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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. 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.
improve muscle strength
charles weidman
angular oppositions
isolated movement
2. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position
fourth position
time
retrograde
Luigi
3. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
aerobic exercise
at the front
bartenieff fundamentals
charles weidman
4. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
time
snap
broadway or show tap
5. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
tap
narrative
variety
flick
6. 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
transverse horizontal plane
ideokinesis
choreography
cecchetti method
7. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
kinesthetic awareness
step
meter
grand allegro
8. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
tempo
ted shawn
kinesphere
canon
9. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
ball and socket joint
frappe
paul taylor
tap dance
10. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
vaganova method
simultaneous canons
frontal plane
reverance
11. The movement is performed backwards
ball change
improving flexibility
second position
retrograde
12. Tendonitis is typically caused by
turns at center
overuse of a tendon
transition
a contact improvisation exercise
13. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
step
head whip
George Balanchine
ball change
14. These include pirouette and fouette turns - in which the dancer remains in one place on the floor
eversion
turns at center
ann miller
bob fosse
15. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
pelvic thrusts
overuse of a tendon
Mikhail Fokine
sammy davis jr
16. Forward brush followed by a step
space
flap
adductor magnus
narrative
17. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality
dynamics
social dance
tempo
choreography
18. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
paul taylor
tableau
fragmentation
tempo
19. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
stamp
sagittal plane
retrograde
bartenieff fundamentals
20. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
a contact improvisation exercise
stomp
space
turns from corner
21. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
projection
endomorph
melody
Bob Fosse
22. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
unison
improve muscle strength
martha graham
ectomorph
23. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
brush/scuff
angular oppositions
body knowledge
social dance
24. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
vertically
gus giordano
brush/scuff
augmentation/diminution
25. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
tempo
work
brush/scuff
feldenkrais
26. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
the changement and the sautes
extension of the working leg
in all directions
jazz dance
27. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
abduction
twyla tharp
unity
george balanchine
28. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
cholly atkins and coles
hyperextension
locomotion
alexander technique
29. Where is the apron of the stage located
ball change
at the front
slash
entrechat
30. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
float
gene kelly
shuffle
31. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
jump
eversion
merce cunningham
erick hawkins
32. 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
fragmentation
modern dance
body knowledge
erick hawkins
33. 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.
genre
pathways
unity
Luigi
34. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
jazz
master juba lane
lester horton
ball and socket joint
35. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
erick hawkins
unison
dab
vertically
36. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
flow
pilates
rotation
cecchetti method
37. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
slash
locomotion
flexion and extension
turns from corner
38. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
motif and development
bill bojangles robinson
adagio
time
39. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
cumulative canons
broadway or show tap
slash
tendu
40. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
free dance
mesomorph
fifth position
unity
41. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
vaganova method
developpe
improve muscle strength
improving flexibility
42. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
incorporation
lester horton
shape
adductor magnus
43. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
twyla tharp
body knowledge
Beauchamps & Noverre
melody
44. 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)?
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
simultaneous canons
flexion
adductor magnus
45. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
space
action/reaction
rhythm
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
46. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
contrast
stomp
wring
augmentation/diminution
47. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches
pirouette
broadway or show tap
adagio
feldenkrais
48. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
body knowledge
float
cramp roll
space
49. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
angular oppositions
bob fosse
Mikhail Fokine
50. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
space
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
martha graham
balance