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Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A creation of movements to match a dancer's feelings and purpose | Modern Dance |
| A broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance, primary arising out of Germany and US in the late 19, and early century | Modern Dance |
| A dance style that focuses on a dancers own interpretations instead of structure steps | Modern Dance |
| 5 examples of modern dance | 1. Ballet 2. Ballet Burlesque 3. Ballroom 4. Belly Dancing 5. Jazz |
| A tyle of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet | Contemporary dance |
| Stressed versatility and improvisation | Contemporary dance |
| This dance genre is often done in bare feet | Contemporary dance |
| Focus on floor work, using gravity to pull them down to the floor | Contemporary dance |
| What are the pioneers or techniques in contemporary dance | 1. Graham 2. Cunningham 3. Limon |
| Intended primarily to get to know other people in attendance to a certain social function | Social Dance |
| Also called ballroom dances | Social Dance |
| Usually performed in pairs but many also perform in groups | Social Dance |
| They wear ankle length gowns for females and coat and tie for males | Modern Standard Dances |
| Movements in these are restricted to close ballroom position with partner | Modern Standard Dances |
| Began as a country folk idance in Austria and Bavarian | Slow Waltz |
| In 19th century it was introduced to England | Slow Waltz |
| It was the first dance where a man held a woman close to his body | Slow Waltz |
| Originated in Argentina in the 19th century | Tango |
| It is danced in both open and closed embraces with focuses on the lead and follow moving in harmony of the tango's passionate charging music | Tango |
| Utilizes strong and stacco movements | Tango |
| American dance belived to br African-American original | Foxtrot |
| Named bt vaudeville Harry Fix in 1914 | Foxtrot |
| It can be danced at slow, medium, or fast tempos depending on the speed of the jazz or big hand music | Foxtrot |
| An english dance and was invented in the 1920s as a combination of faster tempo of foxtrot | Quickstep |
| It includes the walks, runs, chasses, and turn of the original foxtrot dance with some other fast techniques such as locks, hops, and skips | Quickstep |
| They are somewhat revealing, tight-fitting, sexy yet sophisticated in nature | Latin American Dances |
| They are free and can be performed in close or open hold | Latin American Dances |
| Sometimes called cha cha in US | Cha cha cha |
| Who developed cha cha cha | Enrique Jorrin |
| It is flirtatious dance with many hip or rotations and partners synchronizing their movements | Cha cha cha |
| National dance in Brazil | Samba |
| A dance with a slight bounce which is created though the bending and straightening knee | Samba |
| Came to US from Cuba in 1920 | Rhumba |
| Became a popular Cabaret dance during prohibition | Rhumba |
| It includes Cuban's motion through knee straightening, figure eight hip rotation, and swiveling foot action | Rhumba |
| Originated frim Spain and its dramatic bullfights | Paso Doble |
| Mostly perform only in competition ls and rarely socially because ot its many choreographic rules | Paso Doble |
| The lead olay6thr role of the matador | Paso Doble |
| Part of the swing dance group and is very lively variation of the jitterbug | Jive |
| The man leads the dance while the woman encourages the man yi ask them to dance | Jive |
| Also known as Cheerleading | Cheerdance |
| Refers to a type of grouped dance that intends to give motivation and support to a supporting team | Cheerdance |
| who leads the supporting crownds to make the chants, yells, and simple but creative dance movement to motivate their supporting team | Boosters |
| Who got the idea that crowd chanting at football games would boost school spirits | Princeton university |
| The first actual cheer leader | Johhny Campbell |
| The first Cheerleading fraternity | Gamma Sigma |
| What are the 4 elements of Cheerdance | 1. Yells/Chants motion 2. Jumps 3. Stunts 4. Tumble |
| This element helps to encourage the supportive spectators to cherr along and bring prideful message to competitors | Yells/chants |
| Feet together, handsdown by the slide in blades | Beggining Stance |
| Feet more than shoulder witdh apart, hands down by the side in blades | Cheer stance |
| Hands clasped, at the chin, elbows | Clasp |
| Hands in blades, at the chin, elbows in | Clap |
| Arms extended up forming a V, relax the shoulders | High V |
| Arms extended down forming a V | Low V |
| Arms extended straight and parallel to each other, fist facing | Touchdown |
| Arm extended straight down and parallel to each fist fading in | Low touchdown |
| One arm extended to side with other arm bent at elbow in half T motion | Bow and Arrow |
| Arms are straight, above the head in a dasp and slightly in og thr face | Overhead cone |
| Arms bent at elbow, fist in form of shoulders | Daggers |
| Arms extended at straight down, in a dasp and slightly in front of the body | Low cone |
| One arm extended straight up, onr arm on hip, in a fist | Punch |
| One arm extended to the side with other arm extended punch motion | L motion |
| One arm extended un a high V and other arm extended in a low V | Diagonal |
| Both arms extended straight out to the sude and parallel to the ground, relax the shoulders | T motion |
| Both arms parallel to the ground and bent at the elbow, fist into shoulder | Half T |
| Simple swing and jump with arms of doing high V | Spread Eagle |
| Legs in front while knees tucked to the chest forming a T ot V figure | Tuck jump |
| Toes are pointed, arms are straight reaching the front while hands are in closed fist | Pike |
| One leg is straight facing forward or facing outward with arms forming T figure | Hurdle |
| Are the athletes that hold, lift, and toss a flyer | Bases |
| The athletes being held, lifted and tossed up to perform certain stunts in height or in the air | Flyers |
| An excellent way to add extreme, thirll, and excitement | Tumble |
| Complete tumble in a stationary position | Standing |
| Completing a tumble from a running start | Running |
| A type of tumble in which the body moves sideways imitating a wheel | Cartwheel |
| This thumble is similar to cartwheel but the difference is landing must be in both feet together | Round off |
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