Elements of Dance
The Element of Dance associated with "Where" the dancer is performing the movement.
What is Space?
The Italian Dance named after the "wolf spider"
What is Tarantella?
The two Italian Dances we learned?
What is Ballu Tundu and the Tarantella?
This dance became a phenomenon when it was reposted on MySpace in 2007 and resulted in a contract with a major record label due to its popularity.
What is Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)?
This 1920's dance was often considered to be obscene and was frequently banned from dance halls during the 1920's
What is The Shimmy?
The Element of Dance associated with "When" the dancer is performing the movement.
What is Time?
The Irish dance is a social dance that encourages interactions between multiple partners.
What is the Ceili?
The two Irish Dances we learned.
What is the Irish Jig and the Ceili.
This 1950’s dance used elements from African American dances and European partnered dance, and its name was inspired by aviator Charles Lindbergh who ‘hopped’ the Atlantic ocean.
What is The Lindy Hop?
This 2010's dance was originally performed by Rich Homie Quan in his video for the song "Flex (Ooh Ooh Ooh) which was released in April 2015.
What is Hit the Quan?
The Element of Dance associated with "What" the dancer is doing.
What is Action?
The African dance that is performed by the young men of the tribe jumping as high as they can
What is the Maasai Jumping Dance?
The Hawaiian dance known as the "old" hula
What is the Hula Kahiko?
This 1990's dance is a street dance, consisting of "shuffling" and sliding steps, imitating a stationary runner.
What is the Running Man?
This 1990’s dance involves extending your arms out while making fists. The name of the move references the line of dolls that got popular in the 80s.
What is the Cabbage Patch?
What is Body?
The two Hawaiin dances we learned.
What is the Hula A'uana and the Hula Kahiko?
This Greek dance was performed by butchers with swords and meant to showcase their masculinity and strength.
What is the Hasapiko?
This 1920’s dance is characterized by its toes-in, heels-out twisting steps, performed as a solo, with a partner, or in a group.
What is The Charleston?
This dance accompanies a song that was released on February 13, 2007, and was created by singer and songwriter Cupid to be a “modern day line dance”.
What is the Cupid Shuffle?
The Six Elements of Dance
What is Body, Action, Space, Time, Energy, and Relationships?
The 2 Greek Dances we learned?
What is Sirtaki and Hasapiko?
The three African Dances we learned in this class
What is the Maasai Jumping Dance & the Lamba?
This 1960's dance was inspired by rock and roll music and became a world wide dance craze, enjoying immense popularity while drawing controversies from critics who felt it was too provocative.
What is the Twist?
This 2010’s dance move itself is popularized slang for a car and the dance resembles just that, and is accompanied by another dance move that involves placing one arm in the air and swaying from side to side.
What is the Whip and the Nae Nae?