Foreign Dance

Question 1

integral part of the whole educational program designed to promote the optimum development of the individual physically, socially, emotionally, and
mentally through total body movement

Answer 1

Physical education

Question 2

oldest proof of existence of dancing comes from?

Answer 2

9000 year old cave paintings that were found in India

Question 3

What does the cave paintings in India depicts?

Answer 3

Various Scenes of:
1. Hunting
2. Children birth
3. Religious Rites
4. Communal Drinking and Dancing

Question 4

Period when dancing become widespread

Answer 4

traced back to the Third Millenia BC

Question 5

They started to use dance as integral part of their religious ceremonies

Answer 5

Egyptians

Question 6

Where did Egyptian Priests used musical instruments and dancers for?

Answer 6

to mimic important events, stories of gods and cosmic patterns of moving stars and sun

Question 7

Dance comes from the Greek?

Answer 7

Danson, which means to stretch.

Question 8

All dancing is made up of stretching and relaxing, from which a simple analysis of the term “sayaw can be seen as derived from the word _____?

Answer 8

Saya, which means happy

Question 9

A person who is very happy can or in the rhythmical movement is an _____?

Answer 9

outward expression of his feeling

Question 10

• Art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic to music?

Answer 10

Dance

Question 11

• Used as a form of expression, social interaction, or presented in a spiritual or
  performance setting.

Answer 11

Dance

Question 12

ELEMENTS OF DANCE

Answer 12

1. Space
2. Time
3. Force

Question 13

Area surrounding a person in which he/she is able to move?

Answer 13

Space

Question 14

circles, squares, triangles, etc. made with parts of the body, the whole
body, with groups of people, or by moving through space.

Answer 14

Shape

Question 15

The vertical distance from the floor

Answer 15

Level

Question 16

Where the body moves

Answer 16

Direction

Question 17

Patterns we make as we move through air or across the floor

Answer 17

Pathways

Question 18

Where the dancer’s eye look as he/she is dancing

Answer 18

Focus

Question 19

How large or small movements are

Answer 19

Size

Question 20

Duration of the movement

Answer 20

Time

Question 21

The ongoing underlying pulse

Answer 21

Beat

Question 22

How fast or slow the movements

Answer 22

Tempo

Question 23

Strong beats that occur in a regular interval

Answer 23

Accent

Question 24

Patterns made by arranging long or short movement or how strong or light

Answer 24

Rhythmic Patterns

Question 25

Length of time the movement last

Answer 25

Duration

Question 26

How the body uses energy while moving

Answer 26

Force

Question 27

Force is equal to ____?

Answer 27

Energy

Question 27

* Heavy / ___ * Sharp / ___ * Tensed / ___ * Bound / ___

Answer 27

* Heavy / Light * Sharp / Smooth * Tensed / Relaxed * Bound / Flowing

Question 28

Folk Dances in other countries evolve in ____?

Answer 28

a simple remote type of society

Question 29

It was during the ____ in ______ and _____ that folk dancing become visible where slaves became peasants, having a land and community of their own apart from the court and minor houses.

Answer 29

middle age, great britain isles and continental europe

Question 30

applies to those dances which come from countries other than Philippines

Answer 30

Foreign Dance

Question 31

True or False: The distinct characteristics of foreign dances vary according to the country’s culture, values and traditions.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Asian Dances frequently tell stories based on ____?

Answer 32

* myths * historical events * epic poems * legends

Question 33

* This folk dance requires many couples participating in square dance. *This form of dance is determine by a _____ who names each dance figure extemporaneously, combining established patterns (chain, stars, clover leafs).

Answer 33

* American Folk Dance, * Caller, a non-dancer

Question 33

Couple Dancing like quadrille and cotillion that developed first as a social diversion among the aristocrats in Europe, emerged during the ___?

Answer 33

19th Century, particularly in France and Italy

Question 34

In _____ , the natives perform elaborate dance rituals, to ensure social well being and vision quest.

Answer 34

North America

Question 35

are dances that use imitative and symbolic gestures and sinuous body movements, or hand gestures to convey a story like Hawaiian hula, accompanied by chanting. Originally a religious dance mostly performed by warriors and priestess.

Answer 35

Oceanian Dances

Question 36

dances that are actually borrowed directly from African Dance movements, characterizing Spanish movements with Indian dance native elements.

Answer 36

Dances in Latin America

Question 37

to bow to partner. It is the same as “honor” your partner.

