Lesson 1 Flashcards
the act of rhythmically moving the body and feet.
Dancing
Importance of Dance
• Wellness
• Culturally Inclusive
• Giving and Receiving
The Benefits of Dance
• Learning Benefits
• Behavioral
• Physical
• Mental
• Social
• Aesthetic
• Emotional
• Coordination
(5) Elements of Dance
• Body
• Action
• Space
• Time
• Energy
Any movement that occurs in one spot including a bend, stretch, swing, rise, fall, shake , turn, rock, tip, suspend, and twist.
Non-locomotor or axial movement
Any movement that travels through space including a run, jump, walk, slide, hop, skip, somersault, leap, crawl, gallop, and roll.
Locomotor movement
Is the movement on the floor or reaching upward? Are they performed high, medium, or low?
Level
Does the movement go forward, backward, sideways, right, left, or on a diagonal?
Direction
Is the movement done on the spot (personal space) or does it move through space (general space, downstage, upstage)?
Place
Which way are the dancers facing?
Orientation
Is the path through space made by the dancers curved, straight, or zigzagged? Or is it random?
Pathway
Does the movement take up a small, narrow space, or a big, wide space?
Size
How are the dancers positioned in space in relationship to one another? Are they close together or far apart? Are they in front of, besides, behind, over, under, alone, or connected to one another?
Relationships
We use ____________ to think about the length of a dance or parts of a dance measured in seconds, minutes, or hours.
Clock Time
When dancers move in relation to each other (before, after, together, sooner than, faster than).
Timing Relationships
A repeated rhythmic pattern often used in music (like 2/4 time or 4/4 time). If dances are done to music, the movement can respond to the beat of the music or can move against it. The speed of the rhythmic pattern is called its tempo.
Metered time
A rhythmic pattern is less predictable than metered time. Dancers may perform movement without using music, relying on cues from one another.
Free Rhythm
Dancers use their ______ to take internal ideas, emotions, and intentions and express them in an outward manner, sharing them with others.
Bodies (Body)
_______ is any human movement involved in the act of dancing.
Action
_______ helps us to identify how the dancers move.
Energy
Is the movement sharp and sudden, or smooth and sustained?
Attack
Does the movement show heaviness, as if giving into gravity, or is it light with a tendency upward?
Weight
Does the movement seem restricted and bound with a lot of muscle tension; or is it relaxed, free, and easy?
Flow
Is the movement tight, flowing, loose, sharp, swinging, swaying, suspended, collapsed, or smooth?
Quality
