WorksheetsUnit 2 Dance Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
___ ___ is a form of social dancing in which a partner is not needed. You are part of a whole group dancing as one.
a)
line dancing
b)
paso doble
c)
swing dancing
d)
volta dancing
2.
Queen Elizabeth I favorite court dance was called the ____ .
a)
vivo
b)
volta
c)
vamanos
d)
voldemort
3.
__ dancing is not dominated by religious or practical purposes, but a good way to meet people and burn calories.
a)
line dancing
b)
ballet dancing
c)
social dancing
d)
ritual dancing
4.
When the principal dancer for a company is a male, he is called a ___ ___ .
a)
numero uno
b)
prime rib
c)
prima ballerina
d)
prima danseur
5.
He helped raise the status of the male dancer by choreographing dances that promoted masculine themes; married to Ruth St. Denis; cofounder of Denishawn dance company.
a)
Ted Shawn
b)
Timmy Turner
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Tom Cruise
6.
She believed dances should be movement alone without music; recorded body movements on paper.
a)
Mary Lamb
b)
Mary Wigman
c)
Martha Graham
d)
Martha Stuart
7.
Origins of this dance can be traced back to the early 17th century when dancers performed interludes between scenes of an opera.
a)
ballet
b)
kathak
c)
yangko
d)
ritual dancing
8.
A ballet body position in which a dancer stands on one leg (the supporting leg) with the other leg (the working leg) turned out and directly behind the body.
a)
plie
b)
kick out
c)
arabesque
d)
pas de deux
9.
It encompasses many dance forms or styles, which are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically associated with American country and/or western traditions.
a)
yangko
b)
kathak
c)
ballet
d)
country-western
10.
It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
a)
bunny hop
b)
hip-skip
c)
hip-hop
d)
lock-pops
11.
A ballet dance with two dancers.
a)
pas de two
b)
pas de trio
c)
pas de deux
d)
pas duo
12.
A ballet dance with three dancers.
a)
a deux trio
b)
pas des trois
c)
pas three
d)
pas des deux
13.
_______ dance was a way to free the dancers creative spirit, moving away from the constrictions of ballet and to explore new movements.
a)
modern
b)
ritual
c)
hip-hop
d)
social
14.
_____ is a way to teach the coordination of music and body movements by writing the movements on paper.
a)
Ergonomics
b)
Economics
c)
Eurythmics
d)
Enviromentalist
15.
Swing, paso doble, cha-cha, tango and waltz are example of what type of dancing?
a)
ballroom dancing
b)
yanko
c)
country-western
d)
ritual dancing
16.
She is a modern day choreographer and she records music and choreographs dance to own music.
a)
Martha Graham
b)
Mary Wigman
c)
Martha Stewart
d)
Meredith Monk
17.
Participating in court dances signified _____________ social status during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.
a)
low
b)
middle class
c)
high
d)
poor
18.
This type of dance draws its inspiration from the movements and shapes of nature.
a)
natural dancing
b)
ritual dancing
c)
bird dancing
d)
social dancing
19.
A syncretic dance genre from Cuba; it is usually danced to the spanish music although most people perform the steps with Latin American music as well.
a)
salsa
b)
paso doble
c)
cha-cha
d)
fox-trot
20.
Modern dance was a rebellion against the stylization of _______ where dancers were dancing on their toes and executing the same basic movements in every performance.
a)
ballet
b)
opera
c)
ballroom
d)
kathak
21.
A group of dances that developed with the style of jazz music popular in the 1920s-1940s and is also known as ‘jitterbug’ dancing.
a)
cha-cha
b)
paso doble
c)
sweat
d)
swing
22.
Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, & the Rite of Spring are popular ____ .
a)
operas
b)
broadway musicals
c)
ballets
d)
movies
23.
This is a traditional folk dance of the Han Chinese. It involves swaying of the body to certain rhythms. The waist and the hip are used to drive feet in order to sync with the music.
a)
yangko
b)
flag core
c)
marching
d)
kathak
24.
