Dance 2275 Flashcards by Samantha Marshall

Fourth position open:

feet from third position

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Fourth position closed:

feet from fifth position

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Gallop:

step and leap - to front

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Slide:

step and leap - to side

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Pas de basque:

leap, step ball change to front

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Pas de bouree:

step behind, side, front

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Temps lève:

hop

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Triplet rhythm:

down up up

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Balancé rhythm:

down up down

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Waltz rhythm:

down up up in box step

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Mazurka:

chassee, coupe, temp lève (slide cut hop)

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Polka:

hop, step step step (flexed foot)

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Luigi:

jazz position

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Rand de jambe:

circle of leg

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A terre

” on the ground”

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En l’air

“in the air”

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En dedans

“from back to front in circular motion”

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En dehors

“from front to back in circular motion”

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Port de bras

“carriage of the arms”

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Echappe:

Jumping from closed to open position

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En avant

“to travel forward”

Devant

“to the front with no transfer of weight”

En arriere

“to travel backward”

Derrier

“to the back with no transfer of weight”

De cote

"to travel sideways"

A la seconde

"to the side with no transfer of weight"

Locomotor movements require...

A fall and recovery

Changement

switching/changing in landing

Dissonance:

movement that doesn't flow

En croix:

to make a cross: front side back side

Mark:

to review

Set:

to learn

Adagio:

slow tempo

Allegro:

fast tempo

5 basic even rhythms:

walk, run, leap, hop, jump

5 uneven rhythms:

skip, gallop, slide, pathway, axial

Primary movement qualities:

sustained, swing, percussive

Secondary movement qualities:

suspend, collapse, vibratory

Learning to walk will set you free - learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self the person you are.

Melissa Hayden

Nothing is more revealing than dance.

Martha Graham

To dance is to be out of yourself; larger, more powerful, more beautiful. This is power, it is the glory on earth and is yours for the taking.

Agnes de Mille

Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

Ted Shawn

I see dance being used as a means of communication between soul and soul - to express what is too deep, too fine, for words.

Ruth St. Denis

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life.

Jaques D'Amboise

Child actress; used stage lightening; died of paint toxicity.

Loie Fuller

Relate movement based to life experience vs. classical. Natural/organic dance; no shoes! Mother of Modern Dance.

Isadora Duncan

Spiritual dance; music visualizations.

Ruth St. Denis

Emotional dance; contraction and release; Picasso of Dance

Martha Graham

Fall and recovery; basis of compositional dance (The Art of Making Dances)

Doris Humphrey

Pioneer of abstract dance; DanceForms; choreography by chance; dance about every day movement

Merce Cunningham

Black; theatrical movement (ballet bottom, modern dance top); Revelations

Alvin Ailey

Graceful in ballet but edgy in MD (crossover); improv; plotless pieces; childhood dancer and musician

Twyla Tharp