Performing Skills Flashcards
What are the physical skills?
- Mobility
- Isolation
- Stamina
- Strength
- Flexibility
- Extension
- Control
- Balance
- Coordination
- Alignment
- Posture
What is the definition of Mobility?
The range of movement in a joint; the ability to move fluently from action to action.
What is the definition of Isolation?
An independent movement of a part of the body.
What is the definition of Stamina?
The ability to maintain physical and mental energy over periods of time.
What is the definition of Strength?
Muscular power.
What is the definition of Flexibility?
The range of movement in your joints (involving muscles, tendons and ligaments).
What is the definition of Extension?
Lengthening one or more muscles or limbs.
What is the definition of Control?
The ability to start and stop movement, change direction and hold a shape efficiently.
What is the definition of Balance?
A steady or held position achieved by an even distribution of weight.
What is the definition of Coordination?
The efficient combination of body parts.
What is the definition of Alignment?
Correct placement of body parts in relation to each other.
What is the definition of Posture?
The way the body is held.
What are the technical skills?
- Action Content
- Spatial Content
- Dynamic Content
- Relationship Content
- Timing Content
- Rythmic Content
- Movement in a stylistically accurate way
What is the definition of Action Content?
What a dancer does (travelling, turning, elevation, etc)
What is the definition of Spatial Content?
The ‘where’ of movement (levels, directions, pathways, etc)
What is the definition of Dynamic Content?
The qualities of movement (based upon variations in speed, strength and flow)
What is the definition of Relationship Content?
The ways in which dancers interact; the connection between dancers.
What is the definition of Timing Content?
The use of time or counts when matching movements to sound and/or other dancers.
What is the definition of Rythmic Content?
Repeated patterns of sound or movement.
What are the Mental Skills during rehearsal?
- Systematic Repetition
- Capacity to improve
- Response to feedback
- Planning of rehearsal
- Rehearsal discipline
- Mental Rehearsal
What are the Mental Skills during performance?
- Commitment
- Confidence
- Concentration
- Movement Memory
What is systematic repetition?
Repeating something in an arranged or ordered way.
What is capacity to improve?
Every time you do the dance, you do it better.
What is response to feedback?
When a teacher gives you a correction, you apply it immediately.
