telling a traditional story
9. 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
shape
ectomorph
rond de jambe
10. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
charles weidman
economic development
ballet
Catherine de Medici
11. 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.
cholly atkins and coles
matt mattox
genre
tap dance
12. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
second position
charles weidman
tempo acceleration/deceleration
modern dance
13. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
tendu
jazz hands
twyla tharp
ruby keeler
14. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
pelvic thrusts
flick
turns at center
cholly atkins
15. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
jerome robbins
meter
King Louis XIV
cecchetti method
16. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
first position
tendu
float
vertically
17. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
movement of the arms
accumulation
hop
rhythm
18. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
second position
kinesphere
sagittal plane
in all directions
19. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
doris humphrey and charles weidman
wring
third position
master juba lane
20. 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
hop
shuffle
lester horton
hinge
21. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
lester horton
Marius Petipa
Nijinsky
ball and socket joint
22. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
Giselle
Direction
touch
erick hawkins
23. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
sagittal plane
interdisciplinary
fred astaire and ginger rogers
dynamics
24. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
sammy davis jr
jump
tempo
25. A movement is made part of another movement
incorporation
cholly atkins and coles
improving flexibility
flap
26. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
projection
body knowledge
adductor magnus
hinge
27. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
Luigi
step
gene kelly
28. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
telling a traditional story
ballet
george balanchine
cholly atkins
29. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
space
alexander technique
merce cunningham
3/4
30. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
augmentation/diminution
rhythm
Principles of composition
ballet
31. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
force/energy
incorporation
cholly atkins and coles
accumulation
32. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
tap
kinesphere
shuffle
33. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
rhythm tap
weight
feldenkrais
cholly atkins and coles
34. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
time
step
action/reaction
pilates
35. Bending and straightening the knees
axial movement
wring
plie
simultaneous canons
36. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
adductor magnus
jack cole
space
mesomorph
37. What is the meter in the waltz
jack cole
fragmentation
3/4
press
38. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
rhythm
Marius Petipa
Giselle
flow
39. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
ruth st. denis
slap
flap
shuffle
40. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
paul taylor
flap
gene kelly
weight
41. Forward brush followed by a touch
hinge
flap
slap
genre
42. 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
jump
kinesphere
rhythm tap
43. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
vaganova method
melody
folk/traditional
44. The sagittal plane divides the body
vertically
george balanchine
doris humphrey and charles weidman
axial movement
45. 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.
contrast
modern dance
entrechat
abduction
46. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
Beauchamps & Noverre
ballet
space
47. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
work
grand allegro
isolated movement
kinesthetic awareness
48. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
tempo
jerome robbins
tableau
49. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
ballet
Bob Fosse
vaganova method
50. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
erick hawkins
frappe
meter
pirouette