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Final Test Material Flashcards

1
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Define world dance

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Dances specific to a certain country

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What are characteristics of world dance?

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They are used for rituals and communication.
Some have a strong use of repetition.
Some are meant to perform on a concert stage

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What century and continent was folk dance a major part of?

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16th century europe

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Why was folk dance created?

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In response to the court ballets.

They provided opportunities for socialization and gave people a sense of community.

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What are the elements and characteristics of folk dancing?

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They are performed for an audience.
Social involvement and recreation
They represent something in the culture ex wedding
Music and costumes are important elements
American folk dance = square dancing

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What is the Chinese folk dance called?

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Han

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Why are chinese folk dances performed?

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For harvest, weddings, festivals, sporting events, etc

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What are three Japan art forms?

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Kabuki, bugaku, and noh
Bugaku is unison
Noh combines drama, dance music and acting
Kabuki is like noh but more dramatic

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9
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What is square dancing romanticized with?

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The cowboy ex: musical Oklahoma

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Who developed hula?

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Developed by the Polynesians in the Hawaiian islands

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11
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What dance has undergone commercialization?

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Hula

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12
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What is hula now recognized as and who is preserving it?

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Recognized as an art form and master teachers are preserving it

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13
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What is tap?

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It is believed to be a blending of the Irish jig, English clog dancing, and the negro shuffle

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What shows made tap popular?

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Minstrel shows and vaudeville shows

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What are the different styles of tap?

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Soft shoe, rhythm, and broadway style

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What are two elements often used in tap?

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Improvisation and syncopation

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17
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Who was a famous soft shoe tapper?

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George primrose

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18
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What is the characteristic of soft shoe tap?

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Skimming the floor to produce soft muted steps

Humor, wit, and delicate tapping nature

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What is the nickname for rhythm tappers?

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Hoofers

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20
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What is rhythm Tao primarily focused on ?

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Musicality

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21
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Who was the father of rhythm tap?

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Steve condos

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Who were other famous rhythm tappers?

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Gregory Hines, savion glover, bunny Briggs, jimmy slide

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What is broadway tap also referred to as?

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Show tap

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What are the characteristics of broadway tap?

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It includes arm motions
Has elaborate costuming
Ex: 42nd street

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Who were famous broadway tappers?

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Fred Astaire, ginger Rogers, gene Kelly, Nicholas brothers

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26
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Who was bill obj angles Robinson?

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One of the first rhythm tappers

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27
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What are bill bojangles characteristics?

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First black performer to work in white theatres
Elegant style
Stair dance
Shirley temple
The little colonel
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28
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What were the Nicholas brothers known for?

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Athletic style
Acrobatics
Flash acts
Stormy weather, the pirates

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29
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What was Fred Astaire known for?

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Grace and elegance 
Ballroom style
Easter parade 
Partner to ginger Rogers in the gay diverse and top hat
You'll never get rich
30
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What were the characteristics of gene Kelly?

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Combined tap, ballroom, and ballet
Was a physical and acrobatic dancer
Did singin in the rain, alter eg

31
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Who was Gregory Hines?

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He was the smooth as silk dancer

He did the Cotten club and white nights

32
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What was savion glover known for?

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He was a child prodigy
Known for unique pounding style called “hitting”
Organic
Bring in da noise bring in da funk

33
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What is kind of form is jazz and where are its roots?

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American dance form

Roots in African, Latin, and caribbean movements and rhythms

34
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Where was jazz dance first performed?

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In minstrel and vaudeville shows and cotton clubs

35
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What are four characteristics of jazz dance?

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Isolations, plié, syncopations, dynamics

36
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What is isolation ?

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Moving one specific body part at a time

37
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Who was the father of jazz dance?

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Jack cole

38
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What are characteristics of jack cole?

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Studied at denishawm
Used a combined oriental style
Used digging into the ground
Concerned with dance for the camera

39
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All the characteristic of Jerome Robbins

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He was a major creative force on both broadway and ballet stages
Used moving panoramas
Brought contempary perspective to classical dance
West Side Story

40
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Characteristics of Bob Fosse

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Used isolations
Used his anatomical anomalies such as being pigeon toed
Hats gloves and silhouettes 
Often sexual 
All that jazz chicago cabaret
41
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Characteristics of Thriller

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Almost 14 minutes.
Choreographed by Michael Jackson and Michael Peters
First video of its kind

42
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What was the Matt Maddox technique?

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Coordination, free style dancing

43
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What was the luigi technique

A

Own study f body development, opposition

44
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What was the Gus giordano technique

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Natural freer body movements fused with classical jazz

45
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What was the frank hatchet technique

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VIP, balancing and swinging

46
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Who was Josephine baker

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First African Americans in musical theatre to become internationally known

47
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What was the first musical production of note?

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The black crook

48
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What are the characteristics of busby Berkeley?

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Used women to create complex images

Similar to synchronized swimming

49
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What are the three types of musicals?

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Show within a show
Music and dance push show along
Combination

50
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Who did Oklahoma

A

Agnes de Mille

51
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The characteristics of west side story

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It was a major collaboration

First musical not to be an escape

52
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Who did music, choreography/director, and lyrics for west side story

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Leonard bernstein
Jerome robbins
Stephen Sondheim

53
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The main characteristics of bob fosse and a couple examples

A

Highly stylized rhythmic isolations

Damn Yankees

54
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Who choreographed a chorus line? And what was the creative process behind it

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Michael Bennett

He talked with dancers about their struggles with auditioning and created a story based from that

55
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What did Susan stroman use in her choreography

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Emotional ideas. Signature touches

56
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What choreographer sees each dance as a mystery story

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Twyla Tharp

57
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What is b-boying and where did it develop?

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It’s a hip hop art for, that began in the Bronx new York

58
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What is top rock?

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An upright sense of dance movements that is the bboyers personal style

59
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What is the down rock /footwork

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Movements on the ground using feet and various steps

60
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What are the four basic elements of bboying

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Top rock, footwork, power\momentum, and freeze

61
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What is the blend of different dance genres called

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Dance fusion

62
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What group is primarily interested in the human body, shapes, and weight sharing

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Pilobolous

63
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What are three ways technology is being used in dance?

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Projections and interactive screens
Motion capture
Skype rehearsals

64
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What are the three types of dance for the camera

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Choreography for the camera
Dance documentaries
Experimental technologies

65
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What political piece was created in response to climate change

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Green movement by Ann carlson

66
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What piece depicts the futility of peace negotiations in the 1930s ?
choreographer?

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The green table. Kurt jooss

67
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What was the front porch of heaven by Ulysses dove about?

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His response to aids

68
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Whatvpaul Taylor piece was in response to 9/11

A

Promethean fire

69
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What is an example of an historical/cultural piece?

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Revelations. Alvin Ailey

70
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What famous show is gene Kelly famous for

A

Singin in the rain

71
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What was beloved by Lester Horton based on

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A newspaper article about a woman being beat by a bible

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