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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. He was the founder of Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
time
endomorph
axial movement
2. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
punch
angular oppositions
melody
sagittal plane
3. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
second position
touch
modern dance
isolated movement
4. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
telling a traditional story
rhythm
third position
simultaneous canons
5. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
action/reaction
alexander technique
vaganova method
gus giordano
6. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
harold and fayard nicholas
hinge
jump
fred astaire and ginger rogers
7. Combination: sustained time/direct space/light weight
paul taylor
glide
ruth st. denis
Beauchamps & Noverre
8. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
erick hawkins
savion glover
paul taylor
ectomorph
9. A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. This is called a
abduction
tableau
body knowledge
time
10. 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.
float
george balanchine
toe
isolated movement
11. A piece of choreography or dance
turns at center
work
Giselle
katherine dunham
12. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
frappe
syncopation
Luigi
head whip
13. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
force/energy
Bob Fosse
charles weidman
George Balanchine
14. Early modern dance composition - such as that of martha graham - was characterized by which of the following forms?
press
narrative
ideokinesis
plie
15. 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
third position
at the front
transverse horizontal plane
jerome robbins
16. He was the choreographer for Ballets Russes
adduction
Mikhail Fokine
bill bojangles robinson
time
17. 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
rhythm
modern
cholly atkins and coles
18. This denishawn student - legendary dancer - and choreographer developed the graham technique
free dance
martha graham
grand allegro
gus giordano
19. The action of over-straightening a joint past its natural angle - or the action of increasing the angle between two levers to more than 180 degrees
pelvic thrusts
toe
hyperextension
touch
20. The original french form of classical ballet from Russia
bob fosse
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
vaganova method
tendu
21. Loie Fuller - Isadora Duncan - Ruth St. Denis developed what kind of dance
modern
modern dance
dynamics
snap
22. 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
reverance
dynamics
meter
23. Reach space or personal space.
fred astaire and ginger rogers
jazz dance
kinesphere
fifth position
24. Placing the ball of the foot on the floor with a weight change
kinesthetic awareness
step
endomorph
Butoh
25. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
entrechat
isolated movement
frontal plane
pilates
26. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
doris humphrey and charles weidman
hyperextension
merce cunningham
telling a traditional story
27. Dance performed in a social setting; traditionally referred to as ballroom - but includes all popular social dances performed with or without partners
a contact improvisation exercise
social dance
rond de jambe
angular oppositions
28. These denishawn students produced the first modern dance performance and established the humphrey technique
master juba lane
Direction
doris humphrey and charles weidman
harold and fayard nicholas
29. She was a hollywood dancer who appeared in 42nd street and other films
ruby keeler
transverse horizontal plane
Principles of composition
katherine dunham
30. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
time
tendu
hinge
31. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
King Louis XIV
reverance
transverse horizontal plane
Bob Fosse
32. A state of equilibrium referring to the balance of weight or the spatial arrangement of bodies.
balance
Bob Fosse
modern dance
sammy davis jr
33. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
george balanchine
polyrhythm
Direction
Principles of composition
34. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
isolated movement
fifth position
george balanchine
unison
35. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique
ruby keeler
pirouette
bob fosse
glide
36. A movement is made part of another movement
at the front
flow
tendu
incorporation
37. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
stomp
george balanchine
bill bojangles robinson
head whip
38. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
time
social dance
coordinating lighting and sound cues
rhythm
39. A type of dance that concentrates of footwork and rhythm. This type of dance grew out of American popular dancing - with significant roots in African American - Irish and english clogging traditions.
tap dance
degage
jazz
flexion and extension
40. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning
interdisciplinary
jack cole
isolated movement
body knowledge
41. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
jack cole
dynamics
fred astaire and ginger rogers
doris humphrey
42. Which of the following men is known for pioneering tap dance as a young man living in the Five Points neighborhood of NY city
master juba lane
mesomorph
flow
gene kelly
43. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
loie fuller and isadora duncan
syncopation
shuffle
Kinesthetics
44. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength
pathways
endomorph
entrechat
float
45. The element of dance involving rhythm - phrasing - tempo - accent and duration. Time can be metered as in music or based on body rhythms such as breath - emotions - and heartbeat.
space
tempo
petit allegro
time
46. 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
turns from corner
fourth position
improving flexibility
vertically
47. The hip joint is a
ball and socket joint
vaganova method
Marius Petipa
locomotion
48. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
ballet
George Balanchine
second position
sammy davis jr
49. Forward brush followed by a touch
slap
frappe
work
stamp
50. Four main movements in the pas de deux
genre
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
touch
syncopation