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Teaching & Choreography Flashcards

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What is Fragmentation?

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Part of the movement

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What is incorporation?

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the movement made of another movement

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What is Accumulation?

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More is added to the original movement

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What is a motif?

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a short sequence in a dance usually repeated with slight manipulations

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Action and Reaction in choreography is

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a movement that triggers or causes a second movement which is a reaction to the first movement

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What is retrograde?

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Movement is performed in reverse sequence

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What is a reverting cannon?

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The same movement performed at different times

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What is instrumentation?

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Movement is performed using different parts of the body

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Simultaneous Cannon

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All dancers perform at the same time but start at different sections within the same phrase. (Fall into step)

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AB Structure is

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The theme is followed by another theme that shares a deliberate transition for connecting from A to B

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ABA structure is

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Similar to AB but returns to the first theme

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Ronda structure is

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Incorporates more themes ABACADA form must have something in common with A and Theme A is referred to before changing to a new theme. Similar to music

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What is an inversion shift?

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When a movement is performed upside down

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What is a lateral shift?

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When a movement is performed with the other side of the body

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A choreographer is developing a dance work based on the meaning of a particular human gesture. What would be the first step for the choreographer to take in beginning to plan the movement?

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exploring the possible movements and movement variations inherent in the gesture.

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In choreography, what is most likely to convey a sense of strength and power?

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bringing dancers downstage in a straight line facing the audience.

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A choreographer has been asked to create a dance that mirrors the verse-chorus-verse structure of a popular song. What choreographic forms is best suited to this task?

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Rondo

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A dance instructor teaches a movement sequence and then asks students to perform the sequence to several pieces of music. This exercise is most likely to help students develop the skills to achieve what goal in the TEKS? ( Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)

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performing dance movements with a refined sense of rhythm and musicality

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What best describes an important characteristic of ongoing assessment of dance students?

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informing students of their strengths and suggesting ideas for improvement

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Gyrokinesis is a movement system that

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gently works the entire body opening energy pathways through rhythmic spiraling movements.

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A teacher is planning to choreograph a short dance piece based on the different nationalities of the students in the school. What is the best first step for the teacher to take?

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locating sources of authentic music

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A high school dance teacher is choreographing a piece for an upcoming student assembly and is trying to determine which song to use. What factor is most important for the teacher to take into consideration when selecting an appropriate piece of contemporary music for a public performance?

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Lyrics

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Four different groups of dancers are performing an eight-count pattern. one group does the 8 count pattern. four beats later the second group repeats the same 8 count pattern and then the third and fourth groups repeat the pattern. what is this dance structure?

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AAAA

24
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a dance teacher introduces an activity in which the class will imitate a machine. The students are instructed that each person will be a part in the machine. such activity promotes what?

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Cooperation

25
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A dance teacher plans a recital at the auditorium of the local library. in doing so, the teacher is

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utilizing community resources

26
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What demonstrates the concept of kinesthetic awareness?

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moving about the stage

27
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A dance teacher takes students to see a performance by a professional dance company. Afterward, the teacher asks each student to draw a picture based on their emotional reaction to the performance. this activity allows a student to

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practice creative self-expression

28
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The three factors of movement

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Time, effort, flow

29
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the main factor of movement is

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Effort.

30
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In order to evaluate students’ ability to demonstrate appropriate audience behavior and etiquette in the classroom and at performances the most effective assessment method would be to

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explain appropriate audience behavior and then take students to a dance performance and evaluate their behavior there.

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Rubrics are most effective to what?

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assess complex assignments

32
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If a student is expected to perform dance phrases or dances from several time periods with an understanding of historical and social contexts, what is the best assessment method?

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a Written exam supplemented by a performance based assessment

33
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How would you ideally assess the identification of historical figures and their significance through history in dance?

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by a written exam.

34
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in order to improve students’ kinesthetic awareness and originality, a teacher might assign a what?

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a contact improvisation exercise

35
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While a class is performing an exercise, the teacher notices that several students are having a similar problem with technique. The best way to address this problem would be to what?

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  • using imagery to explain proper and improper alignment.
  • ask a student to demonstrate the technique properly for visual aid.
  • correcting the student with a hands-on approach into the proper alignment.
36
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The best way for a teacher to handle a class with beginning intermediate and advanced students would be to what?

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Demonstrate versions of each exercise that are appropriate for the various levels.

37
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Comparing and Contrasting the use of form and expression in dance with their use in art, music, theater, and other subject areas is a good way to apply what assessment in dance class?

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Research and writing assessments of the skills.

38
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Dance teachers need both pedagogical and content knowledge in order to succeed. what is an example of pedagogical knowledge?

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knowing how to properly assess students’ progress

39
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Videotaping a class and then asking the students to watch their performance may help students what?

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identify new areas to improve or to understand the teacher’s corrections better

40
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the best way for a teacher to teach a new sequence of steps to a class composed of visual and kinesthetic learners would be to what?

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demonstrate the exercise and allow students to practice it along with the teacher

41
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A Dance teacher gives each student two minutes to individually compose and perform a combination of steps in front of the dance class. what exercise is most directly designed to teach this?

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improvising and demonstrating original movement

42
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What is one example in which language arts could be integrated into a dance class?

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Reading a poem and asking students to improvise a short dance inspired by it

43
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Asking students to research a non-Western culture and perform a dance from that culture is an example of a _____ approach to learning.

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Interdisciplinary

44
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what does interdisciplinary learning mean?

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Interdisciplinary means it combines dance education with another subject.

45
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In evaluating the choreography in a dance performance, what information would be most useful?

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Knowing the intent of the choreographer.

46
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When evaluating dance performances, it is important to understand the historical context because

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The cultural or social significance of the composition may not be clear to those unfamiliar with the historical context.

47
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as opposed to a dance critic, an audience member is ____

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less likely to criticize a dance performance for being derivative.

48
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What is literal choreography?

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Literal movement copies what a word says. tells a story.

49
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What is non-literal choreography?

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it is intended to communicate directly to the audience through movement

50
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A choreographer asks four dancers to perform different movements simultaneously. this is called ?

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A Tableau

51
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What is a Ground Bass?

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involves repetition of one movement theme as other contrasting themes are brought forward

52
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What is a Rondo?

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a choreographic form in which much like a verse and chorus a repeated theme is alternated with varying themes in between.

53
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What is pantomime?

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it involves gesturing to express a specific verbal concept.

54
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In choreography, the intent of a collage is most likely to

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produce a sense of comedy or surrealism

55
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What will a collage in dance involve?

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involves the juxtaposition of incongruous elements, sometimes to create a dream-like effect

56
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The most important reason that dancers should rehearse in costume before the performance is that

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the costumes may restrict the dancers’ movements in ways not anticipated when they were constricted.

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