BEG DANCE Pre-Test Modern Technique

A locomotor movement is defined as a movement that?

• moves you on the floor

• keeps you in one spot

• moves you from one place to another

• takes you into the air

Which of the following would be an example of non-locomotor movements?

• bend, twist, wiggle

• slide, skip, vibrate

• turn, leap, curve

• spin, roll, rise

Which of the following would be an example of locomotor movements?

• run, crawl, walk

• twist, turn, wiggle

• turn, skip, vibrate

• jump, bend, hop

_____ is a springing action from both feet to both feet.

• skip

• leap

• hop

• jump

A triplet is defined as a traveling movement with three steps which go_______.

• down, up, up

• in a circle

• forward, back, back

• down, up, down

Which of the following movement best describes a contraction?

• tossing the ball

• punch in the stomach

• washing the hair

• brushing the teeth

A _______ movement is pendulum like and consists of a drop and catch.

• suspended

• collapse

• swing

• sustained

When executing a prance, a dancer should_______.

• stomp the feet

• criss-cross the feet

• slide the feet

• roll through the feet

Symmetrical and asymmetrical are used to describe______.

• shape

• energy

• movement

• direction

Which is an example of a symmetrical shape?

• a tree

• Oprah

• a square

• an obtuse triangle