She was pioneer of modern dance often dancing in her bare feet; looked to classical Greece for inspiration. Died from being strangled in her own car by her scarf.
a)
Ruth St. Denis
b)
Isadora Duncan
c)
Martha Graham
d)
Mary Lamb
25.
She helped pioneer the experimental art form known as post-modern dance and referred to herself as the breaker of modern dance.
a)
Anna Halprin
b)
Martha Monk
c)
Meredith Graham
d)
Mary Wigman
26.
This is a type of Indian classical dances, originated from India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic people of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars or storytellers.
a)
paso doble
b)
salsa
c)
yangko
d)
kathak
27.
Dance uses _________ __________ to communicate intense feelings.
a)
sign language
b)
body language
c)
emotional language
d)
foreign language
28.
The paso doble dance draws inspiration from Spanish _____ .
a)
bull fights
b)
bar brawls
c)
baby birds
d)
baked goods
29.
She is the first African-American female ballet dancer to be named principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre Company.
a)
Misty Copeland
b)
Martha Graham
c)
Meredith Monk
d)
Missy Frasier
30.
____ was successful in adapting jazz of the 1920’s-30’s to dance.
a)
Martha Graham
b)
Meredith Grey
c)
Twyla Tharp
d)
Ted Shawn
31.
The pretext (or subject matter) of a dance can be about a feeling, state of mind or a _______ .
a)
narrative
b)
society
c)
narrator
d)
prose
32.
A ballet move when you are rising onto or standing on the toes or balls of one or both feet.
a)
relief
b)
releve
c)
plie
d)
tip-top
33.
The origins of modern dance are traced to the American dancers: Isadora Duncan and ________ .
a)
Ruth St. Denis
b)
Meredith Monk
c)
Anna Halprin
d)
Ted Shawn
34.
Martha Graham is associated with the '_____ & ____ ' movement.
a)
contract and release
b)
catch and release
c)
in and out
d)
up and down
35.
Dancing to communicate a state of mind differs from feelings because state of mind is more ________ .
a)
enduring
b)
emotional
c)
entertaining
d)
enjoyable
36.
Female ballet dancers balance on the toes to emphasize airy, floating movements.
a)
plie
b)
arabesque
c)
tip-toes
d)
en pointe
37.
She was a member of the Denishawn dance company, but left in the mid-1920s to form her own company.
a)
Martha Graham
b)
Billy Graham
c)
Mary Wigman
d)
Doris Humphrey
38.
Early dance often religiously celebrates some sort of tribal achievement.
a)
ritual dance
b)
celebrate good times
c)
social dance
d)
line dance
39.
She is known for the fall and recovery movement in modern dance.
a)
Doris Humphrey
b)
Doris Day
c)
Martha Graham
d)
Mother Nature
40.
How many counts is a typical line dance before it repeats?
a)
32
b)
300
c)
13
d)
36
41.
A prima ballerina is a ___ .
a)
female principle dancer of a ballet company
b)
type of pasta with vegetables
c)
male principle dancer of a ballet company
d)
the worst ballerina in a dance company
42.
Ritual dance draws its inspiration from ___ .
a)
feelings
b)
stories
c)
nature
d)
high society
43.
___ dances are dances that are developed by people from a certain region.
a)
folk
b)
social
c)
court
d)
ritual
44.
The volta is ________ 's favorite court dance.
a)
Queen Elizabeth I
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Queen Victoria
d)
Princess Megan
45.
Which of the following is NOT a ballroom dance?
a)
yangko
b)
cha-cha
c)
paso doble
d)
swing
46.
In a line dance you do not need a ___ .
a)
partner
b)
foot
c)
song
d)
32 count pattern
47.
A plie in ballet consists of a smooth bending of your ___ .
a)
knees
b)
head
c)
shoulders
d)
toes
48.
In the ballet Swan Lake, the main "swan's" name is ____ .
a)
Odette
b)
Odel
c)
Opal
d)
Oswald
49.
Dances can be about a feeling, state of mind or a _____ .
a)
narrative
b)
prose
c)
epic
d)
theme
50.
How is a state of mind different from a regular feeling?
a)
it is more enduring
b)
it is more shallow
c)
it is more basic
d)
it is more trouble
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