Terminology
A forward brush, followed by a backwards brush in tap.
What is a shuffle?
The English translation of Passé
What is to pass?
This is how we prepare our bodies to dance.
What is warm-up/stretch?
This is a traditional dance in Hawaii.
What is Hula?
True/False- it is appropriate to sit down at any point you are tired In dance class.
What is FALSE! You should sit down when you are told you can or water break.
To bend
What is plié?
Step of the cat
What is pas de chat?
She was the first African American female to be named principal dancer at American Ballet Theater.
Who is Misty Copeland?
This type of dance combines both jazz and ballet genres.
What is lyrical dance?
At the end of class this should be done.
What is Thank your dance teachers/musicians (in ballet- we curtsy)?
The meaning of isolation in dance.
What is to move one body part (or multiple) by itself while keeping everything else still?
Movements of the arms can be called what Term.
What is por de bra?
True/False- Downstage is closer to the audience.
What is TRUE? Upstage is closer to the backdrop.
This type of dance contains elements from both ballet and modern dance.
What is contemporary Dance?
The actions we are doing while our friends are going across the floor.
What is watching quietly (we can learn from them) and learning the other side? Also- we should be giving them appropriate space to travel all the way across the floor and not get in their way.
Battu in dance refers to this.
What is a beat (or beaten)?
The term jump can also be referred to this term.
What is sauté?
”All That Jazz“ refers to this famous movie.
What is Chicago?
This type of style originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century.
What is ballet?
True/False- Yawning in dance class shows you are tired and worked hard.
What is FALSE!! Yawning shows you are bored/lack of oxygen. It is considered disrespectful during a dance class.
A classical ballet term meaning “rumbling.” A dancer performs this by brushing one leg to the side, then doing a small rond de jambe with that leg while pushing off the floor with the other leg and then doing a rond de jambe with that leg.
What is a Gargouillade?
Big leap
What is a grande jeté?
The composer of the music from ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Swan Lake’, and ‘The Sleeping Beauty’.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
This originated from Irish step and African dance and rhythms.
What is Tap dance?
What we should be doing while the teacher is showing the step/new choreography.
What is learn the step, watch, practice, use hand motions to learn, ask questions?