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Dance Basics
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Subjects
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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. Forward brush followed by a touch
slap
shape
abduction
Nijinsky
2. A movement is made part of another movement
genre
economic development
contrast
incorporation
3. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
telling a traditional story
shuffle
shape
accumulation
4. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
melody
genre
merce cunningham
rhythm tap
5. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
ted shawn
toe
twyla tharp
6. Rubrics are most effective for
force/energy
modern dance
sagittal plane
assessing complex assignments
7. Reach space or personal space.
broadway or show tap
Marius Petipa
fred astaire and ginger rogers
kinesphere
8. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
Luigi
matt mattox
hinge
ball and socket joint
9. An element of dance that refers to the immediate spherical space surrounding the body in all directions. Use of space includes shape - direction - pathway - range of movement and level of movment(Low - middle - high).
frontal plane
space
repetition
in all directions
10. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
snap
third position
wring
cholly atkins
11. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
sagittal plane
interdisciplinary
extension of the working leg
ideokinesis
12. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
plie
charles weidman
syncopation
polyrhythm
13. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
bill bojangles robinson
toe
sagittal plane
free dance
14. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
space
flick
ideokinesis
pilates
15. They were the progenitors of modern dance
loie fuller and isadora duncan
gus giordano
bob fosse
kinesthetic awareness
16. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
wring
merce cunningham
george balanchine
Bob Fosse
17. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
adagio
rhythm
entrechat
savion glover
18. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
flap
master juba lane
rhythm
space
19. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
Catherine de Medici
simultaneous canons
twyla tharp
turns from corner
20. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
in all directions
Luigi
isolated movement
transition
21. 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
stomp
hop
sammy davis jr
22. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
third position
entrechat
touch
23. Four main movements in the pas de deux
flow
axial movement
at the front
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
24. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
modern dance
master juba lane
ballet
jazz
25. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
vertically
telling a traditional story
Principles of composition
kinesthetic awareness
26. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
modern dance
folk/traditional
toe
ball and socket joint
27. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
Butoh
alexander technique
merce cunningham
head whip
28. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
modern
tempo
wring
flow
29. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
brush/scuff
motif and development
melody
retrograde
30. 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
Luigi
turns from corner
vertically
alexander technique
31. Movement executed with one body part or a small part of the body. Examples are rooling the head - shruggung the shoulders and rotating the pelvis.
isolated movement
melody
brush/scuff
instrumentation
32. Tendonitis is typically caused by
the changement and the sautes
Beauchamps & Noverre
unity
overuse of a tendon
33. 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
balance
Kinesthetics
bartenieff fundamentals
the changement and the sautes
34. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
vertically
stomp
alexander technique
tempo
35. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
stamp
flap
augmentation/diminution
Kinesthetics
36. The rhythmic pattern of the movements is varied
rhythm
entrechat
coordinating lighting and sound cues
syncopation
37. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
cumulative canons
third position
ann miller
isolated movement
38. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
genre
frappe
alexander technique
loie fuller and isadora duncan
39. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
motif and development
Diaghilev
tap
Luigi
40. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
pirouette
gus giordano
press
snap
41. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
sammy davis jr
grand allegro
katherine dunham
kinesphere
42. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight
modern
float
aerobic exercise
jump
43. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
hop
bill bojangles robinson
Nijinsky
motif and development
44. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
ball and socket joint
dynamics
sagittal plane
tap
45. Forward brush followed by a step
matt mattox
modern
cholly atkins
flap
46. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
modern dance
rhythm tap
adduction
stamp
47. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
Marius Petipa
doris humphrey
ball and socket joint
time
48. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
adagio
tap
angular oppositions
modern
49. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
telling a traditional story
unison
transition
katherine dunham
50. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
gus giordano
cramp roll
folk/traditional
endomorph