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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. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.






2. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.






3. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






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






5. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






6. Forward brush followed by a touch






7. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance






8. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis






9. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?






10. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






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






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






13. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






14. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






15. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






16. A piece of choreography or dance






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






18. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement






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






20. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change






21. 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.






22. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






23. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






24. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






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






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






28. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison






29. Four main movements in the pas de deux






30. 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.






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






32. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






33. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level






34. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique






35. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees






36. 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






37. What is the meter in the waltz






38. 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.






39. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






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






41. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight






42. 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).






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






44. More is added to the original movement






45. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller






46. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations






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






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






49. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






50. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body