Basics
Number of positions of dance
What is 5-6 ?
A form of Western Classical Dance
What is ballet ?
Most hip-hop dance instructors teach the movements in a piece of choreography in sets of
What is eight counts ?
Chasse means
What is to chase ?
a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet.
What is contemporary dance ?
The four basic types of dance
What is Jazz , Hip Hop, Ballet , and Tap.
To rise
What is Releve' ?
is dancing without choreography, to give you a chance to be more self-expressive
What is freestyle ?
moved tap to the balls of the feet, started career in minstrel shows and movie musicals, clean and clear percussive rhythms
What is Bill "Bogangles" Robinson ?
style of contemporary, modern or jazz dance that has emerged from the fusion of one of those three types of dance with ballet and pop music (mainly)
What is Lyrical ?
creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps, movements, and pattern of movements
PASSÉ means to ________________.
What is pass ?
A competition in which dancers, usually in an open circle surrounded by their competitors, dance their routines, whether improvised (freestyle) or planned.
What is a Battle?
1920s dancers, short frilly dresses, confidence, informal jazz dance accepted at end of WW1
What is Flappers ?
this word belongs to the vocabulary of ballet, but it is used by contemporary dancers too, with the same meaning. It refers to a full turn on one leg, having the other leg bent, till the point where the foot reaches the knee (in a parallel position or with the classical turnout).
What is Pirouette turn ?
physical skills of a dancer that enable him or her to execute the steps and movements required in different dances. different styles or genres of dance often have specific techniques
What is Technique ?
You do what with you foot and toes when turning ?
What is pointe ?
group of break dancers
What is a Crew ?
Basically a jump in the air with both legs bent back from the knee and both arms in the air in any basic pose.
What is Barrel Jump ?
this word is used to refer to the specific way in which a dancer, a company or a school executes a dance genre.
What is Style ?
when a movement, phrase, or section of a dance progresses into the next
What is transition?
often wooden or metal, bar that is fastened to the walls, or free-standing with supports on either side, in a rehearsal studio or class room
What is Barre ?
What city did Hip Hip culture originate ?
What is New York ?
This is a split on the floor with the back leg bent upward from the knee. Sometimes the knee can be grabbed or the head can be arched back towards it.
What is a jazz split ?
a position of the legs in which the feet are pointing outwards.
What is turnout ?