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Dance Basics
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1. Leaving the ground and landing on the other foot
hop
savion glover
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
jump
2. Which of the following is typically not a goal of ideokinesis
alexander technique
improving flexibility
Butoh
kinesphere
3. This denishawn dancer and broadway choreographer invented theater dance
gregory hines
master juba lane
fourth position
jack cole
4. He was the first African american dancer to play to white audiences
punch
repetition
sagittal plane
master juba lane
5. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
second position
kinesphere
Diaghilev
unity
6. This involves placing the limbs into positions so that the resulting combination of angles is unusual.
flexion
dynamics
lester horton
angular oppositions
7. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?
rotation
feldenkrais
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
8. Striking the floor with the tip of the foot - with or without a weight change
Bob Fosse
flexion and extension
pathways
toe
9. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane
angular oppositions
transverse horizontal plane
Giselle
Luigi
10. The movement is performed backwards
Principles of composition
dab
interdisciplinary
retrograde
11. 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
axial movement
syncopation
repetition
kinesphere
12. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique
ruby keeler
improvisation
matt mattox
wring
13. 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
improving flexibility
simultaneous canons
modern dance
14. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
jazz
locomotion
cumulative canons
sagittal plane
15. A form of Western classical dance that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. The dance form was formally codified by the time of King Louis XIV (mid-1600's) - Who was accomplished dancer - responsible for extensive notation as well as suppo
dab
tempo
pathways
ballet
16. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?
tempo acceleration/deceleration
transitions
line dancing
tempo
17. He was a celebrated choreographer and the first male dance for the graham company
erick hawkins
repetition
at the front
syncopation
18. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
martha graham
tap
George Balanchine
katherine dunham
19. Multiple performers perform a movement in succession
sammy davis jr
overuse of a tendon
canon
martha graham
20. 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)
lester horton
a contact improvisation exercise
vaganova method
variety
21. Stretching of the foot along the floor - away from the standing leg
erick hawkins
tendu
flick
slap
22. The founder of the modern classical method of ballet
pelvic thrusts
cholly atkins
extension of the working leg
george balanchine
23. 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
lester horton
improvisation
canon
kinesphere
24. A piece of choreography or dance
augmentation/diminution
work
toe
master juba lane
25. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
in all directions
Principles of composition
George Balanchine
time
26. What is the meter in the waltz
stomp
ball change
3/4
retrograde
27. 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.
frontal plane
cecchetti method
tap dance
katherine dunham
28. Feet separated shoulder width toes turned out arms: both extended open and held symmetrically out to the sides - hands between the shoulders and ribcage
wring
second position
doris humphrey and charles weidman
kinesphere
29. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
instrumentation
melody
doris humphrey
tempo
30. 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
aerobic exercise
third position
instrumentation
tendu
31. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed
ruth st. denis
unity
Butoh
fifth position
32. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
gregory hines
brush/scuff
rotation
Beauchamps & Noverre
33. Bending and straightening the knees
plie
work
retrograde
Giselle
34. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead
fifth position
turns at center
Beauchamps & Noverre
jump
35. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
social dance
space
sammy davis jr
interdisciplinary
36. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
jazz
projection
variety
biceps brachii - biceps femoris
37. Combination: sustained time/direct space/strong weight
extension
shuffle
press
angular oppositions
38. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
ruth st. denis
paul taylor
ruby keeler
transitions
39. 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.
rotation
pathways
shape
savion glover
40. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of
master juba lane
flexion
Bob Fosse
tempo
41. Striking the floor with an immediate release; can be done with the heel or the ball of the foot
unison
tap
first position
improvisation
42. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
space
pilates
hop
petit allegro
43. Tendonitis is typically caused by
press
overuse of a tendon
second position
adduction
44. The term 'port des bras' refers to
cumulative canons
movement of the arms
motif and development
dab
45. Modern dance technique style that explores fall and recovery
doris humphrey
rhythm
master juba lane
unison
46. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/strong weight
kinesphere
wring
extension
developpe
47. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
free dance
dynamics
3/4
shuffle
48. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
george balanchine
fred astaire and ginger rogers
jack cole
adagio
49. A structure of movement patterns in time; the pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music.
coordinating lighting and sound cues
rhythm
angular oppositions
tempo acceleration/deceleration
50. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes
a contact improvisation exercise
shuffle
tendu
overuse of a tendon
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