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Advanced Dance Sem1 final (2)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the father of Jazz dancing?

a)

Gene Kelly

b)

Bob Boross

c)

Bob Fosse

d)

Jack Cole

2.

What area of the world is credited with starting Jazz?

a)

Europe

b)

America

c)

Africa

d)

France

3.

Which area is NOT a focus of Jazz dancing?

a)

Ribs

b)

Bent knees

c)

Isolations

d)

Movement from the Hips

4.

What was the name of the clubs where jazz dancing was first seen?

a)

Concert Halls

b)

Speak Easies

c)

Juke boxes

d)

Juke houses

5.

Which one is NOT a focus of Jazz dancing technique?

a)

Talent

b)

Balance

c)

Strength

d)

Flexibility

6.

When is jazz dancing (not jazz music) first seen?

a)

1890’s

b)

1900’s

c)

1920’s

d)

1940’s

7.

What is one of the first Jazz steps?

a)

Charleston

b)

Waltz

c)

Lindy

d)

Twist

8.

Which of these did NOT contribute to the creation of Jazz dancing?

a)

European social dancing

b)

Irish sword dancing

c)

African American dancing

d)

Slavery Drum beats

9.

Which came first?

a)

Jazz music

b)

Jazz dancing

c)

Charleston

d)

Swing

10.

What is the range of motion around a specific joint?

a)

Strength

b)

Resistance

c)

Balance

d)

Flexibility

11.

Which items were used as part of the first ballets? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Painting

b)

Poetry

c)

Singing

d)

Music

e)

Dancing

12.

What is the name of the oldest surviving ballet score?

a)

The Queen’s Ballet Comedy

b)

The Triumph of Love

c)

La Sylphide

d)

Swan Lake

13.

Which of the 8 body positions is this?

a)

Derriere Arabesque

b)

A la seconde

c)

Croise Derriere

d)

Croise Devant

14.

Who did the Russians hire to create their ballets? (CHOOSE TWO)

a)

Beauchamp

b)

Lully

c)

Petipa

d)

Tchaikovsky

15.

Which ballet in 1681 had the first professional female dancers?

a)

Queen’s Ballet Comedy

b)

The Triumph of Love

c)

La Sylphide

d)

Swan Lake

16.

Which of the 8 body positions is this?

a)

Derriere Arabesque

b)

A la seconde

c)

Croise Derriere

d)

Devant

17.

Which ballerina was the first to get rid of her corset?

a)

Marie Sall

b)

Marie Camargo

c)

Marie Taglioni

d)

Marie Antoinette

18.

In 1489 during the early days of ballet dancing, what purpose did the dances serve?

a)

Comedy for the king

b)

A form of torture

c)

A professional career

d)

Introduction for courses of a meal

19.

Ballet first began in what country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

20.

What does temps lie mean?

a)

Strike

b)

Inclined

c)

Timed link

d)

Small beat

21.

Which step is considered a walking step?

a)

Riff

b)

Shuffle

c)

Falap

d)

Time step

22.

What is flat foot tap dancing?

a)

Show tap

b)

Soft shoe tap

c)

Buck and wing tap

d)

Rhythm tap

23.

Which style was popular in Vaudeville and led to Rhythm tap?

a)

Show tap

b)

Flash tap

c)

Buck and wing

d)

soft shoe

24.

What was black face made from?

a)

Chalk

b)

Coals

c)

Paint

d)

Cork

25.

What was used to modify the shoe sound before metal plates?

a)

Screws

b)

Pennies

c)

Dimes

d)

Thumbtacks

26.

Which step is also called a Shirley Temple?

a)

Broadway

b)

Buck and Wing

c)

Chop Suey

d)

Cincinnati

27.

Who was allowed to tap dance in minstrel performances?

a)

English dancers

b)

Chinese dancers

c)

Only the best dancers

d)

African American dancers

28.

When were metal plates added to tap shoes?

a)

1880s

b)

1890s

c)

1900s

d)

1910s

29.

What is it called when tricks or acrobatics are added into tap dancing?

a)

Show tap

b)

Flash tap

c)

Rhythm tap

d)

Buck and wing tap

30.

Who is America’s most popular tap dancer of the day?

a)

Master Juba

b)

Bill Robinson

c)

John Bubbles

d)

Jack Cole

31.

What is a reverse leap

answer choices

a)

backward leap

b)

turning jumping fan kick

c)

angled kick

d)

prep for a turn

32.

What is a ronde verse (renverse)?

a)

backward leap

b)

turning jumping fan kick

c)

angled kick

d)

prep for a turn

33.

Stomp hop falap falap step

a)

Single time step

b)

Double time step

c)

Triple time step

d)

Traveling time step

34.

Heel pull toe heel

a)

Paradiddle

b)

Cincinatti

c)

Chop Suey

d)

Maxiford

35.

What does En croix mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

In the shape of a cross

d)

Inward

36.

What does Adagio mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

In the shape of a cross

d)

Inward

37.

What does Allegro mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

In the shape of a cross

d)

Inward

38.

What does En dehors mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

Inward

d)

Outward

39.

What does En dedans mean?

a)

Fast

b)

Slow

c)

Inward

d)

Outward

40.

Which of the 8 body positions is this?

a)

E Paule

b)

Derriere Arabesque

c)

Croise Derriere

d)

Devant