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Specific Vocab Flashcards

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Accessory

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Additional item of costume

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Actions

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What a dancer does

Travelling. Turning. Elevation. Gesture. Stillness. Use of bossy parts. Floor work. Transfer of weight.

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Acceleration

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Speeding up the movement

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Accompaniment

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The sound you hear during a dance. Music

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Accumulation

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When a dancer performs series of movements and others join in at different times until all perform in unison

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Air pattern

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A design that is traced in the air by a part of the body

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Alignment

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Correct placement of boys parts in relation to each other

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Appreciation

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Recognition and understanding of qualities of dance

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Artistic intention

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The sin of the dance. What the choreographer aims to communicate

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Artistry

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Creative skill

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Auditory

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Relating to sound

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Aural setting

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An audible accompaniment to a dance such as music. Words. Natural sound. Silence

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Balance

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Steady or held position achieve by an even distribution of weight

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Binary

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A composition in two parts or sections

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Canon

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When the same movements overlap in time

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Choreographic approach

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The way the choreographer makes the dance

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Choreographic devices

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Methods used to develop and vary material

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Choreographic intention

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Aim of the dance. What choreographer aims to communicate

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Choreographic processes

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Activities involved in creating dance such as improv. Selection. And development.

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Choreography

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Art of creating dance

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Climax

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Most significant movement of the dance

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Complementary

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Perform actions or shapes that are similar but not same as other dancers

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Constituent features

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Characteristic of choreography like. Style. Stimulus. Subject matter. Number gender. Dancers. Action content. Choreographic principles. For. Structure. Physical and aural settings

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Contrast

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Movements or shaped that have nothing in common

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Control

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Ability to start and stop movement, change directions and hold a shape efficiently

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Coordination

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Efficient combination of body parts

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Costume

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Clothing worn by dancer in performance

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Counterpoint

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When dancers perform different phrases simultaneously

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Critical appreciation

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Evaluation of dance based upon knowledge and understanding. Including original insights

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Dance film

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Where dance and film are both integral to a work. This includes documentary. Animation. Dance for camera. Screen adaptation of a stage work

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Dance for camera

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Where choreographer collaborated with the film maker. Intention to produce dance in a multimedia form that can’t be achieved in live performance

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Dancewear

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What the dancer wears for class and rehearsal

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Deceleration

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Slowing down the movement

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Development

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The way in which movement material in manipulated

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Direction

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The facing of a movement

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Dynamics

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Qualities of movement based upon variation in speed. Strength and flow

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Elements of dance

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Actions. Space. Dynamics. Relationships.

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Elevation

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Action of going up without support. Jumps.

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End stage.

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Performance space with audience on one side

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Episodic

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Choreography with several section. Linked by theme

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Execution

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Carrying out actions with required intention

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Expressive skills

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Aspects that contribute to performance artistry and that engage the audience such as focus and musicality

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Extension

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Lengthening one of more muscles or limbs

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Facial expression

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Use the face to show mood. Feeling. Character

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Features of production.

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Lighting. Set. Properties. Cons times. Aural setting

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Flexibility

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Range of movement in joints

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Focus

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Use of eye to enhance performance and interpretative qualities

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Form

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Overall shape and structure of dance

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Formations

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Shapes or patterns created in space by dancers

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Fragmentation

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Use of parts of a phrase or motif

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Highlights

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Important moments of a dance

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Ideational

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Relating to Ideas or concepts

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Improv

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Exploration or generation of movements without planning

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In the round

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Performing areas with audience seated all sides

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Intention

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Aim or desired out come

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Interpretation

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Finding meaning that’s in the movement or finding movement that is in the idea

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Isolation

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Independent movement of part of body

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Kinaesthetic

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Sensory perception. Of movement and position

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Levels

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Distance from ground

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Lighting

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Illumination of performance area

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Logical sequence

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Flow of phrases or sections of dance

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Manipulation of number

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How the number of dancers in a group is used

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Mental rehearsal

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Thinking through dance

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Mental skills

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Commitment. Concentration. Confidence. Movement memory. Systematic repetition. Mental rehearsal. Rehearsal discipline. Planning of rehearsal. Response to feedback. Capacity to improve

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Mobility

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Range of movement in a joint. Ability to move from one action to another fluently

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Motif

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Movement phrase encapsulating idea that is repeated and developed throughout the dance

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Motif development

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Ways in which movement phrase can be varied

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Movement material

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Matter of dance. Actions. Space. Dynamics. Relationships.

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Musicality

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Ability to make unique qualities of accompaniment evident in performance

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Narrative

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Dance tells a story

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Pathways

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designs traced in space

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Performance

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Presentation of dance to audience

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Performance environment

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Different settings for dance such as in the round. Proscenium. And Site sensitive

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Phrase

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Short sequence of linked movements

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Phrasing

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The way energy is distributed in execution of movement phrase

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Physical skills

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Aspects enabling effective performance such as posture. Alignment. Balance. Coordination. Control. Flexibility. Mobility. Strength. Stamina. Extension. Isolation

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Posture

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The way the body is held

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Professional works

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Original choreography by an individual or company that is recognised nationally or internationally

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Projection

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Energy dance uses to connect with audience

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Prop

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Portable object used in dance and

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Proscenium

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Arch or opening that created effect of picture frames and separates stage from auditorium

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Rehearsal discipline

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Attribute and skills requires for refining performance such as commitment, systematic repetition. Teamwork. Responsibility. Effective use of time.

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Repetition

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Perform sing same action or phrase again

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Relationship

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Ways which dancers interact. Connection between dancers. Their strengths.

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Retrograde

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Reversing movement phrase

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Rhythmic content

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Repeated patterns of sound or movement

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Rondo

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Mucus or dance form with alternating and repeating sections. Verse. Chorus

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Safe execution

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Carrying out actions safely

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Safe working practise

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Personal care. Respect for others. Safe execution.Preparation. Recovery

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Sensitivity to others

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Awareness and connection to other dancers

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Site sensitive

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Dances that are designed for non theatre spaces

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Space

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Where of movements. Levels. Directions. Pathways. Shapes. Designs. Patterns

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Spatial awareness

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Consciousness of surrounding space and effective use

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Staging Set

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Presentation of dance in performing space including set. Furniture. Props. Projection. Back drop

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Stamina

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Ability to maintain physical and mental energy over periods of time

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Stimulus. Stimuli.

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Inspiration for an idea or movement

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Strength

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Muscular power

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Structure

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Way in which material organised to created whole

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Structuring devices

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Ways dance is made. Built. Ordered. Organised

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Style

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Characteristics way of dancing

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Style fusion

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Combination of features of two or more styles

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Tactile

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Relating to sense of touch

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Technical skills

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Accuracy of action. Timing. Dynamic. Rhythmic and spatial content. Reproduction of movements in stylistically accurate way

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Ternary

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Composition in three parts

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Timing

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Use of time or counts when matching movements to sound or other dancers

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Transitions

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Links between dancer phrases or sections

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Types of music

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Orchestral. Electronic. Percussion. Vocal. Found sound.

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Unison

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Two or more dancers performing same movement at same time

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Unity

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Sense of wholeness and harmony

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Visual

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Relating to sight

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