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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change






2. The hip joint is a






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






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






5. Reach space or personal space.






6. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot






7. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance






8. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot






9. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






10. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.






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






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






13. Feet: separated shoulder width third position arms: arm corresponding with front foot in front of the torso as in first position - arm corresponding with back foot overhead as in fifth position






14. Rubrics are most effective for






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






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






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






18. Large jumps or leaps Which move the dancer across the floor - such as grandes jetes or tours jetes






19. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to






20. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?






21. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover






22. 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.






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






24. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






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






26. The inability of dancers to maintain their spacing during a group sequence most likely indicates a lack of






27. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






28. A piece of choreography or dance






29. The term 'port des bras' refers to






30. 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.






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.






32. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight






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






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






35. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.






36. Creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps - movements - and pattern of movements.






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






38. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn






39. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood






40. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






41. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body






42. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it






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






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






45. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?






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






47. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?






48. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






49. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane






50. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison