Keywords Flashcards
Traditional
Ballet, Morris dancing
Social/recreational
At party/wedding
Dance for an audience
Dance shows
Accompaniment
Characteristic features of a dance work or choreographers work that enable it to be recognised as belonging to that particular group
Actions
What a dancer does for example leap spin balance
Contact
When dancers touch lean, lift or support each other
Contemporary
A group of dance style originating in the 20th century created by individuals working outside the the Classical ballet style in response to the condition of modern life
Contraction
Shortening of muscle or muscles
Dynamics
The how or quality of movement
Extension
Lengthening one or more muscles or limbs
Formation
Shape or patterns created by a group of dancers
Formations
Shapes of patterns created by a group of dancer
Gestures
Actions or movements of a body part which is not weigh bearing
Isolation
Moving a part of the body independently such as a shoulder shrug
Space
The where of movement
