Dance History Exam 1 questions n
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Why should we study dance history? - correct answer ✔✔ Learn from the success/failure of
other dancers and choreographers.
New insight into the creative process of past artists which can lead to new ideas
Greater appreciation for kinds of dance seen today and their traditions
Describe a similarity and a difference between past and present dance. - correct answer ✔✔
Human condition (all people laugh, cry, move, celebrate)
is a similarity between people of the past and present.
Cultural and social diversity of people is a difference among people of past and present. (within
the same time period)
Give one influence of dance. - correct answer ✔✔ How men/women live and work both on and
off the stage
Judgments of people in power-politics, religion, money
Integration of other arts (visual art, drama, music, architecture)
What is one example of how dance forms are constantly changing? - correct answer ✔✔ All
dance forms are changing.
, Dance forms like ballet are still heavily based on tradition and often systematically still change.
Body concepts change as to whether thin or athletic or representative of the common society.
Dance concepts change just as technology changes (evolving)
What is a dance notator? - correct answer ✔✔ Notation of dance (written dance steps, patters,
dynamics, spacing
Early forms of notation- Rudolf Laban: labanotation, Laban movement analysis
Re-staging works of the past
- attempts at precise replication of a past work through research of notation
- include some of the essence of the original work
- inspired by the original but taken to a different place choreographically
What are 2 things to look for when watching dance? - correct answer ✔✔ Gain a sense of the
nature (overall feel) of a dance work and the aesthetic (artistic/visual) content
Determine how well the work was realized
Look at how much/not so much the whole was affected by the performers, composer, designer
What are the three categories of dance discussed in class? - correct answer ✔✔ Dance done to
please the dancers, please the gods, and please other people.
answers rated A+
Why should we study dance history? - correct answer ✔✔ Learn from the success/failure of
other dancers and choreographers.
New insight into the creative process of past artists which can lead to new ideas
Greater appreciation for kinds of dance seen today and their traditions
Describe a similarity and a difference between past and present dance. - correct answer ✔✔
Human condition (all people laugh, cry, move, celebrate)
is a similarity between people of the past and present.
Cultural and social diversity of people is a difference among people of past and present. (within
the same time period)
Give one influence of dance. - correct answer ✔✔ How men/women live and work both on and
off the stage
Judgments of people in power-politics, religion, money
Integration of other arts (visual art, drama, music, architecture)
What is one example of how dance forms are constantly changing? - correct answer ✔✔ All
dance forms are changing.
, Dance forms like ballet are still heavily based on tradition and often systematically still change.
Body concepts change as to whether thin or athletic or representative of the common society.
Dance concepts change just as technology changes (evolving)
What is a dance notator? - correct answer ✔✔ Notation of dance (written dance steps, patters,
dynamics, spacing
Early forms of notation- Rudolf Laban: labanotation, Laban movement analysis
Re-staging works of the past
- attempts at precise replication of a past work through research of notation
- include some of the essence of the original work
- inspired by the original but taken to a different place choreographically
What are 2 things to look for when watching dance? - correct answer ✔✔ Gain a sense of the
nature (overall feel) of a dance work and the aesthetic (artistic/visual) content
Determine how well the work was realized
Look at how much/not so much the whole was affected by the performers, composer, designer
What are the three categories of dance discussed in class? - correct answer ✔✔ Dance done to
please the dancers, please the gods, and please other people.
