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Chapter 1: Brief history and Nature of dance Flashcards

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

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Dance

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

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Alwin Nikolais

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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

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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

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

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Alejandro and Santos-Gana, 2002

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The origin of the dance are rooted in the

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Prehistoric Era

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The actual knowledge of dance came about within the great_ civilizations

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Mediterranean and Middle Eastern

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Dance became full-blown and was richly recorded in ancient

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Egypt

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

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Hieroglyphs

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

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Greeks

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Dancing was taught to maid military education among the boys in

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Athens and Sparta

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

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Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

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He highlighted the two kinds of dance and music

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Plato

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Two kinds of dance and music

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Noble
Ignoble

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Fine and honorable

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Noble

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Imitating what is mean or ugly

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Ignoble

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This ancient gave less importance to dancing

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Ancient Rome

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

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Ancient Rome

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

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Christian Era

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Theatrical entertainment was not prohibited. (T or F)

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F

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

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Singer
dancers
poets
actors
musicians
jugglers

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The peasants performed two basic types of dancing

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Round dance
Couple Dance

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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

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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

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It emerged as part of the chivalric way of life

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Court Dance

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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

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They have a large movements and wide-stepping figures

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Peasants

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They danced on grass or beaten earth of the town

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Peasants

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

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Nobleman

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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

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

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Vast dance movement

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

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T

33
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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

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Polly de Mille

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Specific Benefits of Dance (enumerate)

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Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social
Cultural

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

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Physical

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

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Mental/Emotional

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

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Physical

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

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Social

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

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Physical

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

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Physical

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

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Physical

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

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Mental/Emotional

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

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Mental/Emotional

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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

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

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Social

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

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Physical

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Increases self-esteem and improves body image

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Mental/Emotional

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Enables joint mobility M/E, S, C)

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Physical

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

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Mental/Emotional

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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

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

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Physical

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

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Social

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

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Physical

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

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Space

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It can be divided into four different aspects, known as_

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Spatial elements

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It is a dance movements can travel in any _

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Direction

57
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Movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions

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Size

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

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Level

59
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It is where performers may change their focus by looking in different directions

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Focus

60
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It is where the movements may be executed at varying tempos.

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Timing

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Performers move with the tempo of an underlying sound known_

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Beat or pulse

62
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Dance movements are propelled by energy or force

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Dance Energies

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Dance movements are propelled by _

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energy or force

64
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It can either initiate or stop action

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Force

65
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Six qualities of dance energies

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Sustained
Percussive
Vibratory
Swinging
Suspended
Collapsing

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

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Sustained

67
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Movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with sustained movements

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Percussive

68
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Movements are consists of trembling or shaking.

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Vibratory

69
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Movements trace a curved line or an arc in space

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Swinging

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Movements are perched in space or hanging on air.

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Suspended

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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

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