Deck 9: Dance

Question 1

Dances are created by what person?

A)Dance master
B)Choreographer
C)Director
D)None of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Elements in dance that tell a story are which of the following?

A)Narrative
B)Abstract
C)Ethnic
D)Mimetic

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Dance appears to have sprung from what human need?

A)Religious
B)Psychological
C)Aesthetic
D)None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Describe and diagram the five basic positions of ballet.

Question 5

Who was the most significant of the late 19^th century detractors of the Romantic tradition in ballet?

A)Martha Graham
B)Ruth St.Denis
C)Ted Shawn
D)Isadora Duncan

Question 6

Which of the following defines bodily movement that suggests the kinds of movements associated with people or animals?

A)Delsarte
B)Assemblé
C)Mimetic
D)Acting out

Question 7

Who is the choreographer of Appalachian Spring?

A)Ruth St.Denis
B)Ted Shawn
C)Martha Graham
D)Isadora Duncan

Question 8

Characterize how music, mise-en-scène, or lighting interacts with dancers in a work.

Question 9

How does formalized movement contribute to ballet?

Question 10

Of the types of dance discussed in the text, which one exists more to involve participants than to entertain an audience?

A)Modern dance
B)Jazz dance
C)Folk dance
D)Ballet

Question 11

Explain the three general possibilities for communicating idea content in dance.

Question 12

Describe how one or more of the elements of dance contribute to a work.

Question 13

Compare and contrast two styles of dance.

Question 14

Which of the following is the most obvious repository of formalized movement in dance?

A)Modern dance
B)Folk dance
C)Line dance
D)Ballet

Question 15

Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of dance?

A)Music
B)Rhythm
C)Costumes
D)Human body

Question 16

Which form of dance is essentially anti-balletic in its principles?

A)Modern dance
B)Folk dance
C)Jazz dance
D)Tap dance

Question 17

In the mise-en-scène for dance, designers can strengthen the use of _____ by using more saturated and intense ones.

A)color
B)movements
C)symbols
D)forms

Question 18

With which of the following is "classical" or formal dance best associated?

A)Modern dance
B)Ballet
C)Folk dance
D)None of the above

Question 19

Which of the following means dance works that are designed to be diversions?

A)Mimetic
B)Abstract
C)Divertissements
D)Ethnic

Question 20

Which of the following is a body of group dances performed to traditional music?

A)Modern dance
B)Ballet
C)Folk dance
D)Line dance

Question 21

Since dance is theatrical, the _____ engage(s) us with its interrelationship with the performers as well as the rest of the work.

A)movement
B)ballet
C)dynamics
D)mise-en-scène

Question 22

Most of the time in a dance, _____ serves as a basis for the bodily movement of the work.

A)mimesis
B)divertissement
C)music
D)the theme