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Dance 2275 Flashcards

1
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Fourth position open:

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feet from third position

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2
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Fourth position closed:

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feet from fifth position

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3
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Gallop:

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step and leap - to front

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4
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Slide:

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step and leap - to side

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5
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Pas de basque:

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leap, step ball change to front

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Pas de bouree:

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step behind, side, front

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7
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Temps lève:

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hop

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8
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Triplet rhythm:

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down up up

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9
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Balancé rhythm:

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down up down

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10
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Waltz rhythm:

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down up up in box step

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11
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Mazurka:

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chassee, coupe, temp lève (slide cut hop)

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12
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Polka:

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hop, step step step (flexed foot)

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13
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Luigi:

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jazz position

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14
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Rand de jambe:

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circle of leg

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15
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A terre

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” on the ground”

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16
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En l’air

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“in the air”

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17
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En dedans

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“from back to front in circular motion”

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18
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En dehors

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“from front to back in circular motion”

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19
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Port de bras

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“carriage of the arms”

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20
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Echappe:

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Jumping from closed to open position

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21
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En avant

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“to travel forward”

22
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Devant

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“to the front with no transfer of weight”

23
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En arriere

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“to travel backward”

24
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Derrier

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“to the back with no transfer of weight”

25
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De cote

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“to travel sideways”

26
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A la seconde

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“to the side with no transfer of weight”

27
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Locomotor movements require…

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A fall and recovery

28
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Changement

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switching/changing in landing

29
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Dissonance:

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movement that doesn’t flow

30
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En croix:

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to make a cross: front side back side

31
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Mark:

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to review

32
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Set:

A

to learn

33
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Adagio:

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slow tempo

34
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Allegro:

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fast tempo

35
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5 basic even rhythms:

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walk, run, leap, hop, jump

36
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5 uneven rhythms:

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skip, gallop, slide, pathway, axial

37
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Primary movement qualities:

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sustained, swing, percussive

38
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Secondary movement qualities:

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suspend, collapse, vibratory

39
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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.

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Melissa Hayden

40
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Nothing is more revealing than dance.

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Martha Graham

41
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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.

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Agnes de Mille

42
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Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

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Ted Shawn

43
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I see dance being used as a means of communication between soul and soul - to express what is too deep, too fine, for words.

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Ruth St. Denis

44
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Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life.

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Jaques D’Amboise

45
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Child actress; used stage lightening; died of paint toxicity.

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Loie Fuller

46
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Relate movement based to life experience vs. classical. Natural/organic dance; no shoes! Mother of Modern Dance.

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Isadora Duncan

47
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Spiritual dance; music visualizations.

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Ruth St. Denis

48
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Emotional dance; contraction and release; Picasso of Dance

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Martha Graham

49
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Fall and recovery; basis of compositional dance (The Art of Making Dances)

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Doris Humphrey

50
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Pioneer of abstract dance; DanceForms; choreography by chance; dance about every day movement

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Merce Cunningham

51
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Black; theatrical movement (ballet bottom, modern dance top); Revelations

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Alvin Ailey

52
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Graceful in ballet but edgy in MD (crossover); improv; plotless pieces; childhood dancer and musician

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Twyla Tharp

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