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WorksheetsDance Exam Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
While introducing various concepts of space to a dance class, the teacher demonstrates rising to a high position and then sinking to a lower position. Which of the following spatial elements is the teacher demonstrating?
Direction
Dimension
Pathway
Level
Moving from slow to fast or from fast to slow are ways of employing the dance element of…
Level
Space
Time
Force
When creating a dance or movement study, floor patterns are created by…
Slow and fast time
High and low space
Light and strong effort
Straight and curved pathways
Improvisation is the act of…
Creating a dance and following the choreography
Planning in advance.
Making up movement as you go.
The speed of the music is known as the____
Pace
Rhythm
Pitch
Tempo
A person who designs dance is called…
Choreographer
Choreography
Chorus
A plie is the bending movement of the...
Ankles
Elbows
Knees
What does “tendu” mean?
Stretched
Slide
Glide
Which phrase best describes a tendu?
Flexed foot in the air.
Sickled foot off the floor.
Extended foot on the floor.
Rotated foot off the floor.
What is the position called when toes are facing forward?
First position.
Fourth position turned out
Releve turned out
Parallel
A rising of the body on pointe or demi-pointe (lifting your heels up) is called a…
Pirouette
Jete
Releve
Rond de jambe is a _______movement of the leg.
Round
Bent
Flat
What is the opposite of “en dehors”?
En Avant
En arriere
En Dedans
Modern dance is...
The rejection of or rebellion against classical ballet.
Only practiced in America.
Conservative.
Who was the mother of modern dance?
Martha Graham
Isadora Duncan
Alvin Ailey
A contraction or "C" curve was invented by...
Martha Graham
Isadora Duncan
Alvin Ailey
Which of the following choreographic principals is primarily emphasized in Martha Graham's work?
Impact and resistance
Fall and recovery
Jump and rotate
Contract and release
During an undercurve the pathway of the pelvis is..
Up and over
A "U" shape
Straight
When the teacher refers to your core, the teacher is referring to what part of the body...
Head and shoulders
Abdominals and pelvis
Knees and feet
In which joint should the movement of the legs from parallel to turned-out position be initiated?
Ankle
Hip
Knee
Lower back
In ballet, turnout commonly refers to...
Extension of the arms
Rotation of the legs
Flexing of the ankle
Bending of the spine
In a beginning ballet class, an instructor teaches three ballet movements at the barre-tendu, degage, and grand battement- as a progression. In all three movements, which of the following must be true for the non-supporting (working) leg?
The foot brushes against the floor.
The hip is raised.
The leg is bent.
The foot remains on the floor.
A jete is a...
Turn
Roll
Jump
What is the international language of ballet?
Italian
English
French
Battement refers to movement with this part of the body...
Leg
Arm
Hand
Ballet evolved from..
Latin American Dance
Modern Dance
Court Dance
Which of the following is the name for saying "thank you" at the end of a ballet class?
Allegro
Adagio
Reverence
In which of the following movements are both of a dancer's feet off the ground at the same time?
Shuffle
Fan kick
Grand jete
Degage
Which of the following had the most significant impact on the development of ballet as a unique form of dance?
Dance as part of religious rituals in the middle ages.
Elaborate performances at royal courts in France and Italy during the sixteenth century.
The rise of the middle class in Europe during the eighteenth century.
How many feet and arm positions are there in ballet?
4
5
6
7
What is it called when the dancer is standing in 1st or 2nd parallel with a straight back tilting flat (like a table)?
Contraction
Isolation
Flat back
What is a series of steps called that move sideways with a side, back, side, front pattern?
Chasse
Grapevine
Shimmy
About jazz walks
Every dancer has the same jazz walk
Every dancer has a different jazz walk
Every dancer knows types of jazz walks
Which of the following is the primary method for a tap dancer to make percussive sounds?
Striking the floor
Clapping the hands
Using the voice
Hitting a drum
Hip-hop combines elements from break dancing and funk styles and has…
Conformed to the style set by mainstream dance companies
A strict set of standardize movements
Limited appeal to international audiences
Developed independently of dance studios
Which of the following is an isolation?
Sit ups
High knees
Head/neck rolls
Splits
