Technical skills

Question 1

This technical skill is what a dancer does

Answer 1

Actions (travelling, turning, elevation, floor work, gesture, stillness, transference of weight, use of different body parts)

Question 2

This technical skill is the ‘where’ of movements

Answer 2

Space (levels, directions, pathways, shapes, size of movements, designs and patterns)

Question 3

This technical skill describes ‘how’ the movement is performed

Answer 3

Dynamics (fast/slow, sudden/sustained, strong/light, direct/indirect, flowing/abrupt)

Question 4

This technical skill describes the way the dancers connect and interact with each other

Answer 4

Relationships (lead and follow, mirroring, action and reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, counterpoint, contact, formations)

Question 5

This technical skill is the use of counts when matching movement to sound and/or other dancers

Answer 5

Timing

Question 6

This technical skill describes repeated patterns of sound or movement

Answer 6

Rhythmic content

Question 7

This technical skill describes dancing a particular style

Answer 7

Moving in a stylistically accurate way

Question 8

Action, space, dynamics and relationships are also part of which other skill set?

Answer 8

Choreographic skills