General Terminology

Question 1

List the Body Actions.

Answer 1

Gesture
Locomotion
Elevation
Falling
Turning
Stillness

Question 2

List the Physical Skills.

Answer 2

Balance
Flexibility
Alignment
Control
Coordination
Transference of Weight
Strength
Stamina

Question 3

What are the Elements of Movement?

Answer 3

Time, Space and Energy

Question 4

List the aspects of Time.

Answer 4

Duration
Rhythm
Speed
Accents
Stillness

Question 5

List the aspects of Space.

Answer 5

Direction
Shape
Level
Dimension
Focus
Pathways

Question 6

List the aspects of Energy.

Answer 6

Force (Strong/Light), Flow (Bound/Free), Qualities of Movement

Question 7

List the Qualities of Movement.

Answer 7

Swinging
Suspended
Sustained
Percussive
Vibratory
Collapsing

Question 8

What is a phrase?

Answer 8

A partial dance idea composed of a series of movements, similar to a sentence in the written form.

Question 9

What is a section?

Answer 9

A number of related phrases linked together. One or more sections form a dance. Sections often use similar movement and emotion and shifts between sections may be gradual or sudden.

Question 10

What is form?

Answer 10

The structure used by the choreographer to communicate their expressive intention.

Question 11

List the 6 different dance forms.

Answer 11

Binary - AB
Ternary - ABA
Theme and Variation - A, A1, A2
Rondo - ABACA
Narrative/Episodic - ABC
Free Form - AFGAA

Question 12

What are the elements of Spatial Organisation?

Answer 12

Direction, Level, Focus, Dimension

Question 13

What are the two different types of grouping?

Answer 13

Symmetrical, Asymmetrical

Question 14

What are the three different types of group structures?

Answer 14

Unison, Canon, Contrast

Question 15

What is an expressive intention?

Answer 15

The meaning the dance is trying to convey. It is central to the choice of overall structure and choreographic devices used to form the dance and also the movement vocabulary.

Question 16

What are the three elements of Dance Design?

Answer 16

Form, Movement Vocabulary, Expressive Intention

Question 17

List the 13 Choreographic Devices.

Answer 17

Augmentation
Abstraction
Addition
Accumulation
Distortion
Embellishment
Insertion
Inversion
Repetition
Rearrangement
Retrograde
Transposition
Motif

Question 18

List 4 Learning Processes for a Learnt Work.

Answer 18

1. Use of imitation
2. Use of repetition
3. Developing familiarity with the music
4. Adjusting to different spaces

Question 19

List 4 Rehearsal Processes for a Learnt Work or Solo Work.

Answer 19

1. Use of repetition
2. Refining technical and spatial accuracy
3. Developing an awareness of the demands in different sections
4. Maintaining an appropriate relationship between the movement and music.

Question 20

List 4 Composing Processes for a Solo Work.

Answer 20

1. Development of an expressive intention
2. Developing familiarity with the music
3. Using ISARE
4. Inclusion of all body actions and physical skills

Question 21

List 4 Pre-Performance Processes.

Answer 21

1. Orientation to the performance space
2. Warming up
3. Mental preparation
4. Production consideration (stage craft)

Question 22

List 4 Performance Processes.

Answer 22

1. Accuracy of movement execution
2. Accuracy of spatial orientation
3. Projection
4. Relationship with audience

Question 23

List the Movement Creation Processes.

Answer 23

Improvisation
Selection
Arrangement
Refinement
Evaluation