Dance Elements
This element is defined as "the instrument of dance"
What is the body?
This American style of dance has the distinct feature of a "caller" who determines the next set of actions.
What is square dancing?
This is a person who portrays a character on stage.
What is an actor/actress?
This person leads rehearsals and guides the actors.
Who is the director?
This is a category of action where the dancer moves directionally across the floor.
What is locomotor?
This is a specific movement.
What is action?
This style of dance originated in Italy and was further developed in France. It typically is used to tell a story.
What is ballet?
Stage left, stage right, center stage, downstage
What are stage directions?
This is the run through of a production for the purpose of learning and memorizing.
What is rehearsal?
Wedding dances, coming of age dances, and war dances all fit into this purpose.
What is ceremonial/ritual?
This element describes how a body moves through the environment.
What is space?
The galliard, branle, and pavane were all popular dances during this era.
What is the Renaissance?
This is a speech, spoken by one character.
What is a monologue?
These are the directions for where actors stand on stage at any given point in a production.
What is blocking?
School dances fit into this purpose.
What is entertainment/recreational?
This element describes the speed of the body, especially in relation so the music.
What is time?
Renaissance dancers most frequently used this part of the body due to the restrictive fashions of the time.
What are legs/feet?
These are objects used on stage during a performance.
What are props?
These are the final run throughs of a production before presenting them to an audience.
What is a dress rehearsal?
This is a kind of story that ends with death, or destruction. It originated in Ancient Greece.
What is a tragedy?
Heavy, light, sharp, delicate, strong, etc.
What is energy?
When counting to learn dances, dancers use these numbers.
What are 1-8?
These items were worn during ancient rituals and sacrifices, and eventually translated onto the Ancient Greek stage.
What are masks?
This kind of acting occurs without a script or lines.
What is improvisation?
This was the event in Athens where playwrites completed for the best plays.
What is the festival for Dionysus?