Dance 301 Test 2

Name the spiritual dance of the slaves where they shuffle around in a circle clapping out rhythms and using a beating stick to create counter rhythms as they sing their praises to the Lord.

The Jim Crow laws of segregation were established before the Jim Crow dance was created.

Although black dancers were not allowed to perform in the legitimate theatre until the 1840s there is reference to a group of black actors and actresses that performed in New York City from 1821 to 1823. What was the name of this group?

In the 1970s African American and Latino youth developed "break dancing". Who was the DJ that set up parties at the community center on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx?

Shango was a dance that Katherine Dunham had choreographed using undulating movements that she had witnessed in the Caribbean. What was the bases of this dance?

When blacks created their own entertainment for Vaudeville they created black characters that were clever and intelligent challenging old stereotypes.

Talley Beatty initially was a dancer in Katherine Dunham's company who broke away and created his own works. What was the name of the dance we watched in class choreographed by Talley Beatty about racial violence?

Talley Beatty initially was a dancer in Katherine Dunham's company who broke away and created his own works. What was the name of the dance we watched in class choreographed by Talley Beatty about racial violence?

Michael Jackson recognized the potential of music videos to express a story by creating a mini-movie. What was his first music video?

Katherine Dunham's dance style incorporated articulate and flexible African movements and the discipline of ballet. She developed a warm-up technique using isolations to increase flexibility and control of the different body parts.

Break dancing was included as part of the entertainment in the closing ceremony of the Olympics in 1984 and as a result it inspired kids all over the world to break dance.

In the 1950s radio stations were segregated playing white-only music or black-only music.

Who was considered the best tap dancer of all time with the cleanest sounding taps making the most complex steps look easy? He also danced with Shirley Temple in the video we watched in class.

Who was the leading innovator and choreographer creating synchronized moves that the Motown singers would do to express the concept of the song and liven up the performance?

Name the plantation dance that started out as an improvisation of stomping and shuffling steps and developed into fancy sliding jumps and hops incorporating bird like movements.

Who was the swing dancer credited with creating air steps with his dance partner Frieda Washington?

Who were the dancers that created a twelve-minute act that included a very slow soft shoe tap dance?

Funeral dances to ensure a safe transition to the realm of the spirit world were performed in some remote areas. Friends and relatives would march to the grave accompanied by a drum beat. They would circle the grave and lie face down until the corps of the slave was placed in the grave. Then they would dance to the beat of the drum making a magic circle to keep unwanted spirits out.

Fred Astaire had a successful career on Broadway and in Hollywood movies. Who was the great tap dancer that inspired Fred Astaire.

At the Savoy Ballroom there was a corner reserved for the best dancers to challenge each other in "cutting contests". What was this place called?

Who originated the flash act style of tap dancing?

Who was the white actor that performed the Jim Crow dance in the minstrel shows?

Name the plantation dance that was performed as a competition between plantations. The dancers would strut and smile imitating the pretentious attitude of the whites.

Tap dancing developed on the minstrel stage. It was a blend of what three dance styles?

The Cotton Club was a multiracial club where both blacks and whites enjoyed the entertainment of the top black performers including the Nicholas Brothers and the Berry Brothers.

The East Indian theatrical manual written in Sanskrit gives detailed and explicit directions for the proper technique of all stagecraft and performances expressing the ideals of the Hindu religion. What is it called?

What is the name of the devotional dance once performed by the devadasis in the Hindu temples that is named after the sage that is thought to be the author of the Natya Shastra?

In the masked dance drama of Rangda a battle dance is performed that represents the ongoing struggle in life to balance positive and negative energies. Who is Rangda's opponent?

What is the Balinese choral dance drama called that tells the story of Rama and Sita?

In the Kathakali dance dramas men and women play the parts of characters within the Hindu stories portraying gods, heroes, and demons that encounter situations of great moral dilemma.

In Bali, the word for religion is Puputan. Worship and ritualistic practices are performed each day at sunset.

Archeologists discovered stone and copper plates in Bali describing early rules of civilization that express the importance of religion and art as a way of teaching the people how to maintain a cooperative society.

What are the masked dance dramas of Korea known as?

Expressing the importance of social stability and unity, the theme of the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony was ____________________.

Who is the artistic director of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre in Taiwan?

What is the royal court dance of Japan called?

The first emperors of Japan were both political and religious leaders and were thought to be descendants of the Yellow Emperor.

In North Korea the ideals of Marxism and Leninism were put into practice with the help of the soviets. In 1992 the Koreans replaced the terms Marxism and Leninism with their own term for Korean communism. What is it?

Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau founded American Ballroom Theatre, a nonprofit organization providing ballroom classes to public schools in New York. Their mission was to train highly skilled and competitive dancers, where only the most talented can withstand the scrutiny and pressure.

The purpose of the whirling dervish dance is to be able to be present and centered and reach a state of divine awareness of positive thought, tolerance, and universal love.

The video clip we watched in class of Gabrielle Roth's healing dance showed the students standing still at first and then overcome with emotion they melted to the floor and rolled up in a ball.

What is the name of the Japanese modern dance that developed in the 1960s that began as a revolt against conventional ways in an effort to disclose truths and expose the superficiality of life.

What is the Taiwanese religion that recognizes common principles found in the major world religions in hope that by revealing the universal truths of these religions peace, harmony and cooperation will be achieved?

Which of the Taiwanese indigenous tribes performs a ceremonial dance forming a tight circle side stepping counterclockwise while singing a song that is said to have been inspired by the sound of a waterfall to ensure an abundant harvest?

What are the many gods of the indigenous religion of Japan called?

One of the popular dragon dance formations is called Chasing the Pearl. What does this particular dance formation symbolize?

When Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan from China he established the "People's Republic" in Taiwan following the three principles of Sun Yat-sen. The second principle is minquan. What does it mean?

The mask dance dramas of Korea are satirical stories that poke fun at authority figures and situations that would not be discussed in public.

Kabuki dancers often strike dramatic poses that can last up to twelve seconds which are designed to create dramatic tension and signify that the character is contemplating the conflict of the situation as he struggles to resolve it. What is this pose called?

What is the principle of Daoism called that demonstrates the flow of the universe letting life unfold naturally and it literally means non-action or non-effort?