2020 Beginning Dance Review

The innovator for developing theme park mass entertainment dance shows was

• Busby Berkley
• Ed Sullivan
• Walt Disney

The term triple threat originated from performers who could act, sing, and dance in

• 19th-century theater stock companies
• 20th-century musical theater reviews
• follies, films, and television shows

Dance productions that document the work dancers and choreographers, historical dance, concert dance, cultural dance companies, and performaces in various forms of electronic media are called

• dance films
• dance for the camera
• dance media

Dance as entertainment at a sporting event is known as

• dance or drill team
• dance sport team
• marching band

Tap dance is a dance genre from

• Africa
• Ireland
• America

Famous tap dancers who were labeled class acts because they wore formal dress and performed sophisticated dances were

• Astaire and Coles
• Temple and Robinson
• Glover and Hines

A contemporary African American tap dancer famous for his work in Broadway and in the movies is

• Gene Kelly
• Gregory Hines
• Savion Glover

Rhythm tap is a style of tap dance featured in musical theater and entertainment.

• true
• false

Tap dance safety depends on securely fastened shoes and a floor that is not slick.

• true
• false

Dance genres from society and on stage relate to dance as entertainment beginning in the 20th century.

• true
• false