Specific Vocab Flashcards
Accessory
Additional item of costume
Actions
What a dancer does
Travelling. Turning. Elevation. Gesture. Stillness. Use of bossy parts. Floor work. Transfer of weight.
Acceleration
Speeding up the movement
Accompaniment
The sound you hear during a dance. Music
Accumulation
When a dancer performs series of movements and others join in at different times until all perform in unison
Air pattern
A design that is traced in the air by a part of the body
Alignment
Correct placement of boys parts in relation to each other
Appreciation
Recognition and understanding of qualities of dance
Artistic intention
The sin of the dance. What the choreographer aims to communicate
Artistry
Creative skill
Auditory
Relating to sound
Aural setting
An audible accompaniment to a dance such as music. Words. Natural sound. Silence
Balance
Steady or held position achieve by an even distribution of weight
Binary
A composition in two parts or sections
Canon
When the same movements overlap in time
Choreographic approach
The way the choreographer makes the dance
Choreographic devices
Methods used to develop and vary material
Choreographic intention
Aim of the dance. What choreographer aims to communicate
Choreographic processes
Activities involved in creating dance such as improv. Selection. And development.
Choreography
Art of creating dance
Climax
Most significant movement of the dance
Complementary
Perform actions or shapes that are similar but not same as other dancers
Constituent features
Characteristic of choreography like. Style. Stimulus. Subject matter. Number gender. Dancers. Action content. Choreographic principles. For. Structure. Physical and aural settings
Contrast
Movements or shaped that have nothing in common
Control
Ability to start and stop movement, change directions and hold a shape efficiently
Coordination
Efficient combination of body parts
Costume
Clothing worn by dancer in performance
Counterpoint
When dancers perform different phrases simultaneously
Critical appreciation
Evaluation of dance based upon knowledge and understanding. Including original insights
Dance film
Where dance and film are both integral to a work. This includes documentary. Animation. Dance for camera. Screen adaptation of a stage work
Dance for camera
Where choreographer collaborated with the film maker. Intention to produce dance in a multimedia form that can’t be achieved in live performance
Dancewear
What the dancer wears for class and rehearsal
Deceleration
Slowing down the movement
Development
The way in which movement material in manipulated
Direction
The facing of a movement
Dynamics
Qualities of movement based upon variation in speed. Strength and flow
Elements of dance
Actions. Space. Dynamics. Relationships.
Elevation
Action of going up without support. Jumps.
End stage.
Performance space with audience on one side
Episodic
Choreography with several section. Linked by theme
Execution
Carrying out actions with required intention
Expressive skills
Aspects that contribute to performance artistry and that engage the audience such as focus and musicality
Extension
Lengthening one of more muscles or limbs
Facial expression
Use the face to show mood. Feeling. Character