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Dance Basics

Subjects : performing-arts, dance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)?






2. Asking students to research a non-western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of an _____ approach to learning






3. This is the dynamic hitting of a positions






4. Modern jazz style that emphasizes agility in all areas






5. Which of the following two muscles are used for flexion in dance?






6. Of the following types of social dance listed below - which does not involve partnering?






7. In jazz dance - bending backward from the knees while maintaining a straight torso is called a






8. These brothers were famous in vaudeville - on the jazz circuit and in hollywood for their daring acrobatic style






9. Dancers begin at different points in a phrase - fall into step as the phrase progresses - and end in unison






10. With which of the following styles of modern dance is Isadora Duncan associated?






11. Jose Limon - Alvin Ailey - Paul Taylor - Katharine Dunham - Merce Cunningham expanded






12. This is a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed beats in a piece of music






13. This broadway and hollywood choreographer did the film version of west side story






14. If a ballet step such as grand battement is performed en croix - this means






15. This employs mental visualization of carefull devised imagery with tactile input to enhance coordination of movement and adjust habitual posture and movement habits. if one can see efficient and aligned movement - one can achieve it






16. Movement created spontaneously - which ranges from freeform to highly structured environments - always including an element of chance.






17. She brought the precursors of ballet to France in the 1500s






18. Two steps in sequence - one on each foot; the first step gets less weight than the second






19. Feet: heel of one foot against the big toe of the other foot - toes turned out arms. both arms extending overhead






20. Part of a movement is performed






21. A lean body with enhanced flexibility due to a lack of muscular strength






22. Tap dance is known for making heavy use of which of the following types of rhythm?






23. This award winning choreographer and musical director of cabaret - sweet charity - and all that jazz created the fosse technique






24. Sturdy body with strong dense musculature - lack of flexibility






25. He was a broadway/hollywood hoofer and actor who ushered in the tap revival of the 1980s






26. In order to develop a dancer's endurance for a long performance - a teacher would recommend






27. Physics principles that govern motion - flow - and weight in time and space including: the law of gravity - balance and centrifugal force.






28. Kazua ohno and tatsumi hijikata developed






29. The jazz dance choreography in the musical theater classics Chicago and Cabaret is the work of






30. Combination: sustained time/indirect space/lightweight






31. 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.






32. To develop or grow - drawing the working foot up the standing leg and then extending it outward






33. A movement is made part of another movement






34. Outward rotation; turning a limb outward - toward the back of the body






35. 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.






36. A feeling of completion or wholeness in a dance achieved when all parts work well together.






37. When a frappe` is performed - the accent is typically on the






38. Widespread hand posture where the fingers are extended strongly outward from the palm






39. A form of physical movement progressing from one place to another. Walking - running - grapevine - galloping - leaping - jumping - hopping - skipping - sliding - etc.






40. Four main movements in the pas de deux






41. Combination: sudden time/direct space/light weight






42. The size of the movement is increased or decreased






43. Intersects an upright standing body horizontally the table plane






44. 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






45. What is the meter in the waltz






46. Late modern dance technique that created dances without any attached historical - cultural or philosophical meanings






47. He was a crippled dancer who created a therapeutic method that led to the development of standard jazz technique






48. To extend or stretch - pointing the toes






49. Celebrated teacher of jazz technique






50. While executing a fouette turn (fouette en tournant) the dancer's working leg is engaged in