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DANCE

DANCE. DANCE. Dance is the most universal human activity Found in every culture Focuses on the human form in time and space Involves elements of sculpture, theatre and music. TRADITIONS OF DANCE. BALLET (Classical/formal dance) Has prescribed movements and actions MODERN DANCE

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DANCE

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  1. DANCE

  2. DANCE • Dance is the most universal human activity • Found in every culture • Focuses on the human form in time and space • Involves elements of sculpture, theatre and music

  3. TRADITIONS OF DANCE • BALLET (Classical/formal dance) • Has prescribed movements and actions • MODERN DANCE • Started in the twentieth century • Explores natural and spontaneous movement • FOLK DANCE • Dances performed to traditional music • Has very traditional movements, costumes, and rhythms • Handed down through generations

  4. DANCE ELEMENTS • 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 • FORCE (energy) • The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving

  5. DANCE TERMS • DIRECTION • Which way a dancer faces or moves • Forward, backwards, up & down, sideways • SIZE • Magnitude of a body shape or movement • Large or small • PATHWAYS • Patterns made as a dancer moves through the air or on the floor • Straight, vertical, horizontal, zigzag • Can be made with locomotor or non-locomotor movements

  6. DANCE TERMS (Cont.) • LEVELS • The vertical distance from the floor • Three levels • High • Middle • Low or deep • SHAPES • The form created by the bodies position in space • Open/closed • Symmetrical/asymmetrical • Angular/curved

  7. DANCE TERMS (cont.) • PULSE • The ongoing underlying beat • SPEED (TEMPO) • How fast or slow the movement is • DURATION • The length of time a movement lasts • Long time, short time

  8. DANCE TERMS (Cont.) • RHYTHM • A movement or activity in which some action repeats regularly • DANCE PHRASES • A series of movements with a beginning, middle and end

  9. DANCE TERMS (Cont.) • LINE • The same as in sculpture • The implied line of the dancers: • Arms • Legs • Feet • Body • FORM • The form (3 dimensional shape) that is formed with the dancer’s body

  10. DANCE TERMS (cont.) • REPETITION • Repeated patterns as the dancers move through time • RHYTHM • Sequences of long and short motions • Up and down • Back and forth • Curved and linear • Large and small • CHOREOGRAPHER • Person who plans the patterns used by dancers

  11. LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT • Movements that travel from one location to another • Movements that travel through space • Eight components: • Gallop – a sliding step where the body is propelled through space in an uneven rhythm, so the same foot is always leading • Hop – the body is propelled through space by springing from one foot and landing on the same foot

  12. LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT (8 components cont.) • Jump – body is propelled through space by springing from one foot and landing on two feet • Leap – the body is propelled through space by springing from one foot and landing on the other foot • Run – steps from one foot to another using the ball of the foot and at a relatively fast tempo • Skip – a step and a hop on the same foot, alternating feet

  13. LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT (8 components cont.) • Slide – a combination of a step close step, moving sideways with the same foot leading • Walk – heel to toe steps from one foot to the other

  14. NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS • MOVEMENTS IN WHICH A PERSON STAYS IN ONE PLACE • 7 COMPONENTS • Bend – closing up at body joints • Stretch – involves opening up the joints • Push and pull- action similar to a bend and stretch but has a resistance

  15. NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS (7 components cont.) • Rise and sink – a change of levels between high and low • Shake – a floppy wiggle or vibration • Swing and sway – a controlled even shifting of weight • Twist and turn- both involve rotation of the body

  16. PURPOSES OF DANCE • CEREMONIAL • Dances created or performed for rituals or celebrations • Dances of Native Americans and West Africans to celebrate life events such as harvest, ritual dances associated with worship • RECREATIONAL • Dancing for entertainment • Ballroom dancing, line dancing • To support recreational activities • Aerobic dance, dance as a hobby

  17. PURPOSES OF DANCE (cont.) • ARTISTIC EXPRESSION • Dance created with the intent to express or communicate emotion, feelings, ideas • Ballet • Tap • Modern dance • Dance created and performed in a concert and/or theatrical setting for an audience

  18. STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS • BALLET • Standardized dance movements • Specialized leaps and lifts • French terminology to describe each movement • Pointe shoes for women • Slippers for men • Costumes • Tutu • Tights • Roots in court dances

  19. CHARACTERISTICS (cont.) • MODERN • Freedom in movement • English/French words to describe movement • Usually barefoot but can use shoes based on theme • Costumes related to dance theme • Improvisation used in the development of choreography

  20. CHARACTERISTICS (cont..) • TAP • Emphasis on rhythm • Tap shoes • improvisation • Costumes • Formal to street wear • Roots in recreational dance • Irish step dance • African steps • Jig

  21. CHARACTERISTICS (cont.) • JAZZ • Stylized movement • Accents in hands, head, hips and feet • English/French terminology for movements • Jazz shoes or boots • Improvisation • Costumes related to dance • Root in social dances and early musical theatre

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