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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






2. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






3. More is added to the original movement






4. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






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






6. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky






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






8. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






9. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change






10. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats






11. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






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






13. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






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






15. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake






16. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






17. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase






18. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign






19. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat






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






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






22. The hip joint is a






23. 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.






24. 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






25. Energy of movement expressed in varying intensities - accent and quality






26. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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)






33. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique






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






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






36. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes






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






38. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet






39. 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






40. The sagittal plane divides the body






41. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in






42. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company






43. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






44. Late modern dance technique developed through an effortless free flow technique that released tension in the body through an emphasis on weight - placement - impulse - immediacy and movement dynamics






45. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.






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






47. They were the progenitors of modern dance






48. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






49. 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






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