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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






2. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans






3. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






4. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?






5. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot






6. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school






7. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements






8. 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






9. 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.






10. Reach space or personal space.






11. 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).






12. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






13. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated






14. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label






15. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






16. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






17. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg






18. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect






19. This is the speed at Which music is played.






20. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.






21. 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.






22. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






23. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?






24. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage






25. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body






26. They were the progenitors of modern dance






27. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






28. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






29. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






30. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied






31. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






32. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star






33. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane






34. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






35. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music






36. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






37. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor






38. Movements are repeated






39. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






40. What is the meter in the waltz






41. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward






42. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






43. The term 'port des bras' refers to






44. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today






45. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor






46. 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.






47. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






48. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






49. A piece of choreography or dance






50. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.