Space
Dynamics
Relationships
Time
Choreographic Devices
100

Where the body is facing or moving

What is direction?

100

A strong, hard hitting, quick movement

What is percussive?

100

A dance performed by two dancers.

Duet

100

Length of sound, movement or performance

What is duration?

100

A movement that is executed at different times by different dancers.

What is canon?

200

The height of the movement

What is levels?

200

Shaking slightly or quickly

What is vibratory?

200

How dancers are organised in relation to one another

What is groupings?

200

Emphasis or attack on a particular note

What is accent?
200

A short movement phrase that communicates the key meaning or theme of the dance.

What is motif?

300

Where the dancers are standing

What is formations?

300

The natural fall to the floor or of a body part.

What is collapsing?

300

How dancers respond to and influence one another and objects through their movements.

What is interactions?

300

The speed of a passage of music or phrase of movement

What is tempo?

300

Performing different movements with juxtaposition of contrary elements

What is contrast?

400

The size of the movement

What is dimension?

400

Energy released with a pendiular quality

What is swinging?

400

The connections and arrangements between objects or elements in a physical space

What is spatial relationships?

400

Rests in the music or movement

What is stillness?

400

Performing a movement sequence in the reverse order

What is retrograde?

500

How the dancers travel

What is pathways?

500

When the force of a movement is held

What is suspended?

500

The basic rhythmic unit of measure

What is beat?

500

Performing the movement with different body parts.

What is instrumentation?

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