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1
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describe bob fosse

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Prominent in 70s style bold hats white gloves clicking fingers influential in the musical theatre changed the way theatre jazz was explored

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birth of jazz dance

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1700s

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minstrel shows

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1800s

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vaudveille

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1880s

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the shimmy

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1910s

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the charleston

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1920s

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lindy hop

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1920s and 30s

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jazz tap

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1930s

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9
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dance in films

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1930s

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10
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professional jazz dance

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1940s

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theatrical jazz dance

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1950s

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12
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bob fosse

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1970s

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13
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jazz in pop culture

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1980s

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14
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MTV

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1980s

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15
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street dance

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1990s

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16
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commercial jazz

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2000s

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17
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dance in movies/tv shows

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2000s

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18
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space

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where your body moves

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19
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shape

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open/closed
symmetrical/asymmetrical
angular/curved

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20
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level

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high/medium/low

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21
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direction

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Forward/backwards/sideways/up/down

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22
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Dimension (size, Plane, kinesphere)

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The height, width & depth of body shapes and movements in dance

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23
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size

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small/med/large

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kinesphere

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the furthest point your limbs can reach to in the space surrounding the body

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plane

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transverse/sagittal/frontal

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26
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medium

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Uses larger body parts or around half of the body but may not fully extend

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27
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small

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Using smaller body parts eg. rolling wrists, clicking fingers. Often provides detail to movement.

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large

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Uses the whole body and full extension of the kinesphere

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29
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horizontal/transverse

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Rotation/twisting

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30
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sagittal

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Flexion/extension, forward and backwards

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31
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frontal

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Lateral movement, abbduction (away from midline), Adduction (towards midline)

32
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floor pattern

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refers to the trail that you leave behind you on the floor as you move. It requires travelling and can be straight, curved, circular, zig zag, random

33
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pathway

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refers to the trail that you leave behind you in the air as you move. It can be straight, curved, circular, zig zag, random

34
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Abduction

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Moving limb away from the midline of the body

35
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Adduction

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Moving limb towards the midline of the body

36
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Flexion

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To bend a joint or decrease the angle at a joint

37
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Extension

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To lengthen or increase the angle at a joint

38
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Dorsi Flexion

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The ankle joint is flexed (flexed foot)

39
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Plantar Flexion

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The ankle joint is extended (pointed foot)

40
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Pronation

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Eversion of the foot where the foot rolls inwards (may have knock knees as a result)

41
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Supination

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Inversion of the foot where the foot rolls outwards (may have bowlegs as
a result)

42
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Jazz is

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exciting, upbeat, sharp, high energy, sass, enjoyable expression, rhythmic, fun, bright, enthusiasm, attitude, show, performance, confident, shaped, synchronised, accented, smooth, beat, props

43
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If you get a elements of space question

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how have you used elements of space? I used shape. For example i….

44
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5 major properties

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1) excitable or irritable
2) contractible
3)extensible
4)Elasticity
5) Adaptability

45
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5 types of movements

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adduction, abduction, flexion, extension, rotation

46
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3 types of muscles

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Cardiac Muscle - involuntary
Skeletal Muscle - voluntary
Visceral/Smooth Muscles - involuntary

47
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Tendons

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attach muscle to bone

48
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fascia

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attach muscle to muscle

49
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nervous system is essential to

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voluntary skeletal muscles

50
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quadriceps

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extend the knee, hip flexion, knee extension

51
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Quadriceps and Hamstrings work together to move your leg -

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when the leg bends the quads relax and the hamstrings contract

52
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exercises for quadriceps

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kicks, squats, lunges

53
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popliteus

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unlocks the straight knee, active during a plie, squat

54
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rectus femoris, underneath

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intermedius muscle

55
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Sartorius

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seatbelt

56
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vastus lateralis

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outside

57
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vastus intermedius

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middle of both

58
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vastus medialis

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middle

59
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gastrocnemius

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releves and jumps

60
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Plantar Flexion uses

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gastrocnemius and soleus

61
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soleus

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shock absorption releves and jumps

62
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Dorsiflexion uses

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Tibilalis Anterior

63
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Tibialis anterior

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inversion

64
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The 3 Hamstrings are

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bicep femoris
semitendinosus
semimembranosus

65
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Exercises for feet

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point, flex, rises

66
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Functions of the intrinsic muscles of the feet:

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holds foot on the floor
propulsion
maintain foot arches

67
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The plumb line is the way dancers measure

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alignment

68
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The plumb line goes :

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center of ear lobe
center of the shoulder
center of the hip
midline of the knee joint
center of the arch of the foot

69
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The plumb line is for

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stability and control
line of gravity

70
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center of gravity is where

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most weight accumulates e.g. pelvis

71
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Alignment is the relationship of

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the skeleton to the base of support and line of gravity (plumb line)

72
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Alignment is for

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balance, safely, efficiently, aesthetically pleasing.

73
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Principles of Alignment

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  • hip, knee and ankle should always be in equal rotation
  • Mandible (jaw) paralel to the floor
  • posture string to head
  • pelvis should not be posteriorly tilt or anteriorly tilt
74
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Bob Fosse was born in 1927 and died in 1987

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became the outstanding name in jazz dance, Performed on broadway and in films but succeded in choreographing

75
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Bob Fosse work includes

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all that jazz
chicago reproduction
damn yankees
cabaret
sweet charity

76
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Bob Fosse Characteristics

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  • highly creative
  • bizzare movements
  • slick erotic intense
  • one man jazz phenomenon
  • intircate detiled hand movemnet
77
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