WorksheetsREVIEW-Chapter 5: Prehistoric Dance Section
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
dance historian
Type of stately couple dance of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries where the dancers process in a dignified fashion without raising their feet far from the floor.
A person who researches and uses writing skills to trace the history of dance throughout the ages.
It consisted of a group of dancers holding hands usually in a circle, with the dancers singing in a leader and refrain style while dancing.
historical dance
A term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present.
A person who researches and uses writing skills to trace the history of dance throughout the ages.
It consisted of a group of dancers holding hands usually in a circle, with the dancers singing in a leader and refrain style while dancing.
Dances do not change with society, a setting, or during a time period.
True
False
Appreciating a people's cultures and their arts and recognizing their artists makes us global citizens.
True
False
A collection of myths, stories, jokes, tall tales, and dramas are considered to be_______________.
folk culture
folk heritage
folklore
Why do things happening in our society affect how we dance?
Dance has a strong link to society in a given time period.
True
False
History and society influence dancers, choreographers, and dances; therefore, they influence dance as a whole.
True
False
People danced over millennia of prehistory in order to remember and teach their common knowledge, tribal traditions, myths, and stories to the next generation.
True
False
Which of the following is not a reason why prehistoric people dances?
Life span dances
Weapons and war dances
Medicine or healing dances
For recreation
At what time period did people start dancing for "fun" instead of dancing to tell their stories?
Locate a video that provides an example of a prehistoric "war" dance. Insert the link.
Locate a video that provides an example of a prehistoric "agricultural" dance. Insert the link.
