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ATC1/2O - Elements & Origins Quiz (K = /25)

Fill in the blank to match the 5 elements of dance from the list of words below (5):

Element: __________________ a. force/quality of movement (flick, fold, explode)

Element: __________________ b. shape, non/locomotor, a/symmetrical, parts, bases
Element: __________________ c. levels, pathways, direction
Element: __________________ d. tempo (ascending/descending), rhythm, accent
Element: __________________ e. meet, part, follow between dancers, music, theme, prop
Circle the correct answer (1 pt each)
9. When describing the quality of movement, which
2. Dance forms can be divided into 2 categories: element would you be MOST engaged with?
a) communal and theatre a) Relationship
b) communal and social b) Time
c) social and theatre c) Energy
d) theatre and folk d) Body

3. Dance created in agricultural civilizations (farming 10. If you were describing the asymmetrical moments of a
societies) that were rich, settled, and self-confident is: dance move, which element would you be MOST
a) communal dance engaged with?
b) theatre dance a) Space
c) indigenous dance b) Relationship
d) folk dance c) Body
d) Time
4. Which is not a type of theatre dance?
a) Ballet 11. In the element of time, ______ refers to the rhythmic
b) Broadway pattern used in music, or number of beats per bar (4/4):
c) Modern a) Clock Time
d) The waltz b) Free Rhythm
c) Timing Relationship
5. If you were describing the sharpness of a dance move, d) Metered Time
which element would you be MOST engaged with?
a) Space 12. Sort the terms under the following headings (10)
b) Time
c) Energy Locomotor Non-Locomotor
d) None of the above

6. What time period was hip hop invented in the Bronx?

a) 1990’s
b) 1960’s
c) 1940’s
d) 1970’s

7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of

indigenous (African and Native American) dance styles? Word Bank: bend, swing, skip, leap, kick, twist, gallop,
a) Complex rhythms stretch, walk, crawl
b) Drum beats and stamping feet
c) Professional training
d) Spiritual or religious purpose

8. If dancers move through spaced in a curved, straight

or zigzag way, they have used different:
a) Levels
b) Directions
c) Orientations
d) Pathways