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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. More is added to the original movement






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






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






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






5. This is the speed at Which music is played.






6. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique






7. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer






8. Forward brush followed by a touch






9. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival






10. 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






11. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress






12. He was the founder of Ballets Russes






13. 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.






14. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






15. Rounded body type.






16. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession






17. He established the horton technique and was a longtime partner of bell lewitzky






18. The movement is speeded up or slowed down






19. 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






20. The hip joint is a






21. The action of bending a joint or the action of decreasing the angle between two levers






22. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






23. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






24. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a






25. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher






26. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.






27. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet






28. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy






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






30. 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






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






32. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






33. Movements are repeated






34. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu






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






36. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground






37. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight






38. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement






39. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot






40. 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






41. 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






42. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight






43. 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.






44. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change






45. They were the progenitors of modern dance






46. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style






47. When a movment phrase or section progresses to the next.






48. Modern dance technique that involves a dramatic contraction and release - emphasizes weight moving into the floor and a spiral image for off-center or off-balance movement






49. 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






50. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today