Modern Dance 2025 Final Exam

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What is 7/8 on the diagram called?

Ilium

What is 28 on the diagram called?

Acetabulum

What is 25 on the diagram called?

Head of Femur

What is 18 on the diagram called?

sacrum

What is 13 called on the diagram?

Ischium

What is 19 on the diagram called?

coccyx

What is 27 on the diagram called?

femur

What is 41 on the diagram called?

Pubic

What is 7 on the diagram called?

cervical spine

What is 12 on the diagram called?

thoracic spine

What is 5 on the diagram called?

lumbar spine

What is 5 pt.2 on the diagram called?

sacrum

What is E on the diagram called?

Coracoid Process

What is G on the diagram called?

acromion

What is B,C,D on the diagram called?

Scapula

What is the relating and movement of all parts of the body via the navel (Fetal

position to Starfish) called?

Naval Radiation

What is head to tail movement (correlates to movement of fish) called?

Spinal Movement

What is (Body Half) – Asymmetrical movement of one upper limb and the lower limb on the same side (correlates to the movement of reptiles) called?

Homolateral movement

What is (Opposition) – Diagonal movement of one upper limb with the opposite lower limb (correlates to the movement of mammals) called?

contralateral movement

What is the ability to efficiently organize the body in relationship to movement (dancing). Also known as placement of the body called?

alignment

What is the movement of the right or left half of the body, while the other half is stationary or playing a supportive role (supportive side vs. working side) called?

Body half

What is the moment of complete exhalation of breath, this movement is central to Martha Graham’s modern dance technique, or Graham Technique called?

contraction

What is a body half that continues on to one’s side or all the way onto the shins called?

crescent roll

What is (to chase/slide) a movement where one leg chases the other, it creates a jump where the legs come straight together in the air called?

chasse

What is it called when the foot brushes off the floor up to 45 degrees?

degage

What is it called when a body part is furthest away from the center?

distal

What is an inverted V shape where both arms and legs are supporting the body weight/yoga tradition?

downward dog

What is it called when the body part is closes to the midline/center of the body?

proximal

What is the use of weight, space, flow and time to create different energetic qualities called?

dynamics

What is it called to straighten a joint, to extent, and elongate the body?

extension

What is it called when the joint is to bend or decrease the angle between the bones of a joint?

flexion

What is the body part or location from where movement begins called?

initiations

What is it called when you move the body upside down in space while weight bearing with arms, hands, shoulders, or head?

inversion

What is transferring weight from one side to another called?

lateral shifts

What is the ability of a dancer to move responsibly to music. Independent of music, the ability of a dancer to move with nuanced coherency where all movement materials are given specific physical and dynamic expression in and of themselves and in relationship to each other called?

musicality

What is movement from everyday life such as walking, running and sitting called?

pedestrian movement

What is the action of bending or releasing, a coordinated flexion at the hip, knee and dorsiflexion at the ankle joint called?

plie

What is the relationship of the body with gravity, and the ability to let go of unnecessary muscular tension called?

release

What is movement around a central access called?

rotation

What is the rotation of a limb toward the front of the body called?

inward rotation

What is the rotation of a limb away from the front of the body called?

outward rotation

What is the (right/left) rotation of the spinal column along its vertical axis called?

spiral rotation

What is it called when moving towards the audience?

downstage

What is it called when you move away from the audience?

upstage

What is a combination of a step and hop and usually can be performed in an uneven or even rhythm with level change called?

Step-hop/skip

What is the Pendular movement where the body releases with gravity, then a curve follows through, creating a suspension. Usually done in a triple rhythm called?

swinging

What refers to the speed of music. It can be a steady constant pulse, like a clock ticking or it can be slow, fast or in between, and it can change during a piece of music?

tempo

What is the brushing of the foot along the floor until the tip of the toes remains touching the floor called?

tendu

What is the lateral/outward rotation of the acetabular/femur (hip) joint called?

turn-out

What is the shifting of body weight from one leg to another while dropping the weight lower in the center of the curve called?

undercurve

What are the transfers of body weight from one leg to the other called?

weight shifts

What is a roll on the floor initiated by the distal reach of a foot or hand that turns the body from belly to back or back to belly called?

x-rolls

What is the timing of modern dance?

the late 19th and early 20th centuries

What is the timing of postmodern dance?

1960s to 1980s (mid-20th century)