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