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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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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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What dance has undergone commercialization?

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Hula

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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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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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Who was a famous soft shoe tapper?

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George primrose

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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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What is rhythm Tao primarily focused on ?

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Musicality

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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?
Fred Astaire, ginger Rogers, gene Kelly, Nicholas brothers
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Who was bill obj angles Robinson?
One of the first rhythm tappers
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What are bill bojangles characteristics?
``` First black performer to work in white theatres Elegant style Stair dance Shirley temple The little colonel ```
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What were the Nicholas brothers known for?
Athletic style Acrobatics Flash acts Stormy weather, the pirates
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What was Fred Astaire known for?
``` Grace and elegance Ballroom style Easter parade Partner to ginger Rogers in the gay diverse and top hat You'll never get rich ```
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What were the characteristics of gene Kelly?
Combined tap, ballroom, and ballet Was a physical and acrobatic dancer Did singin in the rain, alter eg
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Who was Gregory Hines?
He was the smooth as silk dancer | He did the Cotten club and white nights
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What was savion glover known for?
He was a child prodigy Known for unique pounding style called "hitting" Organic Bring in da noise bring in da funk
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What is kind of form is jazz and where are its roots?
American dance form | Roots in African, Latin, and caribbean movements and rhythms
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Where was jazz dance first performed?
In minstrel and vaudeville shows and cotton clubs
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What are four characteristics of jazz dance?
Isolations, plié, syncopations, dynamics
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What is isolation ?
Moving one specific body part at a time
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Who was the father of jazz dance?
Jack cole
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What are characteristics of jack cole?
Studied at denishawm Used a combined oriental style Used digging into the ground Concerned with dance for the camera
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All the characteristic of Jerome Robbins
He was a major creative force on both broadway and ballet stages Used moving panoramas Brought contempary perspective to classical dance West Side Story
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Characteristics of Bob Fosse
``` Used isolations Used his anatomical anomalies such as being pigeon toed Hats gloves and silhouettes Often sexual All that jazz chicago cabaret ```
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Characteristics of Thriller
Almost 14 minutes. Choreographed by Michael Jackson and Michael Peters First video of its kind
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What was the Matt Maddox technique?
Coordination, free style dancing
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What was the luigi technique
Own study f body development, opposition
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What was the Gus giordano technique
Natural freer body movements fused with classical jazz
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What was the frank hatchet technique
VIP, balancing and swinging
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Who was Josephine baker
First African Americans in musical theatre to become internationally known
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What was the first musical production of note?
The black crook
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What are the characteristics of busby Berkeley?
Used women to create complex images | Similar to synchronized swimming
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What are the three types of musicals?
Show within a show Music and dance push show along Combination
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Who did Oklahoma
Agnes de Mille
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The characteristics of west side story
It was a major collaboration | First musical not to be an escape
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Who did music, choreography/director, and lyrics for west side story
Leonard bernstein Jerome robbins Stephen Sondheim
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The main characteristics of bob fosse and a couple examples
Highly stylized rhythmic isolations | Damn Yankees
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Who choreographed a chorus line? And what was the creative process behind it
Michael Bennett | He talked with dancers about their struggles with auditioning and created a story based from that
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What did Susan stroman use in her choreography
Emotional ideas. Signature touches
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What choreographer sees each dance as a mystery story
Twyla Tharp
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What is b-boying and where did it develop?
It's a hip hop art for, that began in the Bronx new York
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What is top rock?
An upright sense of dance movements that is the bboyers personal style
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What is the down rock /footwork
Movements on the ground using feet and various steps
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What are the four basic elements of bboying
Top rock, footwork, power\momentum, and freeze
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What is the blend of different dance genres called
Dance fusion
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What group is primarily interested in the human body, shapes, and weight sharing
Pilobolous
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What are three ways technology is being used in dance?
Projections and interactive screens Motion capture Skype rehearsals
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What are the three types of dance for the camera
Choreography for the camera Dance documentaries Experimental technologies
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What political piece was created in response to climate change
Green movement by Ann carlson
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What piece depicts the futility of peace negotiations in the 1930s ? choreographer?
The green table. Kurt jooss
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What was the front porch of heaven by Ulysses dove about?
His response to aids
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Whatvpaul Taylor piece was in response to 9/11
Promethean fire
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What is an example of an historical/cultural piece?
Revelations. Alvin Ailey
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What famous show is gene Kelly famous for
Singin in the rain
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What was beloved by Lester Horton based on
A newspaper article about a woman being beat by a bible

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