Dance Styles
A dance style which uses metal on the bottom of the shoes.
What is tap?
Preparing the body to dance; increasing the body's strength and flexibility. (Its how we start class, before engaging in choreography)
What is warm-up?
Which dancer is known for the "moonwalk"
Who is Michael Jackson
What movie says the following quote: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
What is Dirty Dancing
Name the dance move a dentist would approve of
What is the floss
A dance style originating in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th century. Later developed in the French courts.
What is ballet?
This element, often involved with dance, has many different styles. It can be fast, slow, loud, quiet, live, or recorded.
What is music?
A group of dancers made famous for their high leg kicks
Who are the Rockettes
This show pairs famous people with dancers to learn new styles of movement every week?
What is Dancing with the Stars
A large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random dance and then disperse
What is a Flash Mob
Includes a wide range of styles including breaking, popping and locking.
What is hip hop?
Make it up as you go along
What is improvisation?
The first African American principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater
Who is Misty Copeland?
Hair product that keeps your hair stiff - also happens to be the name of a musical
What is Hairspray?
The artist who sings the song titled "Just Dance"
Who is Lady Gaga
Dance style performed by 2 people, often in competition.
What is ballroom?
The dancers instrument
What is body?
This choreographer is known for is work on West Side Story
Who Jerome Robbins
The movie that features dancing penguins
What is Happy Feet
In the Dance Therapy profession what does "ADTA" stand for
What is the American Dance Therapy Assosication
A style of dance where you don't wear shoes and stresses a connection to the earth. It originated on another continent.
What is African dance?
Another word for practice. It is important to do this with choreography so it can be as close to perfect as possible.
What is rehearse?
A famous dancer who starred alongside Carrie Bradshaw in a popular sitcom based in New York CITY
Who is Mikhail Baryshnikov
Name the longest running Broadway Show
What is Phantom of the Opera
The founder of the New York City Ballet and year of creation
Who is George Balanchine in 1948