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Dance Basics
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dance
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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. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
unison
fourth position
touch
tap
2. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
ballet
tap dance
flexion
third position
3. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
rhythm tap
martha graham
harold and fayard nicholas
inversion
4. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers
King Louis XIV
stamp
locomotion
flexion
5. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
Giselle
angular oppositions
gus giordano
Diaghilev
6. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
ball and socket joint
toe
jerome robbins
third position
7. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
lester horton
pirouette
space
merce cunningham
8. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
cumulative canons
canon
pelvic thrusts
9. 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.
King Louis XIV
force/energy
reverance
vaganova method
10. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
adagio
syncopation
canon
inversion
11. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
dab
Marius Petipa
katherine dunham
unison
12. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
eversion
doris humphrey and charles weidman
syncopation
reverance
13. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
degage
tap dance
Principles of composition
gus giordano
14. The movement is performed backwards
retrograde
motif and development
sagittal plane
rotation
15. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
hop
wring
hinge
doris humphrey
16. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
unison
action/reaction
unity
a contact improvisation exercise
17. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
ann miller
gene kelly
doris humphrey
merce cunningham
18. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
Principles of composition
gregory hines
locomotion
19. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
stomp
martha graham
vaganova method
loie fuller and isadora duncan
20. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
gus giordano
grand allegro
eversion
partnering/group skills
21. The sagittal plane divides the body
axial movement
modern dance
ball change
vertically
22. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Kinesthetics
ann miller
Bob Fosse
matt mattox
23. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
improving flexibility
narrative
Direction
savion glover
24. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
entrechat
reverance
erick hawkins
paul taylor
25. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
tempo
matt mattox
twyla tharp
transitions
26. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
gus giordano
ruby keeler
partnering/group skills
feldenkrais
27. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
ruth st. denis
cumulative canons
projection
degage
28. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
matt mattox
Beauchamps & Noverre
space
pirouette
29. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
feldenkrais
matt mattox
cramp roll
a contact improvisation exercise
30. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
extension
loie fuller and isadora duncan
ballet
rhythm
31. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
rhythm
frontal plane
ruth st. denis
contrast
32. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky
lester horton
modern dance
3/4
pilates
33. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
ruby keeler
Luigi
Nijinsky
modern
34. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes
narrative
grand allegro
space
angular oppositions
35. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
Catherine de Medici
incorporation
lester horton
36. 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
tableau
ball and socket joint
syncopation
erick hawkins
37. 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
Direction
modern dance
cumulative canons
bartenieff fundamentals
38. 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
third position
jazz
sammy davis jr
adduction
39. A piece of choreography or dance
cramp roll
Beauchamps & Noverre
work
unison
40. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
cholly atkins and coles
melody
gus giordano
master juba lane
41. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
mesomorph
charles weidman
rhythm tap
ideokinesis
42. 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
polyrhythm
axial movement
ballet
turns from corner
43. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
inversion
at the front
Marius Petipa
cholly atkins and coles
44. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
flow
Diaghilev
reverance
ruth st. denis
45. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
snap
time
ballet
merce cunningham
46. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
frappe
locomotion
second position
fragmentation
47. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
master juba lane
sammy davis jr
flow
assessing complex assignments
48. If one were to eliminate the jumping elements from the combination which steps would be eliminated
doris humphrey and charles weidman
Nijinsky
the changement and the sautes
toe
49. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
space
adduction
rotation
tap
50. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
flexion and extension
tableau
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ann miller