Choreographic Devices
Everyone dancing the same step at different times
What is cannon?
The part of Shakira's body known for truth telling
What are hips?
The country origin of Bollywood dance
What is India?
The colour of Rhianna's dancers' costumes during the 2023 Super Bowl
What is white?
A fortnite pose that can be used to check for safe dance space
What is a T-pose?
The four elements that combine to create devices
What are space, time, dynamics, and relationship?
The name given to the vertical alignment of head, spine, legs, and feet
What is the plumb line?
The country origin of salsa
What is Cuba?
This celebrity is credited for making the moonwalk famous
Who is Michael Jackson?
The number of weeks you have been in this class (including holidays)
What is 21?
Using one body part at a time
What is isolation?
The name for each individual bone making up the spine
What are vertebrae?
A dance style originating in Italy in the 15th century and is now commonly associated with France and Russia
What is ballet?
TRUE of FALSE
Tupac Shakur attending a performing arts school where lessons included jazz, ballet, and poetry
TRUE
An insect known for communicating through dance
What is a bee?
Repeating a series of movement in reverse
What is reterograde?
The common name for the patella
What is the knee cap?
A commercial dance style known for its intense training regime and growing market value
What is K-pop?
Merce Cunningham is generally considered the father of this dance style
What is contemporary dance?
You would be completing this dance if you first jumped to the left, then stepped to the right, put your hands on your hips, and pulled your knees in tight
What is the Time Warp?
Making a movement bigger in space or time
What is augmentation?
The body part your forward knee should track over during a lunge
What are the toes?
A category of dance style that incorporates Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Jive
What is swing dance?
The first African American woman to become a lead dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015
Who is Misty Copeland?
This line dance warns participant that "we're gonna get funky" and has participants perform a contradicting dance style to the one mentioned in the title
What is the Cha Cha Slide?