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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. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison
cumulative canons
folk/traditional
narrative
cholly atkins and coles
2. 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)?
wring
force/energy
adductor magnus
repetition
3. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
first position
jazz dance
toe
improvisation
4. A movement is made part of another movement
modern dance
incorporation
simultaneous canons
tendu
5. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
unison
simultaneous canons
cholly atkins
lester horton
6. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
aerobic exercise
reverance
erick hawkins
space
7. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tap
tempo
telling a traditional story
Beauchamps & Noverre
8. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward
choreography
force/energy
pelvic thrusts
martha graham
9. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight
Direction
dab
time
rond de jambe
10. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
brush/scuff
simultaneous canons
George Balanchine
jazz dance
11. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
step
syncopation
cholly atkins
action/reaction
12. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
lester horton
snap
improvisation
inversion
13. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
martha graham
action/reaction
syncopation
force/energy
14. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
snap
isolated movement
rhythm
Mikhail Fokine
15. Four main movements in the pas de deux
ruth st. denis
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
angular oppositions
float
16. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
charles weidman
in all directions
variety
gene kelly
17. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
gus giordano
tendu
doris humphrey and charles weidman
fourth position
18. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
melody
Bob Fosse
polyrhythm
accumulation
19. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
balance
movement of the arms
choreography
paul taylor
20. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
paul taylor
Direction
slash
reverance
21. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
time
third position
modern dance
dab
22. 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
erick hawkins
cramp roll
jack cole
touch
23. Bending and straightening the knees
plie
bob fosse
bill bojangles robinson
social dance
24. 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.
master juba lane
improve muscle strength
petit allegro
time
25. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
locomotion
gregory hines
flexion and extension
ruth st. denis
26. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s
King Louis XIV
improving flexibility
pathways
slash
27. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
projection
petit allegro
fred astaire and ginger rogers
shuffle
28. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
pirouette
coordinating lighting and sound cues
touch
vaganova method
29. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
line dancing
transverse horizontal plane
slap
toe
30. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
fred astaire and ginger rogers
rhythm tap
tableau
unison
31. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
head whip
time
partnering/group skills
axial movement
32. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
gene kelly
pathways
katherine dunham
plie
33. The movement is performed backwards
movement of the arms
extension
retrograde
time
34. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
movement of the arms
doris humphrey
gene kelly
ruby keeler
35. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
adagio
cecchetti method
plie
merce cunningham
36. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
angular oppositions
unison
ballet
Diaghilev
37. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
tempo acceleration/deceleration
canon
the changement and the sautes
38. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
axial movement
overuse of a tendon
improve muscle strength
39. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
petit allegro
flexion
abduction
ball change
40. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
degage
alexander technique
doris humphrey
Kinesthetics
41. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
jazz
entrechat
movement of the arms
ball change
42. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
Beauchamps & Noverre
doris humphrey
shuffle
43. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
flow
rhythm tap
adductor magnus
improvisation
44. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
jack cole
interdisciplinary
motif and development
lester horton
45. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
glide
assessing complex assignments
touch
gus giordano
46. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
kinesphere
bob fosse
cecchetti method
flow
47. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
aerobic exercise
pirouette
simultaneous canons
plie
48. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
frappe
bill bojangles robinson
locomotion
ann miller
49. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
Diaghilev
tap dance
george balanchine
lester horton
50. They were the progenitors of modern dance
loie fuller and isadora duncan
Butoh
developpe
kinesthetic awareness