Dance Week 1 Review

Which of these is NOT a fundamental compositional element of dance?

Which of these demonstrates a focus on shape in dance?

The theatrical performance style known as slapstick can best be described as _____.

“Off-beat” rhythms that are derived from African drumming techniques.

In addition to creating a form of dance notation, what is Rudolf von Laban’s other important innovation to movement?

A notation system for recording and analyzing human movement.

Visualized from above, can be straight, angled or curved, and can take up a great deal of space or a very small amount.

The height of the movements

Our normal walking level.

The movement of dancers through time, and specifically within relationship to the music, tempo, meter, or rhythm.

The use of space, like the background space in a painting or surrounding a sculpture, called negative space by artists.

Beat, tempo, rhythm, and pace are all terms that relate to which element of dance?

The difference between the theatrical forms mime and pantomime is _____.

Rhythmic movement of the feet or body, ordinarily to music.

The amount of force expended in a given movement.

The physical positioning of a body or bodies and the designs or visual impacts they create.

The movement of the dancers through physical space, including both horizontal and vertical directionality.

Low to the ground or in full contact with it.

The energy, dynamism, and intensity of each movement.

In the area of movement in theatre, who was Pina Bausch?

Examples of physical theatre include the following:

Elevated on the balls of the feet, toes or in the air.

Which of these is an analysis of force in a dance?

If you were describing the direction that a dancer moves across the floor, which element would you be MOST engaged with?