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CSET Performing Arts III
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1. Like the Noh drama - is full of ghosts and supernatural situations - Costumes weigh up to 50 lbs. or more and take hours to assemble - Men play the part of women.

2. vivacious couple dance of Bohemian origin in double time; was a basic pattern of hop - step - close - step; a lively Bohemian dance tune in 2/4 time - Czech peasant dance - developed in Eastern Bohemia (Eastern Europe)

3. Dances that originated in America in 20th century

4. Improvisation to respond to various music and oral prompts - younger children dance alone - 2nd learning to work with partners

5. The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving; the use of weight

6. Noh Theater often includes a ghost - The performances are very formal dance dramas - Performances can last 10 hours - All performers are men - Props signify characters.

7. The area in which you move; the area around you

8. A part of the main stage that goes into the audience and brings the actors closer to the audience - The audience is on 3 sides of the stage

9. Learn dances specific to 18th and 19th century America - 8th graders can describe functions of dance and compare and contrast different forms of dance

10. Operatic performance the story is told mainly through singing. However - an opera also involves instrumental music - acting - dancing - sets and costumes

11. Brazilian origin - 2/4 time but quick

12. Along with Sophocles refined playwriting (Madea - woman who killed her husband after coming home from war) - introduced elements of comedy and exploration into psyches - representation of traditional - mythical heroes as ordinary people in extraordin

13. Use dance vocabulary to analyze elements and components of dance - understand artistic intent - range of movement expanding

14. Greek drama was performed at religious festivals and in outside amphitheaters - Medieval drama evolved in the Church from musical elaborations of the service.

15. A motif in theatre is a theme that is repeated and developed in artistic work or a decorative design or pattern.

16. Use dance vocabulary to describe movements (unity - variety - force) - physically connect movement phrases with smooth transitions

17. Modern dance pioneer - Greek influence - break away from constricting requirements of ballet

18. K learning simple folk dances where they come from and functions - 2nd name and perform rhythms from various traditions

19. The ancient Greeks believed Dionysus - the god of wine and revelry - died and was reborn every year. They held celebrations in his honor in the spring and fall - after the grape harvest. Every form of western drama has its origins in these Dionysian

20. Fuse African dance and European styles - mambo - samba - meringue - rumba

21. responding to simple oral instructions (reach - turn walk) - vocabulary of opposites (wiggle/freeze - high/low)

22. Mother of modern dance

23. England was the most famous - and is associated with William Shakespeare. The center of the theater was open to the sky. Curtains were not used.

24. Roots from European folk dancing

25. This term is used to refer to drama as an art form as well as to the building in which it is performed.