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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. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
glide
economic development
improve muscle strength
locomotion
2. The sagittal plane divides the body
ruth st. denis
vertically
erick hawkins
glide
3. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
step
genre
first position
modern dance
4. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
degage
ruth st. denis
motif and development
doris humphrey
5. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
third position
locomotion
contrast
kinesphere
6. 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
hyperextension
adductor magnus
feldenkrais
tempo acceleration/deceleration
7. 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
kinesthetic awareness
inversion
space
8. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
kinesthetic awareness
angular oppositions
extension of the working leg
tap
9. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
jazz
gene kelly
Mikhail Fokine
first position
10. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
unison
meter
Kinesthetics
cramp roll
11. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
kinesphere
accumulation
action/reaction
12. 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
extension of the working leg
axial movement
free dance
head whip
13. The speed of the music or dance
assessing complex assignments
tempo
george balanchine
3/4
14. 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)?
adductor magnus
sagittal plane
twyla tharp
hinge
15. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
hyperextension
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
extension of the working leg
unison
16. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
tendu
jerome robbins
syncopation
Luigi
17. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
pilates
flick
jerome robbins
ideokinesis
18. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
brush/scuff
kinesphere
jump
bill bojangles robinson
19. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
Luigi
Direction
tempo
rhythm
20. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
line dancing
stomp
meter
cholly atkins
21. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
tempo acceleration/deceleration
cholly atkins and coles
step
tableau
22. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
entrechat
aerobic exercise
abduction
tempo
23. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
Catherine de Medici
transverse horizontal plane
Nijinsky
jerome robbins
24. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
paul taylor
Luigi
flow
ted shawn
25. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
ruth st. denis
extension of the working leg
weight
26. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
ball change
flexion
snap
ted shawn
27. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
space
rhythm
motif and development
Diaghilev
28. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
gus giordano
cholly atkins and coles
erick hawkins
simultaneous canons
29. Awareness of one's body and its possibilities - capabilities and limitations
master juba lane
body knowledge
unity
mesomorph
30. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
locomotion
augmentation/diminution
matt mattox
pelvic thrusts
31. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
cecchetti method
slap
rond de jambe
Bob Fosse
32. 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
at the front
george balanchine
third position
wring
33. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
dynamics
master juba lane
ruth st. denis
ruby keeler
34. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
action/reaction
pelvic thrusts
choreography
flexion and extension
35. 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.
contrast
tempo acceleration/deceleration
ballet
adagio
36. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
head whip
modern dance
3/4
improve muscle strength
37. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
doris humphrey and charles weidman
charles weidman
alexander technique
broadway or show tap
38. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
cecchetti method
movement of the arms
coordinating lighting and sound cues
master juba lane
39. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
jazz
turns at center
turns from corner
40. Combination: sudden time/direct space/strong weight
frontal plane
narrative
punch
abduction
41. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
flow
canon
stomp
Kinesthetics
42. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
gene kelly
interdisciplinary
bartenieff fundamentals
rhythm
43. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
ball change
partnering/group skills
twyla tharp
44. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
feldenkrais
ruby keeler
retrograde
rond de jambe
45. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
in all directions
stomp
rhythm
46. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
extension
rhythm
frappe
glide
47. What is the meter in the waltz
matt mattox
3/4
contrast
vertically
48. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
merce cunningham
Bob Fosse
doris humphrey and charles weidman
economic development
49. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
first position
master juba lane
pelvic thrusts
hinge
50. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
the changement and the sautes
tendu
extension of the working leg
ball change