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Dance Basics
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performing-arts
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dance
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
cumulative canons
modern dance
Bob Fosse
jazz
2. Rubrics are most effective for
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
modern dance
assessing complex assignments
entrechat
3. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
aerobic exercise
motif and development
snap
space
4. 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
tableau
augmentation/diminution
grand allegro
fourth position
5. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
martha graham
cholly atkins
head whip
matt mattox
6. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
stamp
tendu
fred astaire and ginger rogers
second position
7. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
gus giordano
shape
petit allegro
projection
8. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
touch
erick hawkins
Beauchamps & Noverre
Bob Fosse
9. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
Mikhail Fokine
touch
Principles of composition
ann miller
10. Refers to simple - multiple - and different rhythm patterns played at the same time.
flexion
polyrhythm
Butoh
sammy davis jr
11. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
stamp
gus giordano
jack cole
Marius Petipa
12. 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)
rotation
variety
stomp
jump
13. Basic movements or short sequences are manipulated to create new but related movements
Luigi
motif and development
folk/traditional
mesomorph
14. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
Luigi
ideokinesis
pirouette
genre
15. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
matt mattox
tap dance
flow
cumulative canons
16. The speed of the music or dance
inversion
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
bob fosse
tempo
17. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
Principles of composition
merce cunningham
inversion
tendu
18. 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
tendu
transverse horizontal plane
bartenieff fundamentals
axial movement
19. The sagittal plane divides the body
Bob Fosse
partnering/group skills
Mikhail Fokine
vertically
20. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
first position
harold and fayard nicholas
tableau
ballet
21. 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).
at the front
space
movement of the arms
tempo acceleration/deceleration
22. What is the meter in the waltz
tempo
3/4
the changement and the sautes
loie fuller and isadora duncan
23. Movements are repeated
repetition
fred astaire and ginger rogers
cholly atkins
jazz dance
24. 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
tempo
rotation
frappe
erick hawkins
25. Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
shuffle
flap
abduction
isolated movement
26. Four main movements in the pas de deux
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
economic development
touch
rhythm
27. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
slash
space
endomorph
eversion
28. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
Luigi
kinesphere
twyla tharp
martha graham
29. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second
second position
bill bojangles robinson
polyrhythm
ball change
30. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
narrative
syncopation
gus giordano
adduction
31. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
plie
gene kelly
rond de jambe
32. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body
grand allegro
ruth st. denis
improvisation
eversion
33. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
lester horton
touch
weight
improving flexibility
34. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
axial movement
locomotion
wring
erick hawkins
35. Forward brush followed by a touch
tendu
slap
bartenieff fundamentals
shape
36. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
canon
syncopation
rhythm tap
modern dance
37. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
unison
jazz
transverse horizontal plane
rond de jambe
38. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor without a weight change
touch
developpe
pilates
body knowledge
39. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a
George Balanchine
line dancing
ball and socket joint
hinge
40. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
space
augmentation/diminution
contrast
free dance
41. 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
martha graham
isolated movement
Diaghilev
dynamics
42. 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.
doris humphrey
flick
float
force/energy
43. They were the progenitors of modern dance
savion glover
cumulative canons
loie fuller and isadora duncan
vaganova method
44. Runs vertically from the front to the back of an upright standing body the wheel plane
line dancing
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
extension
sagittal plane
45. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
Marius Petipa
flow
stamp
inversion
46. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s
punch
grand allegro
gregory hines
ball change
47. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
fourth position
extension
savion glover
48. Reach space or personal space.
snap
kinesphere
plie
adductor magnus
49. 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
charles weidman
lester horton
motif and development
adductor magnus
50. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique
Luigi
turns from corner
weight
overuse of a tendon