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WorksheetsBeginning Dance Final Exam Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
The three processes in dance are dancing, dance making, and dance appreciation.
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Dance literature relates to learning various dance techniques and styles.
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All of the dance processes contribute to dance literacy.
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Ballet shoe strings should be tied and tucked into the shoe.
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Dancers perform a révérence at the end of a traditional ballet class.
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Ballet comes from a Russian term meaning “to dance.”
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In a traditional ballet class the center is followed by the barre.
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The father of American Ballet is George Balanchine.
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Martha Graham created dances about the American Southwest, mythology, and cosmic themes.
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Merce Cunningham and John Cage were choreographers who experimented with chance dances.
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Katherine Dunham was an anthropologist, a dancer, and a choreographer.
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The four pioneer modern dancers used American historical topics as the focus in their new dances.
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Nineteenth-century roots for jazz dance include minstrel shows and vaudeville.
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The Black Crook was the first Broadway show that used jazz dance.
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Ballet and modern dance choreographers worked in films and on Broadway as part of developing jazz dance styles.
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Jazz dance safety requires being aware of kicks, leg extensions, big jumps, leaps, and fast-moving combinations in general space.
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The jazz class begins with a series of warm-up exercises that include both total-body movements and isolations.
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Rhythm tap is a style of tap dance featured in musical theater and entertainment.
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Three dances in the minstrel show were the walkaround, the step out, and the shuffle.
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An early 20th-century tap dance director, Ned Wayburn, created all-girl tap lines in the Ziegfeld Follies.
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Tap dance safety depends on securely fastened shoes and a floor that is not slick.
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Which of the following artistic processes relate to all art forms?
apply, present, respond, relate
create, perform, respond, connect
read, create, perform, discuss
Principles that underlie dance processes are
a. dancing, dance making, and dance appreciation
b. movement, choreography, and aesthetics
c. technique, etiquette, and safety
The bossa nova, the swim, the mashed potato, and others made the music charts as Fad dances in the
a. 1930s into the 1940s
b. 1950s into the 1960s
c. 1980s into the 1990s
Animal dances such as the turkey trot were created by
a. Arthur Murray
b. John Travolta
c. Vernon and Irene Castle
During the 1970s, country-western dances resurfaced because of
a. the country music industry
b. dance stars on television
c. national heritage values
Within a geographic region a variety of dances exist because of
a. topography and climate
b. people’s heritage and economics
c. race, ethnicity, and rituals
A dance of historical significance, a celebration, or a life event best describes a
a. cultural dance
b. community dance
c. traditional dance
The value of a cultural dance form uses
a. a Western definition and lens for description
b. the unique characteristics and style for each dance
c. the people’s culture and their heritage
Studying a geographic region that supports human geography is also known as
a. physical geography
b. personal geography
c. cultural geography
In cultural dance you study the who, where, when, and why of a dance to study
how the dance represents the people, culture, and society
the history of the dance and its characteristics
the people who performed the dance and their lifestyle
Locomotor movement includes all but which of the following terms?
a. grapevine and run
b. skip and gallop
c. rise and fall
Tap dance is a dance genre from
a. Africa
b. Ireland
c. America
creative movement and dance
Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility
Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance
Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes
Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment
recreational dance
Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility
Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes
Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance
Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment
dance fitness
Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility
Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes
Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance
Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment
Concert Dance
Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility
Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes
Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment
Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance
Which ballet position is this?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Which ballet position is this?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
