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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. 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.
merce cunningham
fred astaire and ginger rogers
syncopation
force/energy
2. 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
Direction
third position
grand allegro
weight
3. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
improve muscle strength
cholly atkins
doris humphrey and charles weidman
feldenkrais
4. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
bartenieff fundamentals
glide
toe
step
5. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
developpe
lester horton
martha graham
cramp roll
6. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
canon
flow
bill bojangles robinson
ectomorph
7. Rubrics are most effective for
tempo acceleration/deceleration
jerome robbins
instrumentation
assessing complex assignments
8. 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.
martha graham
harold and fayard nicholas
augmentation/diminution
contrast
9. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
rhythm
mesomorph
ruth st. denis
george balanchine
10. 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.
meter
fred astaire and ginger rogers
dynamics
tap dance
11. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
jump
telling a traditional story
entrechat
12. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
Direction
tendu
overuse of a tendon
the changement and the sautes
13. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
tableau
rotation
Principles of composition
shuffle
14. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
kinesphere
locomotion
Giselle
cholly atkins
15. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
shape
sagittal plane
martha graham
turns from corner
16. Forward brush followed by a touch
slap
ball and socket joint
entrechat
modern dance
17. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
pilates
economic development
slash
George Balanchine
18. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
rhythm
reverance
Nijinsky
cholly atkins
19. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
rhythm
time
inversion
Bob Fosse
20. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
frontal plane
eversion
motif and development
merce cunningham
21. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
bartenieff fundamentals
tableau
third position
improve muscle strength
22. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
ectomorph
doris humphrey
folk/traditional
23. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
rond de jambe
partnering/group skills
dab
24. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
Butoh
gregory hines
third position
body knowledge
25. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
ball change
isolated movement
merce cunningham
rond de jambe
26. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
tempo
savion glover
fred astaire and ginger rogers
gregory hines
27. Reach space or personal space.
jazz
kinesphere
transitions
matt mattox
28. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
fred astaire and ginger rogers
hinge
third position
29. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
space
Beauchamps & Noverre
kinesthetic awareness
ectomorph
30. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
stamp
rhythm tap
george balanchine
master juba lane
31. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
katherine dunham
doris humphrey
cholly atkins
32. 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.
isolated movement
line dancing
choreography
balance
33. 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.
social dance
angular oppositions
rond de jambe
jazz dance
34. Movements are repeated
repetition
lester horton
meter
time
35. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
hinge
float
free dance
tempo
36. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
rhythm tap
transitions
punch
sagittal plane
37. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
bob fosse
press
ballet
38. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
work
george balanchine
in all directions
cumulative canons
39. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
folk/traditional
first position
movement of the arms
ted shawn
40. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
martha graham
cumulative canons
rhythm
telling a traditional story
41. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
economic development
erick hawkins
transition
master juba lane
42. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
gene kelly
loie fuller and isadora duncan
Catherine de Medici
balance
43. This practice employs repetitive motions derived from fundamental gestures and natural movements to increase awareness of habitual movement patterns and release tension left over from old injuries and habits in order to expand range of motion in the
feldenkrais
angular oppositions
gregory hines
jazz dance
44. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
isolated movement
snap
slash
dynamics
45. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
doris humphrey and charles weidman
motif and development
projection
partnering/group skills
46. Movement anchored to one spot by a pody part. Only the available space in any direction is used while the initial body contact is being maintained. Movement is organized around the axis of the body and is not designed to travel from one location to a
telling a traditional story
Butoh
katherine dunham
axial movement
47. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
Giselle
degage
charles weidman
George Balanchine
48. Tendonitis is typically caused by
matt mattox
ruth st. denis
overuse of a tendon
interdisciplinary
49. Based on laban movement analysis - this practice encourages a deepened awareness of the connections between mind - body - movement - and internal and external environments to enhance mobility and function
bartenieff fundamentals
pathways
cholly atkins and coles
ruby keeler
50. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
tempo acceleration/deceleration
unity
stamp
jack cole