Definitions
True & False
Strength & Alignment
Spinal Column
100

It started as a rebellion to classical ballet

What is "Modern Dance"

100

José Limon was from originally Mexico

True

100

A group of abdominal muscles that help with alignment

What is "core"

100

Interlocking bones that form a spinal column

What is "vertebrae"

200

Built on the concepts of “fall and recovery”

What is "Limón technique"

200

6th position is when your heels touch each other and your toes face outwards.

False

50 bonus points if you can give the correct definition!

200

Placement of the body in relation to another. (Being stacked)

What is "alignment"

200

Explores an energetic relationship between the top of the body to the base of the body.


What is "head-tail connection"

300

Giving into gravity and working against gravity

What is "fall and recovery"

300

A spiral is when your spine and joints rotate in the same direction

False

*50 bonus points for the correct definition

300

The abdominal muscles that people refer to as a "six-pack"

What is the "rectus abdominis"

300

The part of the spine that has 5 vertebrae

What is the "lumbar spine"

400

The power of life!

What is "breath"

400

Suspension is to hang or stop at the top to keep from falling

True

400

If you doing a side lateral/reaching to the side, which abdominal muscle are you using?

What are the "obliques"

400

This part of the spine has 4 vertebrae fused together

What is a "coccyx"
500

Where energy passes through the lowest part of the fall pathway and continues along the pathway of the pendulum

What is "recovery swing"

500

Fall and recovery, suspension, and drop swing are all fundamental concepts of limón technique

False

500

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Name the 3 abdominal muscles

What are the Obliques, Tranversus, Rectus

500

Name all of the parts of the spine in order and how many vertebrae each part has

Cervical (5), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5), Sacrum (5 fused), Coccyx (4 fused)

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