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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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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. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
ball change
social dance
ectomorph
frontal plane
2. He is a new generation broadway/hollywood tap and hip hop dancer and choreographer
repetition
savion glover
coordinating lighting and sound cues
shape
3. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
a contact improvisation exercise
ann miller
transition
bill bojangles robinson
4. 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
erick hawkins
axial movement
movement of the arms
space
5. This is the speed at Which music is played.
hyperextension
tap dance
tempo
unison
6. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
genre
loie fuller and isadora duncan
the changement and the sautes
George Balanchine
7. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
telling a traditional story
incorporation
hyperextension
8. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
social dance
jazz hands
interdisciplinary
merce cunningham
9. Rubrics are most effective for
assessing complex assignments
pilates
twyla tharp
King Louis XIV
10. The sagittal plane divides the body
stamp
ruth st. denis
vertically
Catherine de Medici
11. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
gus giordano
savion glover
unison
narrative
12. Reach space or personal space.
polyrhythm
retrograde
Luigi
kinesphere
13. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
transverse horizontal plane
work
ruby keeler
extension
14. A dance teacher would most likely suggest that a student practice Pilates exercises in order to
variety
improve muscle strength
gus giordano
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
15. Tendonitis is typically caused by
overuse of a tendon
modern
rhythm
hop
16. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/light weight
flick
action/reaction
step
body knowledge
17. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in
modern dance
transverse horizontal plane
flexion and extension
merce cunningham
18. The size of the movement is increased or decreased
entrechat
jump
ruby keeler
augmentation/diminution
19. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
rhythm
fragmentation
syncopation
brush/scuff
20. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
merce cunningham
cholly atkins and coles
fourth position
modern dance
21. 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
time
stomp
alexander technique
rotation
22. Placing an accent on a normally weak beat
dynamics
syncopation
third position
erick hawkins
23. A movement is made part of another movement
jazz
ballet
a contact improvisation exercise
incorporation
24. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s
unison
jerome robbins
Catherine de Medici
touch
25. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
twyla tharp
glide
improving flexibility
26. 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
stomp
modern dance
partnering/group skills
gus giordano
27. This is a repeated grouping of accented beats
meter
twyla tharp
unity
inversion
28. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
pathways
locomotion
tempo
rhythm
29. 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
action/reaction
lester horton
at the front
balance
30. A piece of choreography or dance
merce cunningham
canon
jazz
work
31. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
head whip
glide
jump
Giselle
32. The original movement is the question and the new movement is the answer
action/reaction
fragmentation
unison
Kinesthetics
33. Four main movements in the pas de deux
Catherine de Medici
rhythm
ann miller
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
34. The action of turning a ball-and-socket joint; circular movement around a central axis
augmentation/diminution
improve muscle strength
rhythm
rotation
35. 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
Luigi
third position
work
Principles of composition
36. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
head whip
genre
improvisation
flow
37. 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.
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
jazz dance
locomotion
at the front
38. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
degage
fifth position
inversion
ballet
39. 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.
frontal plane
master juba lane
rhythm
force/energy
40. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
grand allegro
doris humphrey and charles weidman
mesomorph
partnering/group skills
41. Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body
stamp
adduction
rond de jambe
sammy davis jr
42. Which of the following dance steps is most advanced? plie - degage - entrechat - tendu
entrechat
tendu
tap dance
telling a traditional story
43. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
extension
projection
weight
balance
44. 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.
slash
rhythm
contrast
tendu
45. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
kinesthetic awareness
inversion
doris humphrey and charles weidman
overuse of a tendon
46. The speed of the music or dance
matt mattox
tempo
jerome robbins
ball and socket joint
47. 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
narrative
melody
rhythm
bartenieff fundamentals
48. Movements are repeated
repetition
flexion
step
dab
49. All performers begin at the same time but at different starting points within the same phrase
gus giordano
vertically
frappe
simultaneous canons
50. Refers to the length of time a movement takes - from initiation to completion
time
in all directions
degage
jazz dance