Chapter 1: Brief history and Nature of dance

Question 1

It differs from athletics or other daily activities, it focuses primarily on “an aesthetic or even entertaining experience

Answer 1

Dance

Question 2

A famous American dance and choreographer, describe dance as the art of motion where the motion is its end, without need to justify itself.

Answer 2

Alwin Nikolais

Question 3

According to _ defined dance as a transient mode of expression performed by moving through space in specific forms and styles, with selected rhythmic movements, in a way that both performers and the observing members of a group recognize it

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Anthropology/Loutzaki

Question 4

People dance for four reason:

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To please the gods
To please others
To please themselves– self-expression
To build community within an ethnic group-social interaction

Question 5

According to them, dances thrived at different periods of history, and most resulted from intercultural exchange and contact

Answer 5

Alejandro and Santos-Gana, 2002

Question 6

The origin of the dance are rooted in the

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Prehistoric Era

Question 7

The actual knowledge of dance came about within the great_ civilizations

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Mediterranean and Middle Eastern

Question 8

Dance became full-blown and was richly recorded in ancient

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Egypt

Question 9

It was reflected in their wall paintings, reliefs, and in the literary record in _

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Hieroglyphs

Question 10

This ancient_ also thought highly of dance, it was closely linked with other kinds of experiences.

Answer 10

Greeks

Question 11

Dancing was taught to maid military education among the boys in

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Athens and Sparta

Question 12

The Greek Philosophers, _ strongly supported this art as an integration of the body and soul.

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Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

Question 13

He highlighted the two kinds of dance and music

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Plato

Question 14

Two kinds of dance and music

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Noble
Ignoble

Question 15

Fine and honorable

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Noble

Question 16

Imitating what is mean or ugly

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Ignoble

Question 17

This ancient gave less importance to dancing

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Ancient Rome

Question 18

Dance became brutal and sensationalized as their entertainers were enslaved people and captives from many nationalities

Answer 18

Ancient Rome

Question 19

During this time, The church was the sole custodian of learning and education and the source of morals

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Christian Era

Question 20

Theatrical entertainment was not prohibited. (T or F)

Answer 20

F

Question 21

Some _ _ _ _ _ and _ continued to wander in this age

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Singer
dancers
poets
actors
musicians
jugglers

Question 22

The peasants performed two basic types of dancing

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Round dance
Couple Dance

Question 23

Dancers hold each other by the hand, forming a long chain and moving about in an open or closed circle or an extended line

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Round Dance

Question 24

It is wherein a man and a woman dance wildly using lively, flirtatious, and erotic movements, it was considered scandalous

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Couple dance

Question 25

It emerged as part of the chivalric way of life

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Court Dance

Question 26

they have the nature of clothing elaborate accessories, their dance steps were limited to gliding, curtseying, and posing, as figures

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Nobleman

Question 27

They have a large movements and wide-stepping figures

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Peasants

Question 28

They danced on grass or beaten earth of the town

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Peasants

Question 29

They danced on smooth floors or wood, or polished marble called ballroom

Answer 29

Nobleman

Question 30

This era, dance was wholly accepted in the courts during this early _as the gradual increase of the capitalist class produced patrons of learning and art in Europe

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Renaissance

Question 31

It is a movement occurred throughout the courts of Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

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Vast dance movement

Question 32

Ballet emerged and evolved in Europe. (T or F)

Answer 32

T

Question 33

According to an exercise physiologist at the Women's Sport Medicine Center in New York, the health benefits gained through dancing are like other forms of activities that involve sustained effort in the target zone-target heart rate 50%-70% of the maximum heart rate

Answer 33

Polly de Mille

Question 34

Specific Benefits of Dance (enumerate)

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Physical Mental/Emotional Social Cultural

Question 35

Develops cardiovascular and muscular endurance (P, M/E, S, C)

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Physical

Question 36

Helps keep the brain sharp (P, M/E, S, C)

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Mental/Emotional

Question 37

Lowers body mass index (P, M/E, S, C)

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Physical

Question 38

Gives a sense of togetherness within a group (P, M/E, S, C)

Answer 38

Social

Question 39

Improves coordination, balance, flexibility, and body composition (P, M/E, C, S)

Answer 39

Physical

Question 40

Lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (P, M/E, S, C)

Answer 40

Physical

Question 41

Improves lipid metabolism (P, M/E, S, C)

Answer 41

Physical

Question 42

Decreases depressive symptoms (P, M/E, S C)

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Mental/Emotional

Question 43

Decreases incidence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (P, M/E, S, C)

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Mental/Emotional

Question 44

Promotes a place or a country's rich culture through showcasing the different cultural dances (P, M/E, S, C)

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Cultural

Question 45

Encourages positive social interaction and interpersonal relationship in a group (P, M/E. S, C)

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Social

Question 46

Lowers resting heart rate (P, M/E, S, C)

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Physical

Question 47

Increases self-esteem and improves body image

Answer 47

Mental/Emotional

Question 48

Enables joint mobility M/E, S, C)

Answer 48

Physical

Question 49

Aids in releasing emotional and physical education (P, M/E, S, C)

Answer 49

Mental/Emotional

Question 50

Brings the people around the world to a closer understanding of the lives of the people represented (P, M/E, S, C)

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Cultural

Question 51

Helps improve and maintain bone density, thus helping prevent osteoporosis (P, M/E, S, C)

Answer 51

Physical

Question 52

Contributes to the individual's potential for self-actualization in society (P, M/E, S, C)

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Social

Question 53

Helps recover coordination and neuromuscular skills after injury (P, M/E, S, C)

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Physical

Question 54

It is the area that the performers occupy and where they move in and around

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Space

Question 55

It can be divided into four different aspects, known as_

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Spatial elements

Question 56

It is a dance movements can travel in any _

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Direction

Question 57

Movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions

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Size

Question 58

It is a movements can be done a high, medium, or low _

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Level

Question 59

It is where performers may change their focus by looking in different directions

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Focus

Question 60

It is where the movements may be executed at varying tempos.

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Timing

Question 61

Performers move with the tempo of an underlying sound known_

Answer 61

Beat or pulse

Question 62

Dance movements are propelled by energy or force

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Dance Energies

Question 63

Dance movements are propelled by _

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energy or force

Question 64

It can either initiate or stop action

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Force

Question 65

Six qualities of dance energies

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Sustained Percussive Vibratory Swinging Suspended Collapsing

Question 66

Movements are done smoothly, continuously, and with flow and control.

Answer 66

Sustained

Question 67

Movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with sustained movements

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Percussive

Question 68

Movements are consists of trembling or shaking.

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Vibratory

Question 69

Movements trace a curved line or an arc in space

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Swinging

Question 70

Movements are perched in space or hanging on air.

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Suspended

Question 71

Movements are released in tension and gradually or abruptly giving in to gravity, letting the body descend to the floor.

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Collapsing