Choreographic Devices

Question 1

Choreographic devices

Answer 1

Methods used to develop and vary material

Question 2

Motif and development

Answer 2

Ways in which a movement phrase can be varied and changed

Question 3

Unison

Answer 3

2 or more dancers performing the same movement at the same time

Question 4

Canon

Answer 4

When the same movements overlap in time. Performing the same movement on dancer after the other

Question 5

Climax

Answer 5

The most significant moment of the dance

Question 6

Highlights

Answer 6

Important moments of dance

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

Performing the same action or phrase again

Question 8

Contrast

Answer 8

Movements or shapes that have nothing in common with

Question 9

Manipulation of numbers

Answer 9

How the number of dancers are used

Question 10

Phrase

Answer 10

A short sequence of linked movements

Question 11

Motif

Answer 11

A movement phrase encapsulating an idea that is repeated and developed throughout a dance

Question 12

Accumulation

Answer 12

When a dancer performs a series of movements and others join in at different times until, all perform in unison

Question 13

Yuh

Question 14

Action

Answer 14

Add in new actions or even subtract. Add in a fall, roll, jump etc. Change the order of actions in a motif

Question 15

Space

Answer 15

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Question 16

Dynamics

Question 17

Retrograde

Question 18

Inversion

Question 19

Rhythm

Question 20

Force

Question 21

Background

Question 22

Staging

Question 23

Planes

Question 24

Tempo

Question 25

Fragmentation

Question 26

Embellishment

Question 27

Combination