TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO DANCE

Question 1

Is the act of rhythmically moving the body and feet

Answer 1

Dance

Question 2

A dance style which is danced by couples

Answer 2

Ballroom

Question 3

A dance style which is danced as a part of a troupe

Answer 3

Ballet

Question 4

were popular during the Middle Ages, when the common people danced in lines and
circles.

Answer 4

Country dances

Question 5

also known as the social dance, featured dances including the minuet and the waltz. The
waltz remained popular at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Answer 5

Ballroom dance or court dance

Question 6

dates back to Renaissance Italy. Court banquets featured a range of entertainment that included
dances performed between food courses in 1489.

Answer 6

Ballet

Question 7

began dancing ballet as a boy, and was a
teenager in 1653 when he danced the role of Apollo, the god of the sun.

Answer 7

French King Louis XIV

Question 8

Because of that performance, French King Louis XIV
became known as the Sun King. In 1651, the king established the ______, the world’s
first ballet school.

Answer 8

Académie Royale de Danse

Question 9

dates back to the era of slavery in the United States. Enslaved Africans included
people from West Africa who danced gioube, stepping dances used in both religious and secular dance
forms. That style was blended in the eighteenth century with the Irish jig and other stepping dances done
by European immigrants. By the 1800s, tap dance was a popular form of entertainment.

Answer 9

Tap dance

Question 10

traces its roots to the slave era and dances brought from Africa. While tap dance was once
considered part of jazz, jazz involves movements of more than just the feet. Jazz dance evolved over time.
During the 1930s, couples did new dances like the jitterbug to lively jazz music. In the twenty-first
century, couples continue to jitterbug.

Answer 10

Jazz

Question 11

also became a performance art during the second half of the twentieth century. The style known as
modern jazz was choreographed for theatrical productions and movies. Famous choreographers include
the late Bob Fosse, whose works included the musical Chicago

Answer 11

Jazz

Question 12

is a style of movement characterized by bounces and rocks, executed to Hip Hop music.
It has deep historical and social roots in African American culture, having emerged in Black communities
living in 1970s New York.

Answer 12

Hip hop

Question 13

what are the historical dances

Answer 13

Ballroom dance, Ballet, Tap dance, Jazz, Hiphop