Dance History

Question 1

“Dance is an activity which can take many forms and fill many different needs. It can be recreation, entertainment, education, therapy and religion. In its purest and most basic form, dance is art, the art of body movement”

Answer 1

Barbara Mettler (1980)

Question 2

form of art using rhythmic bodily movements expressing ideas and emotions and accompanied by music

Answer 2

Dance

Question 3

form of recreation

Answer 3

Dance

Question 4

form of socialization

Answer 4

Dance

Question 5

the Egyptians were the first great culture to infuse its society with the magic of dance, which evolved from the simplest rituals used by hunters to find their prey

Answer 5

PREHISTORIC PERIOD

Question 6

_______ were the first great culture to infuse its society with the magic of dance, which evolved from the simplest rituals used by hunters to find their prey

Answer 6

Egyptians

Question 7

participation in dance and drama festival was a religious exercise not merely an amusement

Answer 7

GREEK PERIOD

Question 8

evolved from basic dramatic form which incorporated dance, music, spoken words, and costumes

Answer 8

GREEK PERIOD

Question 9

In the greek period, there were more than _____ Greek dances designed for every mood and purpose

Answer 9

200

Question 10

______ imported entertainers from Greece to perform theatrical pieces in honor of the gods and to amuse a population weary from a plague

Answer 10

Rome

Question 11

Romans were influenced by ______ models, putting the most emphasis on the spectacle and mime to the extent that dancing itself almost disappeared

Answer 11

Grecian

Question 12

Drama dance in a form of entertainment

Answer 12

ROMAN PERIOD

Question 12

another important rite of the Middle Ages was known as the _________.

Answer 12

dance of death

Question 13

originally dance movements were part of dramatic rituals, the best-known of which is the Latin Mass

Answer 13

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Question 14

by the ________ these works moved from inside the churches to the out-of-doors

Answer 14

Middle Ages

Question 14

was a powerful artistic and allegorical motif that emerged during the late Middle Ages

Answer 14

Dance of Death

Question 15

Dance of Death is known as the ________

Answer 15

Danse Macabre

Question 16

this period saw the birth of the theatre in dance in the courts of Italian City states, where such dance was used as a political machinery to show splendor, wealth and power

Answer 16

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

Question 17

during the middle 17th century, ______ became a spectacle in every court

Answer 17

ballet

Question 18

during the 20th century, _____ and _____ became popular as classic ballet continued to flourish

Answer 18

jazz and tap dance

Question 18

Public ballet performances involved more than just dancing because they were a mixture of poetry, music, dialogue, and elaborate dance. such ballet performance was known as ___________

Answer 18

ballets a entrees

Question 19

social dances such as the fox trot, two-step, Boston, Charleston, Castle Walk, Castle polka, tango, conga, and rumba

Answer 19

MODERN PERIOD