Dance Appreciation Midterm Exam

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Midterm Exam – You can take this exam for one 45 minute period between Thursday, October 22, 7:00 am and Sunday, October 25, 11:59 pm. The test closes automatically after 45 minutes and closes automatically at 11:59 pm on Sunday, so plan accordingly.

Important Note: The Midterm Exam includes an assessment of your knowledge for all course content for Week 8, so you will need to review the material for this week before taking the exam on Thursday.
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LECTURE NOTES – WHAT IS DANCE?(https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/69641/pages/lecture-notes-what-is-dance?module_item_id=2960183)

LECTURE NOTES – FOUNDATIONS OF DANCE(https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/69641/pages/lecture-notes-foundations-of-dance?module_item_id=3161033)

LECTURE NOTES: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY BALLET(https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/69641/pages/lecture-notes-classical-and-contemporary-ballet?module_item_id=2960188)

LECTURE NOTES: MODERN DANCE IN AMERICA(https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/69641/pages/lecture-notes-modern-dance-in-america?module_item_id=2960191)
LECTURE NOTES: SOCIAL DANCE(https://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/69641/pages/lecture-notes-social-dance?module_item_id=2960196)

FOUNDATIONS OF DANCE

25 Questions Quiz.  Each question worth 2 points each.

Covering the Following Material:

5 ELEMENTS of DANCE

1. BODY (WHAT) Body parts, body shape/design, balance/off balance, locomotor and non-locomotor movement, full-body, isolation of parts, integration, distortion, distal initiation (moving from the “ends” of the body like fingertips, toes, top of head), proximal initiation (moving from the joints, such as shoulders, hips), core to distal, distal to core.
2. SPACE (WHERE) Direction, level, size, pathway, focus, planes of motion (sagittal, frontal and transverse), location, personal space and shared space, positive and negative space, width, depth, the height of space
3. TIME (WHEN) Speed/tempo, rhythm, duration, stillness, momentum (accelerating/decelerating), syncopation (varying of accents)
4. ENERGY (HOW) Amount of weight, flow, percussive, sustained, active/ passive, strong/gentle, amount of force, bound, released, dynamic.
5. RELATIONSHIP (with WHOM/what) Solo (relationship with space, to sound, to self, to prop and to the audience), duet, trio, group. Some words related to relationship: leading, following, mirroring, shadowing, flocking, meeting, splitting, passing, besides, over, under, around, near, and far.

PLANES of MOTION

Planes of motion are ways of dividing the body to represent the dynamic planes of motion that the human body is capable of moving through.

1. SAGITTAL = forward or backward, the (wheel plane) divides the body into left and right halves
2. FRONTAL = side to side or (door plane), divides the body into front and back halves
3. TRANSVERSE = horizontal plane or (table plane) divides the body into upper and lower halves

OOPS! DANCE FAUX PAS

1. Refer to MALE DANCERS or MEN NOT boys, guys, dudes or males
2. Refer to FEMALE DANCERS, women or BALLERINAS (if classical ballet)
   NOT women dancers, girls, gals, ladies, chicks
3. Refer to a PIECE, WORK or dance NOT routine or act
4. Refer to MOVEMENTS NOT moves or steps
5. Refer to RECORDED or LIVE MUSIC NOT taped music
6. Refer to DANCED TOGETHER or in UNISON NOT in sync or synchronized
7. Refer to the PERFORMANCE or the CONCERT NOT the show, play or recital

AESTHETICS is the study of beauty and the appreciation of beauty. In terms of dance

AESTHETICS as what is important to the choreographer and how do they express that in movement, choices of sound, costumes, lights, location, and other elements.

To ABSTRACT means literally

“TO TAKE FROM”

When a choreographer ABSTRACT an idea into a dance, they take things from that idea, separating out what catches their interest, by distilling and condensing certain aspects while expanding and illuminating others to finally show the idea in a new context the finished dance.

4 STAGE  DIRECTIONS

1. Upstage
2. Downstage
3. Stage Left
4. Stage Right

7 STAGE COMPONENTS

1. Proscenium Arch
2. Cyclorama
3. Legs
4. Wings
5. Show Curtain
6. Apron
7. House