Definitions
It started as a rebellion to classical ballet
What is "Modern Dance"
José Limon was from originally Mexico
True
A group of abdominal muscles that help with alignment
What is "core"
Interlocking bones that form a spinal column
What is "vertebrae"
Built on the concepts of “fall and recovery”
What is "Limón technique"
6th position is when your heels touch each other and your toes face outwards.
False
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Placement of the body in relation to another. (Being stacked)
What is "alignment"
Explores an energetic relationship between the top of the body to the base of the body.
What is "head-tail connection"
Giving into gravity and working against gravity
What is "fall and recovery"
A spiral is when your spine and joints rotate in the same direction
False
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The abdominal muscles that people refer to as a "six-pack"
What is the "rectus abdominis"
The part of the spine that has 5 vertebrae
What is the "lumbar spine"
The power of life!
What is "breath"
Suspension is to hang or stop at the top to keep from falling
True
If you doing a side lateral/reaching to the side, which abdominal muscle are you using?
What are the "obliques"
This part of the spine has 4 vertebrae fused together
Where energy passes through the lowest part of the fall pathway and continues along the pathway of the pendulum
What is "recovery swing"
Fall and recovery, suspension, and drop swing are all fundamental concepts of limón technique
False
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Name the 3 abdominal muscles
What are the Obliques, Tranversus, Rectus
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)