Dance Test 4

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2. Tap dance comes from what two very different folk dance traditions:

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- African
- British isles - ireland

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In the early 1800s, lively dances of England, Scotland & Ireland appeared in American theatrical entertainments; by the 1830s, white American performers also were imitating dances of

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African americans

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3. The first original American theatrical form was the all-male

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minstrel show

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finale of show

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cakewalk

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7. William Henry Lane, also known as_____, was a free-born black man who was known as the “greatest dancer in the world” and who performed for kings & queens in the 1840s.

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Master Juba

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8. His famous step, the giouba, influenced what dance a hundred years later

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the charleston

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Who were 3 important performers of the Vaudeville circuits who later became stars in Broadway revues, nightclubs and films

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- Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
- Fred Astaire
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Josephine Baker

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13. What innovative music form came out of New Orleans as the precursor of jazz

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Ragtime

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Who was the black man responsible for creating the first all-black hit Broadway show?

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- Eubie Blake “Shuffle Along”

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15. Who was his white counter-part?

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- Florenz Ziegfeld

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16. During the 1930s & 40s, what replaced vaudeville?

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The Hollywood film

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17. What director/choreographer used hundreds of dancers in elaborate settings & patterns & what was his signature shot?

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- Busby Berkeley, he filmed from overhead

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18. Who was the dignified black man holding hands dancing with a little white girl in several films of the 1930s?

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Bill "bojangles" robinson

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20. The best of the flash tappers, first African-American team to get a Hollywood contract (MGM) were the ____ brothers. (Harold and Fayard)

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nicholas brothers

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23. Jazz dance was born through white ballet choreographer George Balanchine and black rhythm tap choreographer Herbie Harper. What was the name of their show?

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slaughter on tenth avenue

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25. Who were two African-American women to bring attention to African and Afro-Caribbean dance, thus furthering the vocabulary of American jazz dancing?

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- Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus

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father of jazz dance and came from denishawn school

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jack cole

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west side story choreographer. also did king & i, fiddler on the roof, & peter pan

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jerome robbins

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soft shoe, singing in the rain

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gene kelly

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32. Hair, a 60s musical depicting anti-war, civil-rights rebellious hippies & students was made into a movie with choreography by

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_Julie Arenal

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33. The most notable Broadway choreographer of the 70s

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bob fosse

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34. What characterizes his movement vocabulary?

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- early movement was energetic and rhythmic, characterized y a crouched position of the body and turned in legs
- his later was highly erotic and sensuous, clever and imaginative
- strippers

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The Turning Point- movie about dancers lives
Saturday Night Fever- John Travolta, disco dance craze
Breakin’- breakdancing mixed train jazz dancers and street dancers, electronic boogie, oping, amd shoulder and head spins
Fame- story of dance students at the high schoolof erforming arts in NYC
Grease- dances of early eras 50’s and 60’s
Dirty Dancing –dances of early eras 50’s and 60’s
White Nights- depicted lives of professional dancers

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_

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Two famous tap dancers of the 80s, & 90s:

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Gregory Hines & Savion Glover.

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Michael peters

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Michael Peters - presented dance sequences in dance videos in a creative way to a new viewing public, choreographed thriller for Michael Jackson, beat it

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Paula Abdul

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Paula Abdul(used tap and jazz) – and rosie perez(used jazz and hip hop) started as dancer and choreographer, later developed singing and acting careers of their own and became stars. Started choreographing with the LA lakers, taught to janet Jackson, choreographed the movie the doors, and 1990 acadamy awards

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Rosie perez

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Rosie Perez – combined jazz and hi hop into a new dance form for the fly girls of television living in color

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39. Three American master jazz teachers, internationally known are:

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- Matt Mattox
- Gus Giordano
- Luigi

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What do the performing arts reflect?

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- a culture’s needs and values

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2. Why did dance jobs become fewer and more difficult to maintain in the 1990s?

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- because of rising costs and cutbacks in funding from the national Endowment for the arts and other sources

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3. Why can “virtual” entertainment not replace live performances?

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- the immediacy and excitement of live dance

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4. What is an advantage of choosing dance as a career? A disadvantage?

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- young person can start training early (you’re young and full of ideas and energy and dedication)
- they see this career as glamorous without understanding the degree of hard work and dedication needed to succeed(highly demanding that is not financially rewarding)

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9. How does dance footwear affect a dancer’s feet and legs?

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- pointe shoes for women damage toes, arches, and ankles, high incidence of stress fractures of lower leg and foot from light shoe.
- The floor

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12. How has the AIDS epidemic impacted the dance community?

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- many artists with irreplaceable talents were lost to this disease, and many choreographic works were created expressing the sense of loss and devastation engendered by it. Dance community became active in fundraising for AIDS and improve the understanding of the disease.

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14. Life as a professional dancer being fairly short, what may keep a dancer from feeling confident about transitioning to another career?

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- they poured everything into dance so feel unprepared for another career, are used to socializing with just dancers and think they lack skills for anything else, they are unaware that dance prepares them a lot: physical and mental discipline, work as a group, memorization skills, and self reliance.

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15. What are some dance-related careers they might consider?

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- knowledge of a choreography and work there, company manager, professional fundraiser, public relations adviser, message therapy , pilates, yoga or body therapies, dance critics, historian, biographer, teacher and choreographer.

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18. How might a choreographer use improvisation?
- use for developing an idea and expanding movement vocabulary

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- improvise on their own before bringing movement to their dancers, or guide the dancers through improvisation and select movement from it.

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19. Why do dance companies affiliate themselves with universities?

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- build audiences slowly by introducing to new dance forms, company director may be in residence and teach some, university may make rehearsal space, performance opportunities

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21. What are problems to consider in producing concerts?

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- funding booking a space, publicizing the concert, and so forth must be addressed. Must be the choreographer and company director. Must have good management skills and creativity.

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Multi-media, collaborative efforts using cameras, computers and projections have been the result of technological advances. Anew study of interactive environments is known as performance

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___Telematics___.

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27. On-stage motion sensing systems enable dancers to control __the sound__, __lighting effects_, and __video camerawork_ through their movements.

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28. The type of dance and the targeted age group are of premier importance to those who feel called to teach dance. How would teaching at a conservatory be different than teaching in a community YMCA?

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- Teachers are happiest at private studios that do not emphasize performance for YMCAs
- However if theatrical aspects of dance and opportunities to choreograph are the teachers true bent then affiliation with a private dance school w/ emphasis on performance is more satifying, they prepare students for professional jobs as performers and choreographers other than physical education.