So You Think You Know About Dance

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So You Think You Know About Dance

• an art form of human movement
• presented by a single person or groups
• performed in certain ways)
• qualities such as grace, elegance, beauty

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So You Think You Know About Dance

• accompanied by music or other rhythmic sounds,
• for the purpose of - telling a story
  and/or - communicating or expressing
• human emotions, themes or ideas, and
• With aid of costumes, scenery, props, and
  lighting

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DANCE ELEMENTS
THE LANGUAGE of DANCE
Talking INTELLIGENTLYabout DANCE
Means LEARNINGthe LANGUAGE of DANCE
TIME
SPACE
change movement into dance
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The Element of
TIME
pulse of movement steady beattempo of
movement speedduration of movement
lengthrhythm of movement short /
long quick / slow strong / light
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The Element of
SPACE
shape open/closed, curved/angular
symmetrical/asymmetricallevels high, low and
middle, deepdirection the way a dancer faces
forward, backward, sideways, up, downsize
movements from small to largepathways
traveling path on the floor or in the air
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2 terms related to SPACE
LOCOMOTOR Movements that travel Dancers travel
by walking, running, skipping, leaping, hopping,
sliding, leaping, jumping
NON-LOCOMOTOR Movements that do not change
location Dancers stay in place but bend, stretch
twist, or swing their bodies
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So You Think You Can Dance

• CAN YOU
• SPACE ELEMENT COUPLE MATCH the STYLE ?
• LEVELS (high, middle, low) Kevin
  Karen Contempy
• PATHWAYS (floor, air) Peter Pauline Salsa
• LOCOMOTOR or NON Ryan Elenore Afro-jazz
• SHAPE (symmetrical or non) Viktor
  Chandler Hula
• DIRECTION (to/fro, up/down) Nathan
  Mollee Quick Step
• SHAPE (open or closed) Russell
  Noelle Broadway
• SIZE Legacy Kathryn Hustle
• SHAPE (curved or angular)