Movement Categories

Question 1

Gesture

Answer 1

Refers to movements of any isolated body part, executed singly or in combination with other actions.

Question 2

Elevation

Answer 2

Refers to actions that result in the upward change of level in a dancer’s body or a body part. It can
refer to whole body movements and/or to actions of limbs or body parts that are raised or lifted.

Question 3

Falling

Answer 3

Refers to movements which result in the downward change of level of the body or body parts, from one level to a lower one.

Question 4

Travelling

Answer 4

Refers to movements that the dancer uses to traverse the space from one location to another.

Question 5

Turning

Answer 5

Refers to the amount of rotation of a body or body part around a vertical or horizontal axis.

Question 6

Stillness

Answer 6

Refers to the control of movement that results in the stillness of single parts, multiple parts or the whole body.