Dance Exam 3 questions n answers
graded A+
Jazz dance: 17th century - correct answer ✔✔ African slaves bring music and dance
drums prohibited-rhythm kept with hands and feet and song
Jazz Dance: 1800's - correct answer ✔✔ black songs and dances showcased in minstrel shows
whites in blackface perform parodies of songs and dances
Cakewalk - correct answer ✔✔ came from plantation entertainment
contest among black dancers who outdo each other mocking white men manners
Vaudeville Era - correct answer ✔✔ emergence of jazz music (1919)-combo of ragtime and
blues
dance started as natural accompaniment to jazz music
syncopation
Syncopation - correct answer ✔✔ interruption of regular flow of rhythm
emphasizing off beat in music
Jazz Dance: 1920's - correct answer ✔✔ Harlem Renaissance
elaborate floor shows in NYC employment for black dancers
movements from Charleston trace back to african dances
Jazz Dance: 1930/40 - correct answer ✔✔ part of: theatre, nightclubs, concerts, studios
, Jazz Dance: 1950/60 - correct answer ✔✔ public viewing on television (variety shows)
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Lawrence Welk Show
Jazz Dance: Today - correct answer ✔✔ encompasses several styles of movement
sensual, visceral, improvisational, syncopated
Jack Cole - correct answer ✔✔ 1913-1974
Father of Jazz Dance
started at Denishawn dance company
modern dance and added jazzy feel to steps
influenced by asian dance forms, created own technique
Bob Fosse - correct answer ✔✔ 1927-1987
Choreographer, director
recognized by angular shapes, rolled shoulders, hip isolations, turned-in legs, jazz hands
tony awards for choreography 8 and direction 1
Chicago, Pippin, Cabaret, Sweet Charity
Tap Dance - correct answer ✔✔ rhythmic sounds produced by moving feet with shoes with
metal taps on bottom
descended primarily from 2 other forms- African and Irish step dancing, found in minstrel and
vaudeville shows
popular in 1930s when it appeared in musicals
vocab- shuffle, flat step, cramp roll
mostly improvisational
graded A+
Jazz dance: 17th century - correct answer ✔✔ African slaves bring music and dance
drums prohibited-rhythm kept with hands and feet and song
Jazz Dance: 1800's - correct answer ✔✔ black songs and dances showcased in minstrel shows
whites in blackface perform parodies of songs and dances
Cakewalk - correct answer ✔✔ came from plantation entertainment
contest among black dancers who outdo each other mocking white men manners
Vaudeville Era - correct answer ✔✔ emergence of jazz music (1919)-combo of ragtime and
blues
dance started as natural accompaniment to jazz music
syncopation
Syncopation - correct answer ✔✔ interruption of regular flow of rhythm
emphasizing off beat in music
Jazz Dance: 1920's - correct answer ✔✔ Harlem Renaissance
elaborate floor shows in NYC employment for black dancers
movements from Charleston trace back to african dances
Jazz Dance: 1930/40 - correct answer ✔✔ part of: theatre, nightclubs, concerts, studios
, Jazz Dance: 1950/60 - correct answer ✔✔ public viewing on television (variety shows)
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Lawrence Welk Show
Jazz Dance: Today - correct answer ✔✔ encompasses several styles of movement
sensual, visceral, improvisational, syncopated
Jack Cole - correct answer ✔✔ 1913-1974
Father of Jazz Dance
started at Denishawn dance company
modern dance and added jazzy feel to steps
influenced by asian dance forms, created own technique
Bob Fosse - correct answer ✔✔ 1927-1987
Choreographer, director
recognized by angular shapes, rolled shoulders, hip isolations, turned-in legs, jazz hands
tony awards for choreography 8 and direction 1
Chicago, Pippin, Cabaret, Sweet Charity
Tap Dance - correct answer ✔✔ rhythmic sounds produced by moving feet with shoes with
metal taps on bottom
descended primarily from 2 other forms- African and Irish step dancing, found in minstrel and
vaudeville shows
popular in 1930s when it appeared in musicals
vocab- shuffle, flat step, cramp roll
mostly improvisational
