SOCIAL DANCES AND DANCE MIXERS
NON-LOCOMOTOR
MOVEMENTS THAT DO NOT CHANGE LOCATION
LOCOMOTOR
MOVEMENTS THAT TRAVEL
LEVEL
HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW OR ON THE FLOOR
LOCOMOTOR OR NON-LOCOMOTOR
ALL DANCE MOVEMENTS CAN BE LABELED AS _________ OR ___-_________
JAZZ
AMERICAN MUSIC MARKED BY LIVELY RHYTHMS WITH UNUSUAL ACCENTS AND OFTEN INCLUDING MELODIES MADE UP BY MUSICIANS AS THEY PLAY
FORCE
(ENERGY) DEGREE OF MUSCULAR TENSION AND USE OF ENERGY WHILE MOVING
SOCIAL DANCE
(PARTNER DANCES) A MAJOR CATEGORY OF DANCE FORMS WHERE SOCIABILITY AND SOCIALIZING ARE THE PRIMARY FOCUSES OF THE DANCING
STYLES
(CHARACTERISTICS OF) BALLET, TAP, JAZZ AND MODERN
CEREMONIAL, RECREATIONAL, ARTISTIC
3 MAIN FORMS OF DANCE
BALLET
A CLASSIC FORM OF DANCE GROWING OUT OF THE FRENCH NOBILITY
RONDO
A DANCE STRUCTURE WITH THREE OR MORE THEMES WHERE ONE THEME IS REPEATED. ABACAD
MODERN
A FORM OF DANCE DEVELOPED BY DANCERS INTERESTED IN BREAKING FROM BALLET TRADITIONS EXPRESSING A MORE LIBERATING FORM OF MOVEMENT
NARRATIVE
CHOREOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE THAT FOLLOWS A SPECIFIC STORY LINE TO CONVEY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THROUGH A DANCE
VARIATIONS
CONTRASTS IN THE USE OF THE DANCE ELEMENTS, REPETITION
PATHWAYS
CURVED LINES, STRAIGHT LINES, ZIGZAGS, CIRCLES, FIGURE-EIGHTS AND MANY MORE
PHRASES
DANCE IS MADE UP OF MOVEMENT MATERIAL, CONNECTED INTO _______, AND PUT TOGETHER INTO A COMPLETE DANCE
MOVEMENT MATERIALS
DANCE IS MADE UP OF ________ _________, CONNECTED INTO PHRASES, AND PUT TOGETHER INTO A COMPLETE DANCE
THE LANGUAGE OF DANCE
ELEMENTS, CHOREOGRAPHIC FORMS AND STYLES
DIRECTION
FORWARD, BACKWARDS, DIAGONALLY, SIDEWAYS
ARTISTIC
INCLUDES BALLET, MODERN, NARRATIVE, TAP, LYRICAL
RECREATIONAL
INCLUDES FOLK, SOCIAL DANCING, AEROBIC DANCE
CEREMONIAL
INCLUDES RELIGION, CELEBRATION, RITUAL
DANCE MIXER
IS A KIND OF PARTICIPATION DANCE IN A SOCIAL DANCE SETTING THAT INVOLVES CHANGING PARTNERS AS AN INTEGRAL PART
TAP
IS A PERSUASIVE DANCE FORM IN WHICH DANCERS PRODUCE SOUND BY WEARING SHOES TO WHICH METAL TAPS HAVE BEEN ADDED
DANCE
IS A WAY OF KNOWING AND COMMUNICATING
DANCE
IS OFTEN USED TO TELL A STORY
CHOREOGRAPHY
IS THE ART OF ARRANGING DANCES
THEME
IS THE BASIC IDEA OF THE PLAY, WHICH THE AUTHOR DRAMATIZES THROUGH THE CONFLICT OF CHARACTERS
SHAPE
LARGE, SMALL, ROUNDED AND ANGULAR
HIGH MOVEMENTS
POSSIBLY INDICATING JOY
MEDIUM OR LOW MOVEMENTS
POSSIBLY INDICATING SADNESS
NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS
STAY IN ONE PLACE BUT BEND, STRETCH, TWIST OR SWING THEIR BODY
SPACE
THE AREA OF SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE DANCER'S BODY, INCLUDES DIRECTION, SIZE, PATHWAYS, LEVELS AND SHAPES
TIME
THE RELATIONSHIP OF ONE MOVEMENT OR PART OF A MOVEMENT TO ANOTHER INCLUDES PULSE, SPEED (OR TEMPO), DURATION, RHYTHM, AND PHRASES
CHOREOGRAPHIC FORMS
THEME AND VARIATIONS, RONDO AND NARRATIVE
ELEMENTS
TIME, SPACE AND FORCE
LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS
WALK, RUN, SKIP, HOP, JUMP, SLIDE, LEAP OR GALLOP