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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. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.
accumulation
locomotion
modern dance
rhythm tap
2. Tap dancers that focus on design and dance aspect of tapping such as fred astaire - gene kelly and ann miller
time
master juba lane
broadway or show tap
doris humphrey and charles weidman
3. This broadway and hollywood performer and choreographer introduced African and caribbean dance styles
time
katherine dunham
ballet
repetition
4. Phrasing may be determined by all but which of the following
master juba lane
alexander technique
space
kinesthetic awareness
5. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music
toe
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
rhythm
syncopation
6. A particular kind or style of dance - such as - ballet - jazz - modern - folk - tap - hip-hop - etc.
jump
telling a traditional story
vaganova method
genre
7. Similar to the principles of visual art. Refers to the presence of unity - continuity (transitions) and variety (contrasts and repitition-patterns) in the choreography
step
turns at center
head whip
Principles of composition
8. 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
Principles of composition
folk/traditional
alexander technique
cecchetti method
9. Defined specifically as the volume at Which musical notes are played.
paul taylor
dynamics
sagittal plane
pirouette
10. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the
jerome robbins
fourth position
transverse horizontal plane
extension of the working leg
11. Forward brush followed by a backward brush
shuffle
stamp
turns from corner
harold and fayard nicholas
12. Dance associated with a nationalistic purpose - usually performed today as surviving portion of a traditional celebration and done for social gatherings or as recreation
folk/traditional
master juba lane
erick hawkins
a contact improvisation exercise
13. He was a broadway - hollywood and las vegas dancer - singer and actor
sammy davis jr
3/4
pirouette
pilates
14. This hollywood jazz and tap dancer popularized the practice of wearing pantyhose in place of stockings
ann miller
flexion
dynamics
time
15. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.
space
accumulation
bartenieff fundamentals
unity
16. He was a legendary avant garde choreographer
merce cunningham
folk/traditional
social dance
ballet
17. Inward rotation; turning a limb inward - toward the front of the body
jerome robbins
inversion
lester horton
jump
18. The term 'port des bras' refers to
bob fosse
flick
tableau
movement of the arms
19. He is the father of ballet in American and the founder of the NY city Ballet
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
press
martha graham
George Balanchine
20. This celebrated teacher founded the jazz dance world congress
gus giordano
erick hawkins
Giselle
isolated movement
21. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings
Catherine de Medici
merce cunningham
projection
contrast
22. For which of the following types of dance is a shoe with a small - soft heel traditionally worn
3/4
jazz
turns from corner
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
23. A piece of choreography or dance
dab
adduction
movement of the arms
work
24. In Laban Movement Analysis the space in which a dancer's body is moving is called the
ruby keeler
kinesphere
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
alexander technique
25. Modern dance technique that transformed everyday movement in to the absurd or dramatic
charles weidman
accumulation
axial movement
pilates
26. Which of the following societal changes has probably had the least impact on the variety of dance styles that are performed in the US today?
tempo
Bob Fosse
economic development
lester horton
27. Small - quick jumps in place such as changements - temps leves - and assembles
float
petit allegro
stomp
developpe
28. The ability of the dancer to present their body with confidence and the required energy to communicate movements clearly to an audience.
projection
gus giordano
snap
shape
29. Skills requiring cooperation -coordination and dependence - including imitation - lead and follow - echo - mirroring and call and response
locomotion
stamp
partnering/group skills
transitions
30. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions
savion glover
vertically
snap
folk/traditional
31. To strike - striking the floor with the foot in a brushing movement
space
sammy davis jr
ted shawn
frappe
32. The speed of the music or dance
3/4
ideokinesis
tendu
tempo
33. They codified many standard ballet rules still used today
overuse of a tendon
repetition
frontal plane
Beauchamps & Noverre
34. Reach space or personal space.
time
action/reaction
variety
kinesphere
35. He was a broadway and hollywood tap and jazz dancer - as well as a movie star
transverse horizontal plane
jack cole
gene kelly
glide
36. 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.
press
ectomorph
time
unity
37. This duo became famous in the 1940s along with cab calloway they were part of the big band circuit - and they performed in hollywood
cholly atkins and coles
gus giordano
isolated movement
promenade - turns - lifts - leaps
38. Leaving the ground and landing on the same foot
Giselle
inversion
hop
Luigi
39. Part of a movement is performed
fragmentation
gus giordano
doris humphrey
press
40. 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.
eversion
unison
tap dance
simultaneous canons
41. Feet heels touching toes turned out arms: both arms held in front of the torso hands at waist level
flow
cecchetti method
first position
gus giordano
42. In order to relieve muscle tension - a dancer might engage in all but which of the following practices
hyperextension
canon
shape
pilates
43. This is a kind of snap. the head is tossed or turned from a frontward orientation to the side.
abduction
extension of the working leg
space
head whip
44. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style
savion glover
extension of the working leg
lester horton
harold and fayard nicholas
45. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded
toe
modern dance
flexion
erick hawkins
46. These include pique - chaine - and similar turns that move the dancer across the floor
turns from corner
aerobic exercise
modern
Catherine de Medici
47. The movement is speeded up or slowed down
space
jerome robbins
bob fosse
tempo acceleration/deceleration
48. Succession of tones set to a particular rhythm that serves as the voice in music
kinesphere
projection
melody
flap
49. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story
tempo acceleration/deceleration
narrative
jerome robbins
slap
50. Lightly striking the floor in an outward sweeping motion (brush with ball - scuff with heel)
flick
brush/scuff
tap
line dancing