Cheer Dance Flashcards
Is coined from the words, _____and ____. To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of a playing team and perform better during a game. Dance, on the other hand, is a physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures while performing bodily movements usually in time with rhythm.
CHEER DANCE
Cheerdancing is rooted from cheerleading The difference between Cheerleading and Cheerdancing is that cheerleading has its foundation in Gymnastics. And as for Cheerdance, it’s foundation lies in the Choreography where Ballet seems to be its foundation.
The difference of cheer dancing and cheer leading.
Is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for…. routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting.
CHEER LEADING
are made up of hand, arm and body positions. Although cheer styles may vary according to the cheerleaders preferences, all motions organize from the standard basic motions.
Cheer Motions
are crucial to the success of squads performance.
Cheerleading Formations
the formation is set up like bowling pins in a bowling alley. This works great when highlighting a rew members on a squad or team.
Bowling Pin
a simple line wher the back line is positioned in the window of the front line. Vertical line in formation highlight differences in levels rather than suggest squad
Staggered line
require a mixture of dance music and some cheer segment to kick off a routine. They may be arranged in any order depending on the squats choreography. The duration or length per segment also depends on how the competition criteria.
Cheerdance Routines
Basic Arm Motions
Touchdown
T Motion
High V Motion
Elbows or Table Tops
Muscles
Bow and Arrow
Leg Motions
Feet Together and Apart
Dig
Side dig
Hitch
Liberty
Torch
PYRAMID COMPOSITION
Flyer
Base(2)
Backspot
One and a half high
Cheerleading Jump Examples
Straight
Tuck
Spread Eagle
Double Hook
Herkey
Front Hurdler
Side Hurdler
Toe Touch
Pike