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DANCE 101 midterm Question 1 2 / 2 pts Complete this statement. When people leave the society they were born into, dance is one of the things they take with them. A fusion of dance forms occurs: ... when a dominant group confiscates or plagiarizes the culture of an ethnic minority to meet the dominant culture's expectations. Correct! when people transform what they borrow from one another to reflect new social realities. when a people conserve a cultural tradition after immigrating into a new society. when people make fun of cultural identity to include it on the stage. Question 2 2 / 2 pts Match the person to their statement about dance and aesthetics. Correct! Theophile Gautier Correct! Roger Copeland Correct! Joann Keali’inohomoki Question 3 2 / 2 pts Aestheticians have in the past argued that the duty of dance is the creation of beauty. One problem with defining dance in strictly Western terms is: Outside the European tradition, dance is the pursuit of freedom from the forces of nature and the tyranny of gravity. Correct! Outside the European tradition of dance, dance is not an isolated art but a part of everyday life. Outside the European tradition, dance exemplifies the perfection of the trained body. b. Outside the European tradition, the sole purpose of dance is sexual arousal. Question 4 2 / 2 pts “Ballet, which is the quintessentially European form of dance drama, had its origins in… the court entertainments of Renaissance Italy and Russia. the court entertainments of Renaissance France and Russia. Correct! the court entertainments of Renaissance France and Italy. the court entertainments of Renaissance Spain. Question 5 2 / 2 pts Form in terms of dance anthropology is defined as: How the components of the dance are organized into a larger whole. The methods by which dancers and musicians learn the dance. Correct! The shapes and colors of the bodies, costumes, and props, the sound and rhythm of the music, etc. View of dance in its social and cultural context. Form is the shapes and colors of the bodies, costumes, and props, the sound and rhythm of the music, etc. Question 6 2 / 2 pts Technique in terms of dance anthropology is defined as: How the components of the dance are organized into a larger whole. Correct! The methods by and traditions which dancers and musicians learn the dance. The shapes and colors of the bodies, costumes, and props, the sound and rhythm of the music, etc. View of dance in its social and cultural context. Technique is the methods by and traditions which dancers and musicians learn the dance. Question 7 2 / 2 pts "To uncover the nature of the artistic medium and to work in terms of its specificity." This quote from Clement Greenberg refers to: music visualization functionalism formalism Correct! modernism Correct. Modernism, for dance, was to uncover movement as the primary source of inspiration and the essence of the medium of dance. See. pg 89 of Thomas, Dance, Modernity and Culture, Iconoclasts from Denishawn. Question 8 2 / 2 pts "Animal dances" like the Camel Walk illustrate what hybridization of European court dance with African dance forms? The presentation of one couple to society with Angolan martial arts. Correct! African body movements and European touch dancing. Display of social graces and manners with "primitive sensuality." African ritual of crowning of kings and Catholicism. "What some scandalized observers saw as the 'primitive' sensuality of the jungle was actually a vigorous hybrid: African body movements joined to European touch-dancing." (Jonas, Dancing: New Worlds of Dance, Ch. 6, pg. 175) Question 9 2 / 2 pts Skip to question text. If the dances of Tahiti and Cambodia embody important aspects of those societies, the dances of the West must say something important about the societies that were nurtured in the Judea-Christian tradition. Match the dance form on the left to the societal aspect which it embodies on the right. Correct! Ballet Correct! Tamure Correct! Arioi Correct! "the king's dancers" Question 10 2 / 2 pts It is claimed that for Balanchine, “ballet was woman.” What does this mean? Correct! The truest form of ballet was the long lines of the female body. Each gender has very specific movements of the hips that are performed as part of the dance. Women, as the 'fairer' sex, represent a delicate beauty, and ballet is an unathletic display of grace. Men can never achieve the flexibility needed for the technique of ballet. Question 11 2 / 2 pts How did Delsartism help establish 'modern dance' as an American art form? Artists began fusing European operetta with American musical comedy. All social classes and ethnicities were represented on stage. American women began studying the anthropology of African traditional dances. Correct! Middle class women began to associate physical training with aesthetic and spiritual expression. Question 12 0 / 2 pts Skip to question text. Jane Goodall suggests that through performing, Native American's had "opportunities of control" over their identities. She states that "'There were opportunities for parody, for the creation of ironic or contradictory impressions... where serious scientific interpretation was turned back on itself in mockery.'" Which answer below is NOT an example of Native American's control over their own identity? The Crows acted it up as "simply Hams." You Answered Black Elk enjoyed and found importance in the Indian roles and his own performance. Some Native Americans performed to make money. Correct Answer Cody's staging of Native American dances served to assuage audiences' fears of the force of Indian dance. Question 13 2 / 2 pts What is music visualization? Select all that apply. To uncover the nature of the artistic medium. Correct! Serves as main inspiration to form a dance. Primacy of movement in dance. Correct! Dances reflect elements of classical music. Question 14 2 / 2 pts What two events brought an end to the Broadway fever of the 1920’s? 1. The Depression 2. Advent of talking pictures in Hollywood 3. World War II 4. Prohibition 5. Blackface Minstrelsy Correct! 