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  • 1. 
    Who of the following is regarded as a pioneer in the serious presentation of dance on film?

  • Fred Astaire
  • Clayton (“Peg Leg”) Bates
  • Arthur Murray
  • Vaslav Nijinsky

  • 2. 
    Which American-born singer and dancer was part of the French Resistance during World War II and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour?

  • Ginger Rogers
  • Ann Miller
  • Adelaide Hall
  • Josephine Baker

  • 3. 
    In which Indian classical dance do men portray all characters, both male and female?

  • kathakali
  • kathak
  • manipuri
  • kuchipudi

  • 4. 
    Which country has a court dance known as bedaja?

  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam
  • Philippines

  • 5. 
    Which one of the following dances was originally performed to honour gods or to praise chiefs?

  • tango
  • morris
  • rumba
  • hula

  • 6. 
    Who formulated the first technique to provide a means of simultaneously combining precise movement notation with precise rhythm notation?

  • Joan Benesh
  • Vladimir Stepanov
  • Thoinot Arbeau
  • Rudolf Laban

  • 7. 
    Which Soviet dancer revived the prominence of male ballet roles and was well known as the favourite partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn?

  • Rudolf Nureyev
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Vaslav Nijinsky
  • Serge Diaghilev

  • 8. 
    Where was the ballerina Anna Pavlova born?

  • Russia
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Yugoslavia
  • Romania
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