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Appreciating Dance Final
Dance Program 1100 with Colouche at University of Charlotte
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By: Amber Turner
Created: 2010-12-07
Size: 89 flashcards
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Created: 2010-12-07
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What is false about the egungun?
it is a dance-drama.
When dance separated from the Christian religion what two forms of dance were born?
court and social
Christianity believes that…
A, B and C are correct.
What is your ‘personal artistic aesthetic’?
what you like in regards to art
In which culture men and women dance separately?
A and C
In the Yorube culture, Osun is the deity of childbirth. When a person is possessed by her spirit, what is his/her movement style?
fluid and graceful
What dance is the dancer the choreographer?
bharata natyam
During the Grass Dance in the Native American culture,…
a. the torso slowly moves up and down.
b. the feet keep a regularly stepping rhythm
c. the legs kick up as the body rotates
What is countermovement which is evident in the aboriginal dances?
b. moving the torso in one direction while the legs move in the opposite
What is false about the Whirling Dervishes?
d. They are Greek Orthodox Catholic.
The Grand Entry processional order is the following:
e. Men's Traditional dancers, Men's Grass dancers, Men Fancy dancers, Female elders, Women's Traditional dancers, Women Jingle Dress dancers and Women Fancy Shawl dancers
The storylines used in bharata natyam come from...
b. Natya Shastra
What statement is true?
d. As Christianity spread, religious dances connected to pagan religions evolved into a culture's folk dances.
The Greek ideology regarding the relationship between the body and the soul is that influenced the Christian ideology?
a. the body is impure and the soul is pure
Which dance performed by men is described below:
Quick turns, knees lifting and feet stomping the ground in time to the music.
Quick turns, knees lifting and feet stomping the ground in time to the music.
e. Fancy Dance
What are the four types of religious dances?
b. Commemorative, Spiritual Connection, Imitation and Medicine
Who are the Pullavas?
b. a group of dancers in India who perform a cleansing ritual by the creation and destruction of a mandala
What definition did the class define dance as? Dance is…
e. expressive movement
The Snake Dance originally…
b. had tribesmen carry live snakes while they danced
The funeral dances in the Indian cultural are…
e. happy dances that celebrate the life of the deceased.
What is the name for the masked dancers in the Hopi tribe that will dance for fertility, healing and sustenance?
b. Kachinas
During the Middle Ages in Europe, what caused the development of national folk dances?
d. Both A & B
Which cultural dances reflect this type of posture?
The torso is bent forward with legs bent.
The torso is bent forward with legs bent.
a. Aboriginal
b. bharata natyum
A and C
Which folk dance came from a fertility dance?
c. maypole
What Christian holiday was moved to coincide with the Druid holiday that celebrated trees?
e. Christmas
Which statement is true about Early Christianity and dance?
a. Early Christianity leaders banned dance in Christian worship except in Seville.
What culture calls its creation dance 'Dreamtime'?
c. Aboriginal
The hand gestures in Indian classical dance are called…
e. mudras
What is not one of the four raw materials that Rudolf Laban used to describe dance?
b. rhythm
The FJÄSKERN is a social dance from _________________ that means ‘Hurry Scurry’. The steps during the dance…
a. Sweden / speed up
What was so significant about European social dance in the Middle Ages?
c. couples faced each other while dancing
What is America’s national folk dance?
e. Square Dancing
What was the dance in which the gentlemen showed off their dance skills in King Louis XIV’s court?
e. Galliard
Which statement is true?
a. The movement of a good dancer in the Asante court is one who can move majestically and smoothly with articulate hand gestures.
In bugaku, what type of movement do they do?
a. synchronized and slow with tall erect spines
Which religion made it easier for Africans to hide their cultural dances?
b. Catholicism
Where did the waltz developed?
d. Austro-Hungarian Empire
Muslim women in Morocco dance…
a. with their shoulders shimming
b. traditionally with women only
c. with their hips circling
A,B and C
What are the difference(s) between in African and European social dance?
b. European dance has a lifted posture and choreographed.
c. African dance is improvised and low to the ground.
c. African dance is improvised and low to the ground.
B and C
In stepping that has recently developed in America, the some of the movements originated from what?
a. war dances from Africa in which spears were used to make sound
When the waltz was first introduced, who led?
b. no one
During the Capoeira class with Patrick Diebel, what is the description for cocorinha (pronounced "ko-ko RING-ha”) which means little coconut?
a. squat to the floor with your legs in a tight ball and your arms covering your face
In the 1930s, blacks did a dance that was quick and bouncy that was taken from a dance blacks did in Harlem.
b. Lindyhop
During the Square Dance in-class experience, what dance step is described below:
Everyone walks into the center of the square and yells ‘Hey’ on count 4.
