Lesson 1 - Dance Periods

Question 1

a form of art using rhythmic bodily movements expressing ideas and emotions accompanied by
music

Answer 1

Dance

Question 2

Recite the 7 dance periods in a chronological order

Answer 2

PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD

GREEK PERIOD

ROMAN PERIOD

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

CLASSIC PERIOD

MODERN PERIOD

Question 3

a religious practice that involves a practitioner

Answer 3

Shamanism

Question 4

a religious practitioner who is believed to

interact with a spirit

Answer 4

Shaman

Question 5

4 purposes of dance in Pre-Historic Period

Answer 5

AS COMMUNICATION

AS HEALING

USED IN CEREMONIES AND RITUALS

METHOD OF EXPRESSION

Question 6

According to Plato, it is the one that most influence the soul.

Answer 6

Dance

Question 7

It is divine in its nature and is the gift of the gods. - Plato

Answer 7

Dance

Question 8

evolved from basic dramatic form which incorporated dance, music, spoken words and costumes.

Answer 8

Greek Dance

Question 9

Art evidences in Pre-Historic Period

Answer 9

rock and cave writings

drawings and paintings

Question 10

This is the formation in dances during Pre-Historic Period

Answer 10

Circles around a bonfire while chanting

Question 11

During this period, women dance for fertility and majority for healing and wishes, mourn for the dead, and celebrate nativities

Answer 11

Pre-Historic Period

Question 12

Earliest steps in Pre-Historic Period

Answer 12

Stomping, clapping, drumming, tapping

Question 13

During this period, couple dances- men and women as partners- are not popular

Answer 13

Pre-Historic Period

Question 14

During this period, there were no costumes, instead there were decorations such as tattoos, feathers, piercings, masks, animal skins, etc.

Answer 14

Pre-Historic Period

Question 15

Aside from Dionysian, another dance in the Greek period is a religious dance usually performed in funerals and ceremonies with lyre as an instrument.

Answer 15

Apollonian

Question 16

A Greek dance term wherein dancers dance on top of grapes for wine making.

Answer 16

EPILINIOS

Question 17

Boys and girls who are couples dance together in a snake like movement.

Answer 17

GERONOS

Question 18

This dance in the Greek period kind of accepted couple dances but there were still a few physical movement.

Answer 18

GERONOS

Question 19

A dance used to tell stories through body gestures accompanied by music.

Answer 19

PANTOMIME

Question 20

This dance introduced pantomime and can be religious

Answer 20

IPORCHIMA

Question 21

a dance by a bride with her mother in a wedding ceremony

Answer 21

IMENEOS

Question 22

In this period, dances were performed primarily for entertainment and their own ammusement.

Answer 22

Roman Period

Question 23

Low class dancers became professionals compared to respected artist when paid

Answer 23

Roman Period

Question 24

The period of Dance wherein, people from wealthy class do not dance and instead would hire dancers to entertain them.

Answer 24

Roman Period

Question 25

The period where men and women are allowed to dance together.

Answer 25

Greek Period

Question 26

Entertainments this period were burlesque, erotic, comic, and frightening.

Answer 26

Roman Period

Question 27

Period where Pantomime became popular

Answer 27

Roman Period

Question 28

Dance in this time was NOT sacred, rather, it was a low form of entertainment

Answer 28

Roman Period

Question 29

The place where the dancers or slaves came from in the Roman Period

Answer 29

Greece

Question 30

Formation of dances during the Roman Period

Answer 30

Lines; with the leader at the front

Question 31

Church played a crucial role in this period, and eventually started to accept dancing as part of religious ceremonies.

Answer 31

Medieval Period

Question 32

The dances of this period where reserved, included dramatic rituals, and did not allow dancing at first unless it was used in churches.

Answer 32

Medieval Period

Question 33

Different types of dance in Medieval Period

Answer 33

circle dance court dance line dance country dance

Question 34

Because of the repression, dances like the Egg dance and Scottish dance were eminent in this period.

Answer 34

Medieval Period

Question 35

2 instruments in Medieval Period

Answer 35

loot and drums

Question 36

In this period, dance was used for social gatherings, entertainment, and religion.

Answer 36

Renaissance Period

Question 37

a French chain dance that is believed to come from the French word branler

Answer 37

Branle - with circle formation

Question 38

The French word branler means?

Answer 38

to sway

Question 39

Categories of dances in Renaissance Period

Answer 39

On court: skillful dancers country dances: for everyone and their entertainment

Question 40

The birth of ballet was in what period of dance?

Answer 40

Renaissance Period explanation: ballet was born in this time but it was later on popularized in the classical period

Question 41

a period characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.

Answer 41

Classical Period

Question 42

a conventional dance revealing the emotions through poetry or dance drama.

Answer 42

Classical Dance

Question 43

The period where ballet became popular

Answer 43

Classical Period "classical ballet"

Question 44

the period from 20th Century onwards

Answer 44

Modern Period

Question 45

Social dances and other kinds of dances flourished

Answer 45

Modern Period ex. ballroom dances

Question 46

began as free form style lyrical ballet among a community of professional ballet dancers who refused to stop dancing.

Answer 46

Modern Period

Question 47

Classification of ballet dancing wherein the use of own steps and choreographies are evident

Answer 47

Lyrical or Contemporary Ballet - precise movements: Classical Ballet