Midterm

  • Due No Due Date
  • Points 100

Mid-Term Study Guide

DANC 1010 Intro to Dance

  • What is dance? In your own words.
  • What is the purpose of dance? Be able to list at least 4 reasons.
  • Which country has the longest and richest tradition of dance, beginning with dances that were most likely forms of religious celebrations?
  • Be able to describe the characteristics of each time period.
    • Ancient Period, Medieval Period, Renaissance Period
  • Define and be able to tell what time period and purpose/reason created?
    • Dance of Death/Danse Macabre
    • Bharata Natyam
    • Ballet
    • Beijing Opera
    • Maypole Dance
  • Define
    • Aesthetics, Aesthetic Criteria, & Aesthetic Response
    • World Dance, Western Dance, Folk Dance, & Liturgical Dance
    • Critical Response
    • Somatic definition & be able to list the somatic practices
  • Why dance history?
  • Name the countries known for their folk dance traditions?
  • What are the Principles of Composition?
  • Name the three classical forms of Japanese Dance?
  • What are the four types of religious dance?
    • Be able to describe what they are and give two examples?
  • World/Ritual Dance & Religion Countries (Name one dance, who danced, what they wore? why they danced) Only one country is required.
    • Australian Aboriginal, Native American, African, Jewish, Greece & Ancient Rome, Central-South American, Tibet and Nepal
  • Describe the Shaker’s religion and how do they justify the use of dance in worship.
  • What does B.A.S.T.E stand for? And what are they? Describe three in each category.
  • What are the three tools a dancer needs and why?
  • Be prepared to watch a dance and form a critical response. Briefly Describe what new knowledge and insights you have gained from this viewing (create an image for the reader), Interpret (what do you think the meaning and/or intent of the choreography is?), Evaluate (Judge, was the choreographer successful in communicating his point of view, why? or why not)?
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