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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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1. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance






2. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






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






4. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






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






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






7. More is added to the original movement






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






9. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






10. Forward brush followed by a touch






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






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






13. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion






14. The sagittal plane divides the body






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






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






17. A piece of choreography or dance






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






19. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the






20. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






21. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






22. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight






23. Rubrics are most effective for






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






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






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






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.






28. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices






29. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer






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






31. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






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






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






34. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






35. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)






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)?






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






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.






39. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






40. Four main movements in the pas de deux






41. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






42. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect






43. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






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






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






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






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






48. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the






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






50. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today