Dance midterm

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Patron saint of dance

St. Vitus

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What is proprioception

Where your body is in space

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Dance began through what two things

Ritual and religion

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3 ways to avoid injury in dance

Strength, flexibility, alignment

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5

Turnout comes from what part of the body

The hips

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What is Beuchampe know for

Codifying the 5 ballet positions

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How many years ago and where did dance begin?

500 years ago, Italy

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Who funded dance in the french court

Cathrine de Medici

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Who founded the royal academy of ballet

King Louis XVI

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4 signs of dehydration

Dark urine, fainting, feeling weak, dry mouth/swollen tongue

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2 ways to treat dehydration

Drink small amounts of water, suck on ice chips

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What is the worst thing to happen from dehydration

Death

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13

Working leg is

The moving leg

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14

Supporting leg is

leg holding the body weight

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2 most unstable parts of the body

Shoulders, knees

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16

How to determine if its a jazz dance

The music used

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17

Grounded means

relating more to the floor than the ceiling

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18

How do you decide what supplements to take

Ask a doctor

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19

The best way to get nutrients is

to eat a variety of foods

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20

Modern dance began in 1890-1900’s, what was going on at the time

women’s suffrage movement.

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Jazz dance began in

1920’s

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Three influential people in modern dance

Ted Shawn, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham

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23

Oversleeping

Consistently getting over 9 hours of sleep

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4 health issues caused by oversleeping

Depression, obesity, diabetes, heart disease

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Undersleeping

Consistently under 6 hours of sleep

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4 health issues caused by undersleeping

Heart disease, diabetes, obesity, emotions all over the place.

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Pirouette

a turn on one leg

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Chaine’

Linked

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Bourree

Stuffed

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Tour in le air

a complete, single, double, or triple turn in the air

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Coupe

The neck of the foot

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Passe’

To pass

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Developpe’

To develop

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Retire’

Withdrawn

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Chasse’

To chase

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Sous sus

Over under

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Plie

To bend

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Eleve

To rise

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Releve

Re-rise

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Tendu

Stretched

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Degage

Disengage

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Grand buttment

Large beat

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Pordabras

Carriage of the arms

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Ronjombe

Circle of the legs

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Echappe

Escape

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Jete

To throw

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