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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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1. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
third position
Bob Fosse
master juba lane
bill bojangles robinson
2. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
tap
frappe
ball and socket joint
variety
3. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
body knowledge
touch
Giselle
cumulative canons
4. Forward brush followed by a touch
tendu
slap
Diaghilev
axial movement
5. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
fifth position
the changement and the sautes
turns from corner
jazz
6. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
Principles of composition
feldenkrais
martha graham
modern dance
7. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
erick hawkins
kinesphere
dab
improvisation
8. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
modern
twyla tharp
coordinating lighting and sound cues
Butoh
9. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
glide
action/reaction
unity
doris humphrey
10. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
simultaneous canons
doris humphrey and charles weidman
master juba lane
vaganova method
11. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
george balanchine
Luigi
flexion
12. The movement is performed backwards
tempo
ballet
retrograde
sammy davis jr
13. 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.
jack cole
contrast
bill bojangles robinson
narrative
14. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
in all directions
line dancing
savion glover
tendu
15. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
tempo acceleration/deceleration
glide
step
extension of the working leg
16. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
paul taylor
pathways
ballet
lester horton
17. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
float
master juba lane
ball change
matt mattox
18. 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
step
lester horton
third position
stamp
19. 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.
degage
harold and fayard nicholas
Beauchamps & Noverre
tap dance
20. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
dynamics
flap
glide
touch
21. A piece of choreography that lacks flow could be improved by the addition of
rhythm
transitions
aerobic exercise
twyla tharp
22. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
shuffle
retrograde
adduction
tableau
23. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
tap dance
rhythm
eversion
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
24. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
step
degage
petit allegro
ann miller
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
feldenkrais
canon
Principles of composition
cecchetti method
26. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
jazz hands
merce cunningham
katherine dunham
choreography
27. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
master juba lane
tableau
pilates
partnering/group skills
28. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
augmentation/diminution
entrechat
george balanchine
hyperextension
29. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
frappe
Butoh
a contact improvisation exercise
unison
30. 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)
ectomorph
variety
modern
kinesthetic awareness
31. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
fred astaire and ginger rogers
kinesthetic awareness
folk/traditional
degage
32. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
ectomorph
free dance
Catherine de Medici
wring
33. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
ball and socket joint
projection
meter
narrative
34. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
Catherine de Medici
grand allegro
genre
dab
35. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
ideokinesis
eversion
merce cunningham
narrative
36. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
Beauchamps & Noverre
narrative
harold and fayard nicholas
stamp
37. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
Luigi
master juba lane
aerobic exercise
slap
38. 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).
Catherine de Medici
space
first position
broadway or show tap
39. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of
gus giordano
work
kinesthetic awareness
Direction
40. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
movement of the arms
cholly atkins and coles
angular oppositions
action/reaction
41. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
space
head whip
plie
inversion
42. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
inversion
rhythm
retrograde
Direction
43. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
gene kelly
modern dance
flow
matt mattox
44. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
alexander technique
Butoh
angular oppositions
george balanchine
45. He was the creator of legendary ballets for the Russian Imperial Theatre including the Nutcracker and Swan Lake
reverance
glide
Marius Petipa
angular oppositions
46. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
coordinating lighting and sound cues
ballet
fred astaire and ginger rogers
merce cunningham
47. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
jerome robbins
King Louis XIV
vertically
ruby keeler
48. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
gus giordano
turns at center
snap
flexion
49. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
ball and socket joint
pelvic thrusts
ballet
folk/traditional
50. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
weight
pirouette
variety
gus giordano