Year 7 - End of Term 3 Dance Quiz

Identify the key stylistic features of Contemporary Dance: (Select 3 answers)

• Floor Work

• Tap Dance

• Ballet Technique

• Popping and Locking

• Fall and Recovery

Identify the key stylistic features of Jazz Dance: (Select 3 Answers)

• Flexed Hand Positions

• Isolation of Body Parts

• Relaxed Hands

• High Kicks

• Running

Identify the key features of Street dance: (Select 3 answers)

• Whacking, Popping and Locking

• Tricks (like flips and handsprings)

• Parallel Position

• Low Grounded Movement

• Flexibility

Which TWO are action developments?

• Speed

• Repetition

• Addition

• Level

• Direction

Which TWO are space developments?

• Level

• Unison

• Pathway

• Speed

• Flow

Which TWO are relationship developments?

• Canon

• Pathway

• Contact

• Direction

• Addition

If I start the motif facing forward and then change to face the side, what am I changing?

• The level

• The size

• The direction

• The Pathway

If I perform the same movement over and over again, what am I using?

• Retrograde

• Repetition

• Fragmentation

• Addition

Which style of dance does this dance phrase belong to? (Give it a try!)

Step forward on the right or left foot, then cross the other foot over the first foot, then step back with the first foot, then bring the feet side by side.

• Street Dance

• Contemporary Dance

• Jazz Dance

Which style of dance does this dance phrase belong to? (Try it out!)

Put both of your arms out to your sides, and begin a wave in one of your arms, starting at the very fingertips and working the wave up until it reaches your chest. Then, let the wave roll through your chest, and into the shoulder of your other arm. From that shoulder, let the wave roll all the way down your arm, exiting through your fingertips.

• Street Dance

• Contemporary Dance

• Jazz Dance