Midterm

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)?