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Beginning Dance Final Exam Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The three processes in dance are dancing, dance making, and dance appreciation.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Dance literature relates to learning various dance techniques and styles.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

All of the dance processes contribute to dance literacy.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Ballet shoe strings should be tied and tucked into the shoe.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Dancers perform a révérence at the end of a traditional ballet class.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Ballet comes from a Russian term meaning “to dance.”

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In a traditional ballet class the center is followed by the barre.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The father of American Ballet is George Balanchine.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Martha Graham created dances about the American Southwest, mythology, and cosmic themes.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Merce Cunningham and John Cage were choreographers who experimented with chance dances.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Katherine Dunham was an anthropologist, a dancer, and a choreographer.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The four pioneer modern dancers used American historical topics as the focus in their new dances.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Nineteenth-century roots for jazz dance include minstrel shows and vaudeville.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Black Crook was the first Broadway show that used jazz dance.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Ballet and modern dance choreographers worked in films and on Broadway as part of developing jazz dance styles.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Jazz dance safety requires being aware of kicks, leg extensions, big jumps, leaps, and fast-moving combinations in general space.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The jazz class begins with a series of warm-up exercises that include both total-body movements and isolations.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Rhythm tap is a style of tap dance featured in musical theater and entertainment.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Three dances in the minstrel show were the walkaround, the step out, and the shuffle.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

An early 20th-century tap dance director, Ned Wayburn, created all-girl tap lines in the Ziegfeld Follies.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Tap dance safety depends on securely fastened shoes and a floor that is not slick.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Which of the following artistic processes relate to all art forms?

a)

apply, present, respond, relate

b)

create, perform, respond, connect

c)

read, create, perform, discuss

23.

Principles that underlie dance processes are

a)

a.       dancing, dance making, and dance appreciation

b)

b.       movement, choreography, and aesthetics

c)

c.        technique, etiquette, and safety

24.

The bossa nova, the swim, the mashed potato, and others made the music charts as Fad dances in the

a)

a.       1930s into the 1940s

b)

b.       1950s into the 1960s

c)

c.        1980s into the 1990s

25.

Animal dances such as the turkey trot were created by

a)

a.       Arthur Murray

b)

b.       John Travolta

c)

c.        Vernon and Irene Castle

26.

During the 1970s, country-western dances resurfaced because of

a)

a.       the country music industry

b)

b.       dance stars on television

c)

c.        national heritage values

27.

Within a geographic region a variety of dances exist because of

a)

a.       topography and climate

b)

b.       people’s heritage and economics

c)

c.        race, ethnicity, and rituals

28.

A dance of historical significance, a celebration, or a life event best describes a

a)

a.       cultural dance

b)

b.       community dance

c)

c.        traditional dance

29.

The value of a cultural dance form uses

a)

a.       a Western definition and lens for description

b)

b.       the unique characteristics and style for each dance

c)

c.        the people’s culture and their heritage

30.

Studying a geographic region that supports human geography is also known as

a)

a.       physical geography

b)

b.       personal geography

c)

c.        cultural geography

31.

In cultural dance you study the who, where, when, and why of a dance to study

a)

how the dance represents the people, culture, and society

b)

the history of the dance and its characteristics

c)

the people who performed the dance and their lifestyle

32.

Locomotor movement includes all but which of the following terms?

a)

a.       grapevine and run

b)

b.       skip and gallop

c)

c.        rise and fall

33.

Tap dance is a dance genre from

a)

a.       Africa

b)

b.       Ireland

c)

c.        America

34.

creative movement and dance

a)

Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility

b)

    Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance

c)

  Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes

d)

Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment

35.

recreational dance

a)

Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility

b)

Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes

c)

Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance

d)

Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment

36.

dance fitness

a)

Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility

b)

Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes

c)

Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance

d)

Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment

37.

Concert Dance

a)

Dance forms that increase cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility

b)

Explores movement to understand the elements of dance and choreographic processes

c)

Dance genres performed onstage as art and entertainment

d)

Folk dances, cultural and historical dances, and social dance

38.

Which ballet position is this?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

e)

Fifth

39.

Which ballet position is this?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

e)

Fifth