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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
augmentation/diminution
broadway or show tap
variety
rond de jambe
2. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
augmentation/diminution
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
press
coordinating lighting and sound cues
3. 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.
contrast
folk/traditional
martha graham
jump
4. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
time
rhythm
kinesthetic awareness
frontal plane
5. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
aerobic exercise
stomp
wring
fourth position
6. Which of the following tasks is the duty of a stage manager?
contrast
abduction
syncopation
coordinating lighting and sound cues
7. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
Catherine de Medici
sagittal plane
cholly atkins and coles
simultaneous canons
8. Four main movements in the pas de deux
flick
toe
Beauchamps & Noverre
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
9. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
Catherine de Medici
transverse horizontal plane
rhythm
body knowledge
10. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
ideokinesis
doris humphrey
doris humphrey and charles weidman
aerobic exercise
11. 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
alexander technique
lester horton
modern
Giselle
12. In order to improve student's kinesthetic awareness and originality - a teacher might assign
a contact improvisation exercise
savion glover
improve muscle strength
angular oppositions
13. 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).
pirouette
press
hop
space
14. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
improve muscle strength
tableau
augmentation/diminution
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
15. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
tempo acceleration/deceleration
time
rhythm
force/energy
16. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
tableau
step
hinge
Mikhail Fokine
17. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
Beauchamps & Noverre
lester horton
pirouette
ruby keeler
18. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
polyrhythm
jump
eversion
extension of the working leg
19. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
slash
tap dance
shape
ruby keeler
20. They were the progenitors of modern dance
ruth st. denis
loie fuller and isadora duncan
katherine dunham
ball change
21. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
merce cunningham
broadway or show tap
Luigi
bob fosse
22. This legendary tap dance partner of charles hone coles also worked as a choreographer for artists with the motown record label
erick hawkins
first position
cholly atkins
unity
23. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
martha graham
turns at center
tableau
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
24. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?
polyrhythm
adduction
merce cunningham
economic development
25. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
wring
the changement and the sautes
free dance
hyperextension
26. Which of the following steps in tap dance would produce a total of four audible taps?
unison
coordinating lighting and sound cues
cramp roll
in all directions
27. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
float
Nijinsky
brush/scuff
modern
28. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.
tap
improve muscle strength
Kinesthetics
George Balanchine
29. 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.
lester horton
dynamics
partnering/group skills
pathways
30. 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
Giselle
flick
partnering/group skills
axial movement
31. Nonliteral choreography may have all but which of the following goals
telling a traditional story
flick
turns from corner
eversion
32. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
step
feldenkrais
narrative
hop
33. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
tempo acceleration/deceleration
shape
glide
Beauchamps & Noverre
34. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
shape
telling a traditional story
angular oppositions
Luigi
35. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
social dance
Direction
partnering/group skills
contrast
36. The movement is performed using a different body part
instrumentation
extension of the working leg
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
tendu
37. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
Bob Fosse
ideokinesis
Catherine de Medici
flexion and extension
38. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
dynamics
locomotion
dab
line dancing
39. She was an award-winning choreographer of both broadway and hollywood jazz and modern dance
twyla tharp
movement of the arms
mesomorph
extension of the working leg
40. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
float
cramp roll
coordinating lighting and sound cues
gus giordano
41. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
pelvic thrusts
doris humphrey
action/reaction
42. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
petit allegro
tap dance
folk/traditional
improve muscle strength
43. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
Principles of composition
force/energy
broadway or show tap
modern dance
44. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
flow
overuse of a tendon
the changement and the sautes
ball change
45. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
modern
free dance
vaganova method
coordinating lighting and sound cues
46. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
partnering/group skills
dynamics
social dance
folk/traditional
47. 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
bill bojangles robinson
cramp roll
erick hawkins
incorporation
48. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
step
economic development
hop
fred astaire and ginger rogers
49. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
entrechat
the changement and the sautes
harold and fayard nicholas
50. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
grand allegro
adagio
glide
degage