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Dance Performance/Choreography Terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

​ ​ (a)   is the rising from a position in which the feet are flat on the floor to a position in which the dancer balances on one or both feet, on at least demi-pointe ​ ​

Choose from the below words
Relevé
Plié
Passé
Pirouette
2.

Find the elements of hip hop and place them in the Hip Hop column. Place all wrong answers in the other column.

Categorize the following

Family (community)

MC-ing (oral)

Singing (vocal)

DJ-ing (aural/auditory)

Dance (physical)

Attitude (mindset)

Fashion (innovation)

Graffiti (visual)

Knowledge (mental)

5 Elements of Hip Hop
NOT Elements of Hip Hop
3.

Common in jazz dance routines, this occurs when a dancer's legs are bent while also on relevé.

a)

pointe

b)

supporting foot

c)

forced arch

d)

demi-pointe

4.

(a)   is a French term meaning to bend, or bending

Choose from the below words
Plié
Passé
Pirouette
Relevé
5.

The element of Hip Hop dance is split into two types of dance: (a)   and ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
break dance
social/party dance
popping
locking
voguing
tutting
6.

How the move feels to the dancer when it is being executed and what that move looks like to the viewer is known as


a)

executers

b)

textures

c)

feelings

d)

visuals

7.

​ (a)   is how dancers hear, interpret, and dance to music. Dancers can demonstrate this in several ways:  which sounds they choose to dance to, how they highlight the sounds, how they emote the mood of the song.

Choose from the below words
Musicality
Analyzation
Dance Theory
Choreography
8.

In dance​ , a ​ (a)   can mean two things:

  1. 1. The path or pattern made by a body part through space (non-locomotor). This can also be called a gestural pattern.

  2. 2. The path or pattern a dancer makes when traveling across the floor (locomotor). This is also called a floor pattern.

Choose from the below words
line
symbol
journey
pathway
9.

Our school’s dance/squad program utilizes primary and secondary ​ (a)   to clarify arm positioning, which derives from the connection to our dance/drill team. The primary consists of low-v, t, high-v & i (goalpost), while the secondary consists of w, box, olé, genie. These names refer to the shape the arms make.

Choose from the below words
shapes
lines
angles
curves
10.

What was your favorite part of the class this quarter? What would you like to do more of? Do you have any suggestions of things you would like to learn or do for third quarter? Questions, comments or concerns?

Please feel free to leave Coach Raq any messages on here you would like to leave him and have a great next quarter!

We'll see you for the second half of this class later this school year.

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