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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign






2. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.






3. This is the speed at Which music is played.






4. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response






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






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






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






8. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






9. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners






10. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






11. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






12. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers






13. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body






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






15. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement






16. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences






17. The sagittal plane divides the body






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






19. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music






20. A quantity or range of different things. Helps maintain the audiences interest and helps the choreographer to develop the dance. Contrasts in the use of space(open/closed) - force(smooth/sharp) and spatial designs(straight lines/ curves/zigzags)






21. The pelvis is pressed forcefully forward






22. 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.






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






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






25. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.






26. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles






27. 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.






28. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals






29. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






30. 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.






31. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings






32. They were the progenitors of modern dance






33. 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






34. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight






40. 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.






41. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?






42. Four main movements in the pas de deux






43. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to






44. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time






45. 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.






46. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following






47. He established the first ballet school in France in the 1600s






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






49. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion






50. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?