Expressive skills

Question 1

Facial Expressions

Answer 1

Using the face to communicate character/emotion and engage the audience.

Question 2

Focus

Answer 2

the dancers eyeline

Question 3

musicality

Answer 3

showing sensitivity to the aural setting

Question 4

phrasing

Answer 4

the distribution of energy within a phrase of movement

Question 5

Projection

Answer 5

using energy to engage the audience

Question 6

spatial awareness

Answer 6

being conscious of the surrounding space: stage, other dancers and the audience

Question 7

notes on facial expressions

Answer 7

Facial expressions are choreographed and will help increase your projection.

Question 8

notes on focus

Answer 8

• makes movements look bigger
• directs audiences attention to certain areas of the stage/body parts
• shows charecter

Question 9

Notes on musicality

Answer 9

Four music relationships
- Music visualisation
- direct correlation
- Mutual co existence
-juxtaposition

Question 10

Notes on phrasing

Answer 10

Also called emphasis ie adding emphasis onto particular movement

Question 11

Notes on projection

Answer 11

Confidence will help you develop your projection.

Question 12

notes on spatial awareness

Answer 12

In terms of formations, proximity, stage directions, pathways.