M2: Dance

Question 1

Is the art form in which human movement becomes the medium for sensing, understanding, communicating ideas, feelings, and experiences

Answer 1

Dance

Question 2

are usually employed on contract or for particular performances/productions.

Answer 2

Professional dancers (dancer)

Question 3

generally university trained and are typically employed for particular projects or, more rarely may work on contract as the resident choreographer for a specific dance company.

Answer 3

Choreographer

Question 4

A _______is protected intellectual property. Dancers may undertake their own choreography.

Answer 4

choreographic work

Question 5

dance schools rely on reputation and marketing.

Answer 5

Dance teacher and operators

Question 6

s danced by an individual dancing alone, as opposed to couples dancing together but independently of others dancing at the same time, if any, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.

Answer 6

solo

Question 7

dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner.

Answer 7

partnerr

Question 8

danced by groups of people simultaneously, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually, and as opposed to couples dancing together but independently of others dancing at the same time

Answer 8

group

Question 9

Elements of Dance

Answer 9

Body, Action, Balance, Posture, Gesture, Rhythm, Space, Centering, Gravity, Time, Breathing

Question 10

mobile figure or shape, felt by the dancer, seen by others. The ___ is sometimes relatively still and sometimes changing as the dancer moves in place or travels through the dance area. Dancers may emphasize specific parts of their body in a dance phrase or their whole body.

Answer 10

body

Question 11

Types of Body

Answer 11

Ectomorph, Mesomorph

Question 12

Thin/delicate build
Usually tall and lanky
Flat Chest
Doesn’t easily gain weight
Slouchy shoulders, posture problems
Trouble gaining muscle, lightly muscled
Not a lot of fat on the body

Answer 12

The Ectomorph

Question 13

Hard body
Well developed muscle
Mature appearance
Good posture
Thick skin

Answer 13

The Mesomorph

Question 14

It is the key to balance and movement
It reveals your feelings but can also reveal feelings in you.

Answer 14

Posture (Alignment)

Question 15

Involves using the body as an expressive instrument to communicate feelings and ideas in patterns of movement.

Answer 15

gesture

Question 16

It is something that everybody has and some people are not aware or sensitive to it.
It is essential for a dancer.

Answer 16

Rhythm

Question 17

This is fundamental to your ability to dance well. This is maintaining a sense of your own body center that holds you together as you move.

Answer 17

centering

Question 18

It is a force you have to work with because it constantly inhibits movements.

Answer 18

gravity

Question 19

It is an inner relationship between all the points of your body which you hold in your awareness.

Answer 19

balance

Question 20

It can include dance steps, facial movements, lifts, carries, and catches.
Dancers may choose movement that has been done before, or they may add their own original movements to the existing dance movement vocabulary.

Answer 20

action

Question 21

Dancers interact with ____ in myriad ways. They may stay in one place and move parts of their body or their whole body, or they may travel from one place to another.

Answer 21

space

Question 22

Dancers may take sight cues from each other to start the next phrase or use a shared sense of sensed time to end a dance. They may even take cues from an event such as a train whistle during an outdoor dance performance.

Answer 22

time

Question 23

It refers to the force of an action and can mean both the physical and psychic energy that drives and characterizes movement.

Answer 23

energy

Question 24

Not only does it bring oxygen to the body but it also gives your movement fluency and harmony.

Answer 24

breathing