Dance Final Flashcards
Godfather of Hip Hop
Cool Herk
2 Hip Hop Primary Aesthetics
Percussive and Low to the ground
Fred Astaire Dance Style?
Tap
Fred Astaire’s Film Style
Full body
3 Film styles of Busby Berkley
overhead shots
edits and angles
pretty girls
Fred Astaire’s Influences
Ballroom
and
Ballet
Jerome Robbins Production
West Side Story
What are the dramatic functions of DANCE in West Side Story
- Carries the plot
- Establishes a mood
- Replaces dialogue
Break Dancing has names for almost all of its moves. True or False?
True!
Disco had a positive effect on Breaking and Hip Hop. True or False?
False!
Where did Poppin’ and Lockin’ originate?
LA
Where did Break Dancing originate?
The Bronx
why did the movie Flashdance have a positive effect on the popularity of breaking and hip-hop?
It was the first movie to use real street dancers in some of the dance scenes
Nicholas Bro - Act Type?
Flash Act
2 Things that made Tap Dance are?
Irish and African Dance
3 Element of musical theater?
Singing, Dancing and Acting
Agnes de Mille known for
Side Dish in Oklahoma
TOLD A STORY
Dream Ballet
A side plot that is important part of the story line
West Side Story
Jerome Robbins
Tripple Threat
performers trained in acting, singing and dancing
Dramatic Functions of DANCE in Musical Theater
- Carries the Plot
- Establishes a mood or atmosphere
- Replaces dialogue
- Creates physical comedy
- Creates a “spectacle”
Spectacle in Dance Theater
25+ people doing the exact same thing
What is a revival in terms of dance?
bringing back an old classic dance by changing it up or leaving it the same
Abstraction
changing the natural shape of a movement
A Chorus Line
Choreographed by Michael Bennet
Influences on Tap?
Irish Step and African Dance
who is known as the “Class Act”?
Free Astaire
who inspired the term “Flash Act”?
The Nicholas Brothers
Primary Elements of Dance
Time (slow, medium, fast)
Space (low to the ground, middle, high)
Energy (quality of movement: lyrical or percussive)
What are the primary aesthetics of hip hop?
- Percussive
- Low to the ground
- Rhythmic
- Isolations
- Presentational
