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Dance Basics
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1. Circle of the leg - tracing a half circle upon the ground using the toes
space
hop
rond de jambe
pathways
2. Multiple performers perform the movement in the same way at the same time
polyrhythm
third position
unison
modern
3. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend
modern
head whip
doris humphrey and charles weidman
aerobic exercise
4. Modern jazz style that is an exploratory style. mixes in ballet
jazz hands
martha graham
meter
gus giordano
5. He was the co-founder of denishawn and the founder of jacob's pillow dance festival
broadway or show tap
extension of the working leg
ted shawn
frontal plane
6. 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
rotation
rhythm
accumulation
erick hawkins
7. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
third position
cholly atkins and coles
Catherine de Medici
unity
8. Tap dancers that are part of the jazz musical tradition such as bill bojangles robinson - sammy davis jr. - gregory hines and savion glover
plie
rhythm tap
erick hawkins
lester horton
9. He was a turn of the century vaudeville hoofer who danced on broadway and in hollywood's shirley temple films
wring
degage
bill bojangles robinson
stamp
10. Slow port-de-bras and bow at the end of class to acknowledge gratitude to the teacher
plie
reverance
gregory hines
gus giordano
11. The action of straightening a joint or the action of increasing the angle between tow levers
fourth position
extension
ruth st. denis
Nijinsky
12. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
repetition
ball change
Marius Petipa
modern dance
13. Placing the entire foot on the floor with a weight change
jump
partnering/group skills
stamp
polyrhythm
14. 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.
time
pirouette
modern dance
sagittal plane
15. 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
paul taylor
Nijinsky
frappe
alexander technique
16. A position of the body in space - such as curved - straight - angular - twisted - symmetrical - asymmetrical - etc.
shuffle
narrative
tap
shape
17. These hollywood partners were famous for appearing in films that featured their supernaturally smooth ballroom and tap styles
vertically
line dancing
fred astaire and ginger rogers
jazz
18. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
frontal plane
adductor magnus
merce cunningham
19. He was a star dancer with and controversial choerographer for Ballets Russes
dynamics
work
bob fosse
Nijinsky
20. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm
entrechat
punch
jazz hands
hyperextension
21. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
cholly atkins and coles
Kinesthetics
Catherine de Medici
22. Is the degree of the force of body weight introduced into a movement
polyrhythm
weight
lester horton
hop
23. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
ruby keeler
float
interdisciplinary
projection
24. Which of the following ballets used music not composed by Tchaikovsky
martha graham
Giselle
ruby keeler
axial movement
25. Combination: sudden time/indirect space/strong weight
axial movement
rhythm
cecchetti method
slash
26. The intentional quality of the path taken by a body part or a body through space during a movement. direct or indirect
flap
projection
action/reaction
space
27. 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)?
fifth position
augmentation/diminution
adductor magnus
fourth position
28. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
Mikhail Fokine
lester horton
melody
cramp roll
29. The orginal french form of classical ballet from italy
projection
plie
George Balanchine
cecchetti method
30. The degree of ease or continuousness of a movement from initiation to completion
float
plie
flow
developpe
31. 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
choreography
katherine dunham
stomp
third position
32. 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.
force/energy
first position
martha graham
melody
33. In Laban's theory of effort (sometimes called movement dynamics) - which of the following qualities is not a dimension of effort?
Direction
kinesphere
adagio
glide
34. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
toe
dynamics
jazz
jerome robbins
35. Four main movements in the pas de deux
brush/scuff
stomp
gene kelly
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
36. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means
tendu
in all directions
second position
lester horton
37. Placing the entire foot on the floor without a weight change
George Balanchine
stomp
tap dance
modern dance
38. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
endomorph
Butoh
dynamics
instrumentation
39. 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
syncopation
jazz hands
modern dance
Catherine de Medici
40. She was the co-founder of denishawn - the first modern dance school
dab
incorporation
ruth st. denis
merce cunningham
41. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas
matt mattox
gregory hines
flow
petit allegro
42. What is the meter in the waltz
gregory hines
meter
3/4
glide
43. The movement is performed using a different body part
ruth st. denis
instrumentation
time
master juba lane
44. Visualized as running vertically cross the chest - shoulder to should - on an upright standing body. the door plane
ideokinesis
frontal plane
work
accumulation
45. Late modern dance technique that draws from everyday gestures and movements such as sitting - crawling - rolling - walking - and running.
angular oppositions
melody
paul taylor
cholly atkins
46. Observers would be unlikely to see contractions - releases - and isolations in which of the following dance forms?
shape
mesomorph
ballet
axial movement
47. Rubrics are most effective for
glide
flap
balance
assessing complex assignments
48. Forward brush followed by a touch
vertically
wring
slap
fragmentation
49. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?
flexion
rotation
transition
free dance
50. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
tempo acceleration/deceleration
modern dance
the changement and the sautes
frappe
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