Dance Exam II questions and answers
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Rhythm - correct answer ✔✔ "Ballet is about dancing in time"
The timing of movements
Most difficulties in performance can be overcome by understanding the rhythmic structure of a
step or combination.
Timing of a movement will affect other attributes, so it must be perceived first.
Shape - correct answer ✔✔ Since the human body is the medium through which ballet is
transmitted to the viewer, all ballet movements have a human shape:
✨extended, curved, lifted✨
This creates a special balanced design.
The dancer's task is to understand the balanced design of each step, pose, or dance phrase, and
then try to interpret that shape with his/her individual anatomy.
Costuming adds to the shape of movement.
Space - correct answer ✔✔ Related to shape
A. Appreciation of the concept of space as an arena that always must be filled with
harmoniously balanced shape, even during transitions from one step of pose to another.
B. The body shapes should correlate with the space provided.
Dynamics - correct answer ✔✔ To dance without contrasts is boring, thus dynamics = the
character of the dance!
A. soft, sharp, extended or released, quick, slow, and all the gradations in between are qualities
of dynamics to be explored in ballet technique
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Rhythm - correct answer ✔✔ "Ballet is about dancing in time"
The timing of movements
Most difficulties in performance can be overcome by understanding the rhythmic structure of a
step or combination.
Timing of a movement will affect other attributes, so it must be perceived first.
Shape - correct answer ✔✔ Since the human body is the medium through which ballet is
transmitted to the viewer, all ballet movements have a human shape:
✨extended, curved, lifted✨
This creates a special balanced design.
The dancer's task is to understand the balanced design of each step, pose, or dance phrase, and
then try to interpret that shape with his/her individual anatomy.
Costuming adds to the shape of movement.
Space - correct answer ✔✔ Related to shape
A. Appreciation of the concept of space as an arena that always must be filled with
harmoniously balanced shape, even during transitions from one step of pose to another.
B. The body shapes should correlate with the space provided.
Dynamics - correct answer ✔✔ To dance without contrasts is boring, thus dynamics = the
character of the dance!
A. soft, sharp, extended or released, quick, slow, and all the gradations in between are qualities
of dynamics to be explored in ballet technique
