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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
harold and fayard nicholas
fourth position
twyla tharp
bartenieff fundamentals
2. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
frappe
tempo acceleration/deceleration
ectomorph
cecchetti method
3. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance
lester horton
jerome robbins
jump
cramp roll
4. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
shape
augmentation/diminution
work
jump
5. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
cholly atkins
syncopation
weight
alexander technique
6. A type of dance that began as a rebellion against steps and positions and values - Expressive and original or authentic movement. Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham
savion glover
abduction
modern dance
choreography
7. More is added to the original movement
accumulation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ann miller
entrechat
8. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
coordinating lighting and sound cues
motif and development
the changement and the sautes
weight
9. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility
mesomorph
tendu
interdisciplinary
plie
10. Forward brush followed by a touch
sagittal plane
gus giordano
slap
meter
11. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
economic development
frontal plane
Direction
feldenkrais
12. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
master juba lane
assessing complex assignments
kinesthetic awareness
tendu
13. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
press
adductor magnus
accumulation
flow
14. The sagittal plane divides the body
motif and development
vertically
reverance
paul taylor
15. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
kinesthetic awareness
balance
turns at center
3/4
16. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
rhythm
Principles of composition
at the front
angular oppositions
17. A piece of choreography or dance
flow
narrative
work
ruth st. denis
18. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
george balanchine
savion glover
endomorph
Mikhail Fokine
19. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
harold and fayard nicholas
twyla tharp
kinesphere
free dance
20. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
flap
transition
snap
float
21. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
contrast
fifth position
syncopation
paul taylor
22. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
retrograde
glide
Beauchamps & Noverre
Catherine de Medici
23. Rubrics are most effective for
assessing complex assignments
lester horton
tableau
shuffle
24. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
ball and socket joint
unison
space
George Balanchine
25. 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
economic development
Principles of composition
feldenkrais
ballet
26. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
ted shawn
tempo acceleration/deceleration
developpe
27. 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.
time
flick
first position
hop
28. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
isolated movement
gus giordano
pilates
tempo
29. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
choreography
merce cunningham
frappe
work
30. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
space
tableau
Luigi
gene kelly
31. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
float
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
slap
jump
32. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
unison
rond de jambe
improvisation
33. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
improving flexibility
ann miller
body knowledge
modern dance
34. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
broadway or show tap
float
pilates
line dancing
35. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
flexion and extension
gus giordano
brush/scuff
jerome robbins
36. 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)?
endomorph
adductor magnus
sammy davis jr
Direction
37. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
wring
dynamics
jazz
toe
38. 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.
plie
gus giordano
broadway or show tap
pathways
39. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
gregory hines
katherine dunham
gus giordano
in all directions
40. Four main movements in the pas de deux
Butoh
rhythm
inversion
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
41. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
polyrhythm
gus giordano
overuse of a tendon
touch
42. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
sagittal plane
Marius Petipa
ball and socket joint
space
43. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
degage
plie
hop
tendu
44. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
jerome robbins
unison
tableau
snap
45. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
doris humphrey and charles weidman
rhythm
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
stomp
46. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
frappe
overuse of a tendon
press
cramp roll
47. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
ball and socket joint
doris humphrey
time
stomp
48. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
sagittal plane
extension of the working leg
punch
flap
49. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
modern dance
Luigi
Marius Petipa
line dancing
50. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
Beauchamps & Noverre
modern dance
cramp roll
cumulative canons