Principles Of Choreography Flashcards
What is form?
The structure used by students or choreographers to communicate their expressive intention.
What is the expressive intention?
What is being expressed or communicated through the dance.
What does form involve?
It involves the selection of motifs, phrases and sections to create a unified composition that follows a logical path from beginning to resolution.
What is a motif?
A motif in dance is a simple movement pattern or series of movements which helps to structure a dance.
What is a phrase?
In the dance phrase as it’s simplest is the linking of two or more single movements.
What is movement vocabulary?
The range of skills within a dance work.
What are group structures?
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What are the group structures?
Symmetry and asymmetry, unison, contrast, cannon.
Symmetrical groupings are….
Balanced group arrangements. The equal placement of the group or small groups in the performance space. Symmetry gives a sense of strength, balance, cohesion, control and safety.
Asymmetrical groupings is…
Asymmetry gives a sense of
