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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. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






2. A movement is made part of another movement






3. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






4. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






5. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes






6. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






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






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






9. Dance marked by movement isolations and complex polyrhythms found in African American music such as - ragtime - jazz - spirituals - blues - work songs and is considered and American style of dance.






10. 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.






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.






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






13. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase






14. The hip joint is a






15. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






16. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.






17. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers






18. 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.






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






20. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






21. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






22. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






23. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






24. Where is the apron of the stage located






25. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






26. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






27. This focuses on recognizing habitual movement patterns and postures - as well as places of accumulated tension - and then altering patterns and postures to address associated problems. can help improve balance - muscular support and flexibility - coo






28. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






29. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.






30. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.






31. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu






32. Bending and straightening the knees






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






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






35. Movements are repeated






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






37. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






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






39. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky






40. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis






41. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength






42. Slow sustained movements that often incorporate developpes and balances such as penches






43. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






44. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






45. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






46. 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






47. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.






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






49. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of






50. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy