Hope 2 Flashcards
Standard Dances includes:
•Waltz
•Vienesse Waltz
•Quick Step
•Tango
•Foxtrot
•One of the smoothest ballroom dances.
•Also, it is the most popular ballroom dance of all time.
•Considered by some as the “mother of present day dances” and the “backbone dance” of the ballroom dancing arena, the Waltz is the basis for many dances.
Waltz
•One of the most fascinating of all ballroom dances.
•Originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this sensual ballroom dance is usually performed by a man and a woman, expressing an element of romance in their synchronized movements.
Tango
•A quick rotating ballroom dance with a subtle rise and fall.
•The simple and elegant rotational movement characterize by the _______ is considered to be the most difficult dance to learn.
Viennese Waltz
•An excellent dance for beginers.
•It is a smooth dance in which dancers make long, flowing movements across the floor
Foxtrot
•A quick version of Foxtrot.
•It is a ballroom dance comprised of extremely quick quick stepping, syncopated feet rhythms, and runs of quick steps.
Quickstep
considered as the backbone for many other genres of dance
Ballet
•free, expressive style of dancing started in the early 20th century as a reaction to classical ballet.
➤ In recent years it has included elements not usually associated with dance.
Modern dance
A style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet
Contemporary Dance
strives to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements
Contemporary Dancers
•Around 1980s, the world “contemporary dance” referred to the movement of new dancers who did not want to follow strict classical ballet and lyrical dance forms, but instead wanted to explore the area of revolutionary unconventional movements that were gathered from all dance styles of the world.
•Contemporary dances therefore do not use fixed moves and instead try to develop totally new forms and dynamics, such as quick oppositional moves, shifting alignments, expressions of raw emotions, systematic breathing, dancing moves preformed in non-standing positions (for example lying on the floor), and in general trying to find the absolute limits of our human form and physique.
Nature of Contemporary Dance
Fundamentals of Modern Dance Movements
•Lateral
•Spiral
•Stag leap
•Flat Back
•Contraction
The dancer stands with the head and the spine in alignment and the supporting foot turned out.
Lateral
A torso twist that begins in the pelvis. Each movement is part of a smooth progression with the spine at its center
Spiral
A very high jump in a split, but although both legs are parallel to the floor, the front leg is bent from the knee inward.
Stag leap
A series of moves but the basic movement make a tabletop of the body.
Flat Back
The action begins in the pelvis, and articulates up the spine as the breath is exhaled.
Contraction
