Dance History Early Origins, Religious, and Social Dance

Question 1

What are Laban's four raw materials of dance?

Accepted Answer

Effort, Space, Time, Body

Question 2

What Andalusian dance features smoldering sensuality, strong rhythmic patterns, finger cymbals?

Accepted Answer

Flamenco

Question 3

What is the traditional positioning of the hands and bodies in the Waltz?

Accepted Answer

Man's hand encircles women's waist, closed couple position

Question 4

What is not a category of social dance?

Accepted Answer

Commemorative

Question 5

What influences your personal aesthetic when viewing dance?

Accepted Answer

Observance of holy days, Loving to take Zumba classes, Watching close friends perform

Question 6

What does the "b" in b-boying and b-girling stand for?

Accepted Answer

breaking

Question 7

What did Crete's minotaur myth inspire?

Accepted Answer

Maze dances

Question 8

Where have the earliest dance scenes been recorded and found?

Accepted Answer

Cave and rock art

Question 9

What dances were created during the "Harlem Renaissance"?

Accepted Answer

Lindy Hop, Black Bottom, Jitterbug, Suzy-Q

Question 10

What is defined as a series of acts established through tradition?

Accepted Answer

ritual

Question 11

Circles are the oldest dance formation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Stepping is considered a remnant of a war dance.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The Apache ritual for girls before entering womanhood is an example of this kind of dance:

Accepted Answer

Commemorative Dance

Question 14

Which of the following would NOT be considered a work dance:

Accepted Answer

Morris Sword Dance

Question 15

The whirling dervishes are an example of this kind of dance:

Accepted Answer

Dance for Spiritual Connection

Question 16

The Dionysian cults danced for god of fertility and wine in a manner that was considered:

Accepted Answer

wild, sacred, madness

Question 17

What dance broke new ground in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

The Twist

Question 18

What religious drama pledges vows to the Great Spirit and mimics the rotation of planets?

Accepted Answer

Sun Dance

Question 19

What is the most important outcome of a communal dance?

Accepted Answer

Cooperation

Question 20

Using our describe, interpret, evaluate method, which statement would be FALSE:

Accepted Answer

The dancers appear angry or upset.

Question 21

Who were the religious leaders and often lead dancers in early dance rituals and ceremonies?

Accepted Answer

shamans

Question 22

Australian aboriginals refer to their creation story as:

Accepted Answer

Dreamtime

Question 23

Which of the following would be classified as a social dance?

Accepted Answer

Minuet, Waltz, Wobble, Tango

Question 24

The stomping in the Grass Dance represented a battle between good and evil.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What was the predecessor to the powwow?

Accepted Answer

Grass Dance

Question 26

Mexico's Yaqui Indians' Deer Dance is considered both a work and animal imitation dance.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

The cakewalk awarded the best high-kicking strut:

Accepted Answer

a cake

Question 28

Which of the following would NOT be a purpose of a powwow?

Accepted Answer

to convert to pan-indianism

Question 29

The buffalo dance is categorized as a medicine dance.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Fertility rites is an example of what form?

Accepted Answer

Religious Dance

Question 31

Who introduced dance into the proscenium theater?

Accepted Answer

Romans

Dance History Early Origins, Religious, and Social Dance

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