Orientation Test Review

Question 1

Two benefits to a good warm up?

Answer 1

Decrease risk of injury and increase blood flow

Question 2

Why is breath important?

Answer 2

Helps to circulate oxygen into blood flow

Question 3

T/F: Dance is always done to music

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F: The first ballet dancers were men

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T/F: You must be thin, have special training, and wear special clothes to dance

Answer 5

False

Question 6

T/F: All movement is dance

Answer 6

False

Question 7

You will primarily learn dance by _______.

Answer 7

moving

Question 8

What force is your body constantly working against?

Answer 8

The pull of gravity

Question 9

What are the 4 movement opposites

Answer 9

contract-release, bound-loose, fall-rebound, tense-relaxed

Question 10

What are muscles made of?

Answer 10

Long thin strands of tissue known as muscle fibers

Question 11

We would not be able to move without muscle _______.

Answer 11

tension

Question 12

Movement occurs when muscles coordinate to _______ and ________.

Answer 12

tension, release

Question 13

How would you define dance?

Answer 13

rhythmic movement through space with a purpose

Question 14

Four components that distinguish dance from non-dance are:

Answer 14

Purpose, intentional rhythm, culturally patterned movement, nonverbal movement that has value in/of itself

Question 15

Three aspects of your phenomenal self

Answer 15

Dancer, a Choreographer, Viewer

Question 16

5 famous dancers

Answer 16

5 of the following : Bob Fosse, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Fred Astaire, Michael Jackson

Question 17

What do you wear to ballet

Answer 17

Black Leo, PINK tights, pointe shoes/ballet slippers

Question 18

What do you wear to tap

Answer 18

Black Leo, TAN tights, tap shoes

Question 19

What do you wear to tap

Answer 19

Black Leo, TAN tights, tap shoes

Question 20

What do you wear to jazz

Answer 20

Black leo, TAN tights, jazz shoes

Question 21

What do you wear to modern dance

Answer 21

Black leo, TAN tights

Question 22

Atmosphere of a ballet class

Answer 22

Quiet and serious

Question 23

Atmosphere of a tap class

Answer 23

fun and loud

Question 24

Atmosphere of a jazz class

Answer 24

Upbeat energy

Question 25

Atmosphere of a modern dance class

Answer 25

Relaxed environment

Question 26

Ballet Movements

Answer 26

Graceful, Elegant, Turnout, Pointed Feet

Question 27

Tap movements

Answer 27

Toe, Heel, Ball Change

Question 28

Jazz movements

Answer 28

Parallel or Turnout, Sharp, All levels of space

Question 29

Modern movements

Answer 29

All levels of space, pointed or flexed feet, emotional

Question 30

What is a ballet dance do

Answer 30

it tells a story

Question 31

What did Bob Fosse do for what dance

Answer 31

added isolations to jazz

Question 32

Ballet music?

Answer 32

Classical

Question 33

3 Parts of a Ballet Class?

Answer 33

1) Barre, 2) Center Work, 3) Adagio

Question 34

When and where did ballet start?

Answer 34

1400s - Courts or Europe

Question 35

Where did ballet originate?

Answer 35

France, Italy, Russia

Question 36

Tap music?

Answer 36

Anything with a beat

Question 37

When did tap start

Answer 37

Late 1800s/Early 1900s

Question 38

Where did Jazz originally come from?

Answer 38

AMERICA🇺🇸

Question 39

Modern dance music?

Answer 39

Classical

Question 40

Where and why did modern dance start?

Answer 40

In America and Germany as a revolt against ballet

Question 41

Parts of a modern dance class?

Answer 41

Seated/Floor, then across the floor