Everyone walks into the center of the square and yells ‘Hey’ on count 4.
Choose one answer.
a. Squeeze the Lemon
Flamenco dancing does not have influences from what country?
c. Italy
Capoeira is always played in a…
a. roda
Which court dance is the oldest in the world?
d. bugaku
Which statement is true?
e. The lindy hop was influenced by African polyrhythm and European court dance.
What is significant about the wedding dance for the bride and groom?
b. Symbolizes the union between the two families.
What is not true about King Louis XIV’s court?
a. Peasants danced for the nobility’s entertainment during breaks.
Communal social dances refer to…
b. dances in which cooperation is key to perform synchronized steps
Originally, la danse du ventre was a dance that…
a. men were not allowed to see
b. occurred at the bedside of a woman in labor
c. signified the coming of Spring
e. All of the above
A social dance is…
a. a dance for pleasure/fun.
d. is specific to a culture or people
d. is specific to a culture or people
e. Both A & D
The rumba is a Latin Dance that…
d. is slow and romantic.
Flamenco came from ______________ and can be described as ________________.
c. Spain / percussive footwork and intense performance quality
Capoeira developed from slaves originating from…
b. Kong-Angola
Which queen brought ballet to France?
e. Catherine de Medici
Young Moroccan women use dance…
b. as a personal liberation.
What is not a similarity between King Louis XIV’s court spectacles and the Japanese emperor’s bugaku court dances?
a. the dances were of different tempos
What is the main difference between aerial dance and circus arts?
e. A theme or intent is used in aerial dance
What is false about Kabuki Theatre?
e. Young boys play the women roles.
Who blended tap and ballroom dancing in his choreography and performance?
b. Fred Astaire
Which modern dance choreographer was known for her light and floating dance quality?
b. isadora Duncan
Men who perform the women roles in Kabuki Theatre are called?
c. Onnagotos
Which Broadway musicals did Bob Fosse choreograph?
a. Cabaret
b. Chicago
e. Both A & B
Pilobolus is…
a. A. that formed form a dance improvisation class at Dartmouth College.
c. a contemporary dance company that focuses on collaboration to create their works.
d. Both A & C
The musical Hair depicts…
d. the rebellious “hippie” antiwar youth during the 1960s.
Ruth St. Denis’s choreography was inspired by what ethnic style of dancing?
c. Egyptian
What is not a hip-hop style?
b. trucking
In Aerial Dance, what is the name for the apparatus in which dancers can be suspended in the air without a harness that consists of a bar and two ropes?
c. trapeze
Modern dance in the 1970s paralleled American society in that…
c. experimentation was ramped.
What is Alvin Ailey’s signature work that reflects his memories growing up in Texas?
d. Revelations
What are some of the goals that dance educators have when teaching in the public school system?
b. To teach a variety of dance styles.
c. To aid in child development to enhance their academic studies.
c. To aid in child development to enhance their academic studies.
e. Both B & C
Katherine Dunham’s significant contribution to modern dance is…
c. her fusion of Afro-Caribbean dance with modern dance.
Tap dancing was influenced by the _______________ from Irish Step Dancing and the ____________ from African dance.
d. footwork / polyrythmic music
Tatsumi Hijikata developed the Japanese contemporary dance style butoh which means…
d. dance of darkness
The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts…
a. Was established by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn
d. Taught a variety of ethnic dances.
e. Both A & D
What ideas in the Romanticism Period in history influenced Isadora Duncan?
b. universal truths
Who was the first person to break away from social and artistic norms that introduced modern dance?
d. isadora Duncan
Which Broadway musicals did Jerome Robbins choreograph?
a. The King and I (film version)
b. Funny Girl
c. West Side Story
e. A, B, C
Martha Graham’s work was focused around…
a. alienation
c. Greek mythology
e. A & C
Ultima Vez is a contemporary dance company in Brussels, Belgium who’s Artistic Director, Wim Vandekeybus, is known for depicting vivid real life scenes through…
b. dance for the camera
The Graham technique is centered on…
a. contract and release
Which statement is false?
c. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo consisted of Russian ballet dancers who performed only in Russia.
In the movie Stormy Weather who performed the tap dance with the live big band?
b. Nicholas Brothers
Musical theatre developed from what dance theatre style?
c. vaudville
Hip-hop dance was inspired by and came out of…
e. James Brown / Black and Latin Americans in New York City
What are the three themes in kabuki theatre?
a. Jidaimono, Sewamono and Shosagoto
Who did not dance the Pas de Quatre was danced by…
e. Fanny Elssler
About this deck
By: Amber Turner
Created: 2010-12-07
Size: 89 flashcards
Views: 63
Created: 2010-12-07
Size: 89 flashcards
Views: 63
About StudyBlue
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