Answer 37

Address Partner

Question 38

the motion of the hands of the clock. R shoulder is toward the center of an imaginary circle

Answer 38

Clockwise

Question 39

the reverse direction of clockwise, L shoulder is toward center. Movement toward right when facing center of the circle

Answer 39

Counterclockwise

Question 40

– to bend knees and body slightly with a bow of the head.

Answer 40

Curtsy

Question 41

raise the arms in front at shoulder level, with one forearm on top of the other

Answer 41

Folded Arms

Question 42

a spring on one foot in place or in any direction free foot is raised in front or in rear.

Answer 42

Hop

Question 43

touch the floor lightly with the toes of one foot, weight of the body on the other foot.

Answer 43

Point

Question 44

the foot not bearing the weight of the body.

Answer 44

Free Foot

Question 45

the hand not placed anywhere, or not doing anything.

Answer 45

Free Hand

Question 46

the foot near one’s partner when standing side by side

Answer 46

Inside Foot

Question 47

is the foot away from one’s partner, when partners are side by side.

Answer 47

Outside Foot

Question 48

the hand away from one’s partner, when partners stand side by side.

Answer 48

Outside Hand

Question 49

partners are side by side, L shoulders toward the center, holding is skating position, (R hands joined over the L hands) at waist level, and they walk around in a counterclockwise direction until they reach their home position.

Answer 49

Promenade

Question 50

to bring down the foot forcibly and noisily on the floor with or without transfer of weight

Answer 50

Stomp

Question 51

Girl slightly in front, right side of the boy. Boy holds the right hand and left hand with his left. Both bend right arm while left arm is kept straight.

Answer 51

Varsovienne position

Question 52

Swedish Clap Dance Formation:

Answer 52

1. Double Circle, partners standing side by side 2. Right Shoulders toward the center 3. Girls inside the circle, Boys outside the circle 4. Partners join inside hands, outside hands on waist

Question 53

Came from Germany, It is a slow, graceful dance in ¾ time with an accented down beat in alternative measure with the key signature B minor.

Answer 53

Varsovienne

Question 54

Varsovienne is one of the smoothest and graceful dances known, it combines elements of _____, ______, and _____.

Answer 54

waltz, mazurka, and polka.

Question 55

Varsovienne known originated around _____ in _____, in honor of Mount Versevius

Answer 55

1850 in Warsaw, Poland

Question 56

Varsovienne was then later introduced to France by a young dance instructor named _____ in America in _____

Answer 56

De' Sire' in America in 1853

Question 57

Varsovienne become a popular dance in _____ in America, where it was danced to the tune _____?

Answer 57

19th century, Put Your Little Foot

Question 58

Varsovienne Formation:

Answer 58

1. Double Circle facing counterclockwise 2. Boys inside circle, Girls outside circle 3. Male places his R arms across the shoulder of the female, takes her hand over her R shoulder, L hands joined in front. 4. Female is a little bit to the right of the boy, known as the "Varsovienne position"

Question 59

This dance depicts mountain climbing with the boy at the center as guide of the two girls behind him.

Answer 59

Norwegian Mountain March

Question 60

Norwegian Mountain March Formation:

Answer 60

1. Set of threes 2. Form a large circle facing clockwise 3. Each set forms a triangle 4. Boy in front holds the outside hands of the two girls behind him. 4. Two girls join inside hands 5. Handkerchief may be held in each hand of the boy to represent rope which the girls hold with their outside hands.

Question 61

Basic Hawaiian Dance Steps

Answer 61

1. Koholo 2. Ka'o 3. Hela

Question 62

Step right, left, right, and tap left (4 counts)

Answer 62

Koholo

Question 63

(sway) starting on left side, move hip toward right side, moving from left to right. Repeat on right side

Answer 63

Ka'o

Question 64

Point right foot front at 45 degree angle with a slight sway. Repeat on left side.

Answer 64

Hela

Question 65

* A way of fishing invented by the ancient Hawaiians. * A festive beach gathering is also known to local Hawaiians as _____? * A traditional song and dance known as _____?

Answer 65

Hukilau

Question 66

Hukilau comes from the word "huki" meaning _____, and lau, meaning _____?

Answer 66

pull, leaves

Question 67

True or False: A large number of people, usually family and friends would work together in casting the net from shore and then pulling it back. The net was lined with "ti" leaves, which would help scare the fish into the center of the net.

Answer 67

True

Question 68

Stepping to your right on the balls of your feet, first with the right, then bringing the left over.

Answer 68

Vamp

Question 69

releasing energy in a controlled, restrained manner

Answer 69

Bound

Question 70

releasing energy freely

Answer 70

Flowing