1. and 2. 1. and 3. 1. and 4. 1. and 5. Question 15 2 / 2 pts “We don’t dance spiritual on stage only physical.” Who made this statement and what does it mean? Yvonne Choteau. The steps were part of a larger concept of art and costume and music. Martha Graham. The body does not lie, and behaviors are revealed when words can not be used. Pearl Primus. Dance is a medicine. It is the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustrations common to all human beings who, because of race, creed, or color are "invisible." Correct! George Balanchine. The dancers were not supposed to act or be something, they just did the movement and it said what the choreographer wanted it to say. The movement is not pretending to be anything more than it is. Study Guide 3.2.18 Question 16 2 / 2 pts How is what Balanchine is doing in Ballet similar to what Martha Graham is doing in Modern dance? How is it different? Match the artist on the right with the movement intentions (what Balanchine and Graham are doing in dance) on the left. Correct! The movement is the primary means of communication. Correct! The movement was the movement (not spiritual, only physical) and no need to put on a face. Correct! Movement never lied; it revealed something about the dancer and their soul. Correct! The movement explains the unexplainable. "No need to put on a face" is a quote from Balanchine (or one of his dancers paraphrasing Balanchine). On the opposite side was Graham who believed that "movement never lies." Question 17 2 / 2 pts Skip to question text. What forms became the New York City Ballet’s trademarks? 1. speed 2. storytelling and dramatic characters 3. emotional expressive dancers 4. clarity 5. Fairy tales, princes and princesses 6. sharpness of attack 1. and 6. 1., 3., 4., and 6. 1., 2., 3., and 4. 1., 2., 4., and 5. Correct! 1., 4., and 6. This question refers to question 3.2.19 of the study guides, from the video Balanchine, Father of American Ballet. 2., 3., and 5. are opposites of what Balanchine believed (3.1.13, 3.2.17, and 3.2.18) although he did occasionally engage in story tale ballets like Swan Lake and the Nutcracker as well as his work for Broadway and Hollywood. However these are exceptions or at least not part of the trademark of Balanchine ballet (as other ballet companies often performed in ways closely related to 2., 3. and 5.) Question 18 2 / 2 pts What bodily shapes are part of traditional African dance and named as “new for white Americans” in the late 19th/early 20th century? Select all that apply. Correct! Elbows out Correct! Flat feet Correct! Hips and knees moving Erect torso Study Guide 2.9.5 Question 19 2 / 2 pts How were “cutting” contests and “breakaways” in the Lindy Hop representative of African dance forms? Correct! Allowed for improvisation in dance Parodied white ballroom dancing through strutting and prancing. Fused taplike dancing and rapid fire jigs with loose shuffle steps. Focused on male and female coupled dancing. Question 20 2 / 2 pts Match the choreographer or movement system to the technique or movement forms closely associated with them. Each answer will be used only once. Correct! Ruth St. Denis Correct! Martha Graham Correct! Doris Humphrey Correct! Isadora Duncan Correct! Genevieve Stebbins. Match the individual to the statement that best describes their contribution to American movement and dance. Each answer will be used only once. Question 21 2 / 2 pts What quality often used to describe Balanchine dancers does Brenda Dixon Gottschild attribute to African/African American aesthetics? Correct! Cool Balanchine displayed an "Africanist cool". See pg. 42-43 of Horowitz, Artists in Exile: How to Become an American. Athletic Unhurried Fresh Question 22 1 / 1 pts (1 points): List the name of the dance for Video #1: Click to view Correct! Correct Answers Frontier Question 23 1 / 1 pts List one of the Puritan/Modernist themes: Correct! Correct Answers Anti-authoritarianism Individualism Simplicity Functionalism Question 24 1 / 1 pts Skip to question text. (1 points): List the name of the dance for Video #2: Click to view Correct! Correct Answers Western Symphony Question 25 3 / 3 pts (3 points): Answer the following question and briefly discuss the technique(s) or tradition(s) from which this dance is derived. Do you believe this dance has different layers of techniques/traditions? Why or why not? Your Answer: As ballet was developed in many different countries, it has different layers of techniques and traditions. By spreading out to different countries, it has been changed as it absorbs the tradition from each cultures. Question 26 1 / 1 pts (1 points): List the name of the dance for Video #3. Click to view Correct! Correct Answers Strange Fruit strangefruit Question 27 1 / 1 pts (1 point): FORM: Provide only one word about the form that describes both the movement and the meaning of the dance. You Answered Correct Answers This will be manually graded. no correct answer. [Show More]

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