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Understanding Dance Elements
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Social and ballroom dance
Setting is social gathering with the more formal atmosphere
Phrase
Measures grouped together
emphasis on certain beats
accent
Tempo
Speed at which music is played, influencing the pace of movement(slow-fast)
The underlying pulse of a rhythm
Beat
printed symbol of a musical tone
note
Type of time
Fast / Slow Movement: Sustained / Staccato Movements:
Sustained / Staccato Movements:
Sustained - Fluid and continuous Staccato - abrupt and punctuation
Rate of speed of a movement
Tempo
Beat
Basic unit of time in music, foundation for rhythmic patterns in dance
Elements of rhythm
Beat Tempo Meter Intensity Pitch Accent Phrase Bar Count Note Measure Note Pattern Step Pattern Syncopation - Body parts
syncopation
accentuating beats that are not typically emphasized
Jaques D' ambroise
Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life
After fall of rome
Dance was performed only during worships, church services and religious ceremonies
Human Movement included in the act of dancing
Action
Body parts
Isolation: Moving specific body parts independently Whole body: Moving entire body as coordinated unit
Types of action
Non-Locomotor (axial) Locomotor (travelling)
Cultural art form handed down from generation to generation
Folk / Ethnic dance
Pitch
Lowness / highness of a tone
Pre - Christian
Real knowledge of dance came about (Mediterranean and Middle Eastern)
Energy can
Mean both the physical and psychic energy. Reveal emotional states.
Movement can feel heavy and grounded / light and floaty
Weighted / Free flowing
Pinnacle of Ballet prominence
Contemporary ballet dance that were stylistic variations emerged and evolved in Europe
Regular recurrence of beats which divides a musical design into measure
meter
Meter
Organizes beats into regular groups. (2/4, 3/4, 4/4 )
Creative rhythms
end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as children learn to move the parts of their body
Parts of the Body
Head Eyes Face Shoulders Fingers torso Legs feet
Renaissance
Dance was wholly accepted and gained impetus
Types of space
SIZE: LEVEL: PLACE:DIRECTION ORIENTATION: PATHWAY: RELATIONSHIPS
Stretch, bend, twist, turn, rise, fall, swing, rocklip, shake
Non-locomotor (Axial)
