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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
meter
Principles of composition
Catherine de Medici
George Balanchine
2. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
angular oppositions
doris humphrey
Beauchamps & Noverre
merce cunningham
3. What is the primary muscle that is stretched by reaching forward from a seated position and bending the upper torso as close to the floor as possible - while the legs are extended to the sides at roughly a 150 degree angle (straddle stretch)?
adductor magnus
Nijinsky
broadway or show tap
fragmentation
4. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
toe
unison
transitions
ruby keeler
5. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
jack cole
balance
touch
ruth st. denis
6. Modern jazz style that is a therapeutic method - emphasizes fluidity - unbroken motion - balance - and smooth transitions.
Luigi
cumulative canons
second position
pelvic thrusts
7. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.
adductor magnus
developpe
improvisation
adduction
8. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
tempo
tableau
dynamics
charles weidman
9. 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.
pathways
modern
jack cole
rhythm
10. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
a contact improvisation exercise
King Louis XIV
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
unison
11. 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
snap
touch
feldenkrais
doris humphrey
12. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
telling a traditional story
free dance
merce cunningham
ballet
13. To disengage - brushing foot thru tendu to slightly leave the ground
stamp
Diaghilev
degage
ideokinesis
14. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
transition
brush/scuff
petit allegro
ruth st. denis
15. Dance marked by movement isolations and complex polyrhythms found in African American music such as - ragtime - jazz - spirituals - blues - work songs and is considered and American style of dance.
master juba lane
variety
jazz dance
first position
16. Dance movemnt that takes place at the same time across the whole group of dancers
Butoh
Diaghilev
unison
press
17. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
telling a traditional story
time
slap
King Louis XIV
18. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
improve muscle strength
rhythm tap
pathways
erick hawkins
19. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
erick hawkins
assessing complex assignments
fragmentation
hop
20. Four main movements in the pas de deux
inversion
jazz hands
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
Diaghilev
21. The sagittal plane divides the body
free dance
choreography
vertically
rotation
22. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
George Balanchine
weight
interdisciplinary
hyperextension
23. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
time
tap dance
savion glover
Direction
24. Modern dance technique that appears in the lateral T shape his dancers assume - a one-leg balance with the torso tilted off-center and the other leg extended to the side in a counterbalance
transverse horizontal plane
katherine dunham
lester horton
rhythm
25. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
rhythm
Diaghilev
turns at center
jazz
26. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
tempo
time
stomp
jump
27. The speed of the music or dance
gus giordano
vertically
tempo
hyperextension
28. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
flick
aerobic exercise
eversion
Direction
29. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
Butoh
glide
sammy davis jr
punch
30. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
bill bojangles robinson
Butoh
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
ted shawn
31. This is the speed at Which music is played.
tempo
unison
Giselle
syncopation
32. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
ideokinesis
adductor magnus
first position
a contact improvisation exercise
33. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
step
improve muscle strength
unison
modern dance
34. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?
space
syncopation
master juba lane
ectomorph
35. 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.
shape
slash
Principles of composition
force/energy
36. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
time
george balanchine
slash
37. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
economic development
flexion
martha graham
reverance
38. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
float
turns from corner
meter
39. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
projection
improving flexibility
petit allegro
cholly atkins and coles
40. Rounded body type.
ectomorph
doris humphrey
angular oppositions
Nijinsky
41. 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
accumulation
katherine dunham
erick hawkins
folk/traditional
42. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
accumulation
overuse of a tendon
Principles of composition
movement of the arms
43. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
force/energy
jazz
eversion
rotation
44. 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
slap
Kinesthetics
paul taylor
modern dance
45. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
doris humphrey and charles weidman
gene kelly
accumulation
degage
46. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
dynamics
stomp
in all directions
ballet
47. The hip joint is a
charles weidman
ruby keeler
rhythm
ball and socket joint
48. Which of the following movements can be performed en dedans
economic development
pirouette
polyrhythm
transverse horizontal plane
49. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
fourth position
sammy davis jr
jazz hands
slash
50. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
Marius Petipa
improve muscle strength
axial movement