DANCE Flashcards

1
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It’s the movement of the body in arithmetic way usually to music and within a given space for the purpose of expressing an idea.Or emotion releasing energy or simply taking the light in the movement itself

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Dance

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2
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Consisting of sequences of movement with esthetic and offensive ballet value, either improvised or purposely selected

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Dance

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3
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comes from the German word “___” meaning to “___”

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Danson , stretch out

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4
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Dance can be performed for several purposes

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  1. Entertainment
  2. Therapy
  3. Education
  4. Recreation
  5. Parts of ritual or expression of inner feelings
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5
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Benefits of Dance

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  1. Physical
  2. Mental/Emotional
  3. Social
  4. Cultural
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6
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● Developed cardiovascular and muscular Endurance
● lower risk of cardiovascular endurance
● Improve coordination balance flexibility and body composition

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Physical

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7
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● Helps keep the brain sharp
● improves body image
● help in releasing emotional tension
● Decrease incidence of alzheimer’s disease

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Mental and Emotional

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● Togetherness within a group
● positive social interaction and interpersonal relationship in a group

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Social

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9
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● Promotes cultural values

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cultural

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10
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Elements of dance

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  1. Body
  2. Action
  3. Space
  4. Time
  5. Energy
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11
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It’s what others see when they look at dance.Sometimes it’s still other times it may be emotion

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Body

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12
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Any movement that travels through space, including a Run jump, walk slide, hop skip.

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Locomotor movement

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13
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Dancers were together with a choreographer to practice and refine the ____ of the dance

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Action

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14
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Some ways a korea gopher or dancer thinks about space:

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  1. Level
  2. Direction
  3. Place
  4. Orientation
  5. Pathway
  6. Size
  7. Relationship
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15
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It’s the movement on the floor or reaching upward?

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Level

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16
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Does the movement go forward backward or diagonal

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Direction

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17
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Is the movement done on spot (___) Does it move through space (___,____,___)

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Place, personal space & general space, upstage, downstage

18
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Which way are the dancers facing

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Orientation

19
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Is the path through space made by dancer’s curve straight or is it random

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Pathway

20
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Does the movement take up a small narrow space or a big wide space

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Size

21
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How are the dancers positioned in space in a relationship to 1 another

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Relationship

22
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Choreographers have to make decisions about timing or there movements quick or slow.

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Time

23
Q

To think about the length of a dance

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Clock time

24
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When dancers move in the relationship to 1 another

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Timing relationship

25
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Repeated rhythmic pattern often used in music (2/4, 4/4)

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Metered Time

26
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A rhythmic pattern that is less predictable than mattered time

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Free rhythm

27
Q

effort can dancers use can communicate meaning

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Energy

28
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Someways to think about energy :

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Attack
Weight
Flow
Quality

29
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is the movement sharp?

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Attack

30
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Does the movement show Heaviness

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Weight

31
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It’s the movement seem restricted

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Flow

32
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is the movement tight?

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Quality

33
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6 Qualities of dance Energies

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  1. sustained
  2. percussive
  3. vibratory
  4. swinging
  5. suspended
  6. collapsing
  7. Bodily shape
34
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movement are done smoothly, continuously, flow

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Sustained

35
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Movement are explosive and sharp

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Percussive

36
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trembling or shaking

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Vibratory

37
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The movement thrice a curved line or an arc. In space, the movements are relaxed and giving in to gravity on the downward part of the motion

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swinging

38
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hanging on air

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suspended

39
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released in tension, abruptly giving in to gravity

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Collapsing

40
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Refers to how the entire body is molded in space. They can be:

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Bodily shape, symmetrical, asymmetrical