Body / Dynamics / Space / Time
A dancer changes a phrase from light and sustained to strong and sharp without changing the actual movements. Which element has been manipulated?
What are Dynamics?
A choreographer places movable chairs onstage that dancers climb over, sit on and rearrange throughout the work. Which design concept is most directly involved?
What is props?
Three dancers perform an identical phrase simultaneously. Which device is being used?
What is unison?
A dancer lands from a jump and maintains a controlled position without falling or stepping. Which principle are they demonstrating?
What is balance?
A dancer performs a demanding phrase repeatedly without their technique or form deteriorating. What physical capacity are they demonstrating?
What is Muscular Endurance?
A dancer changes a phrase by performing it facing backwards, then diagonally, while maintaining the same movement and timing. Which element has primarily been manipulated?
What is Space?
A choreographer selects an electronic score that gradually increases in tempo to complement the growing intensity of the choreography. Which design concept has been manipulated?
What is Music/Sound?
A choreographer takes a four-count gesture and performs it several times unchanged so that it becomes recognisable to the audience. Which device is being used?
What is Repetition?
A dancer moves from standing on two feet to balancing on one foot. Which principle has been altered and made smaller?
What is the base of support?
A dancer communicates the emotional intention of the work through their individual physical and emotional connection to the movement. Which glossary term describes this distinctive manner of expression?
What is Personal Style?
A phrase is performed slowly for eight counts, then repeated in four counts with a strong accent on the final movement. Which element has been manipulated?
What is Time?
A choreographer uses projected images that change throughout the work and interact with what is happening onstage. Which design concept best describes this?
What is Technology?
A phrase originally contains eight movements. The choreographer selects movements 2, 5 and 7 and develops only those. Which device has been used?
What is Fragmentation?
During a travelling phrase, a dancer moves their body mass completely from their right foot to their left foot. Which biomechanical principle is occurring?
What is Transfer of Weight?
A choreographer creates movement spontaneously but gives the dancers rules about pathways, levels and when they may interact. What approach are they using?
What is Structured Improvisation?
A choreographer changes a curled floor position into an extended standing position. Identify two aspects of Body that have been manipulated.
What are Body Shape and Body Base/Body Activity?
A choreographer wants to reinforce feelings of isolation. The dancers wear identical grey clothing, perform within an empty environment and are lit by a single narrow light. Name two design concepts being used.
What are Costume, Set and/or Lighting?
The phrase A-B-C is performed as A-B-C, then A-B-C-D, then A-B-C-D-E. Which device is being used?
What is Accumulation?
A dancer lowers their body and widens their stance before receiving another dancer's weight. Which two biomechanical principles are they manipulating to improve stability?
What are Centre of Gravity and Base of Support?
A dancer can execute movements accurately and with control, strength, alignment, balance and coordination. Which broader glossary term encompasses this combination of proficiencies?
What are Technical Dance Skills?
One dancer travels quickly on a diagonal pathway using sharp, forceful movements while another remains still at a low level. Identify three elements of dance being manipulated to create the difference between the dancers.
What are Space, Time and Dynamics?
Dancers manipulate a large piece of fabric that forms part of the visual environment, but they also physically interact with it throughout the choreography. Which two design concepts could reasonably apply, depending on how it is being used?
What are Set and Props?
A motif is first performed normally, then backwards, then only its arm gestures are performed, and finally extra detail is added to those gestures. Identify the three choreographic devices used.
What are Retrograde, Fragmentation and Embellishment?
A dancer moves from a wide second position into a one-legged balance, raising the other leg high off the floor. Explain the two biomechanical changes that make maintaining the position more challenging.
What are a reduced Base of Support and a changed/raised Centre of Gravity?
A choreographer creates a work in response to attitudes and values held by a particular community. Which type of contextual knowledge is most directly relevant?
What is Cultural Context?