Elements of Dance
What element of dance refers to where the dancer moves?
Space
What device involves performing the same movement more than once?
Repetition
Name one production element.
Lighting, costume, props, set, sound/music, technology, performance space.
I describe the speed and rhythm of movement.
Time
A dancer suddenly changes from slow, smooth movement to fast, sharp movement.
What element has been manipulated?
Dynamics & time
What element refers to speed, rhythm and timing?
Time
What device involves dancers performing the same movement one after another?
Canon
Which production element can help establish the time period, character or setting?
Costume
I describe the energy and quality of movement.
Dynamics
Two dancers move extremely close together before suddenly moving apart.
What element is being manipulated?
Relationships
What element describes the energy or quality of movement?
Dynamics
What device involves gradually adding new movements to a phrase?
Accumulation
What production element could use colour, intensity, direction and focus to influence mood?
Lighting
I am a repeated movement idea that can be developed throughout a dance.
Motif
A group begins dancing in unison before gradually moving out of sync.
Name the two choreographic devices being used.
Unison & Contrast
What element describes how dancers interact with other dancers, objects, the space or the audience?
Relationships
What device involves breaking a movement phrase into smaller sections and rearranging them?
Fragmentation
A choreographer uses projections of city buildings behind the dancers. What production element is being used?
Technology
I am when dancers perform the same movement at exactly the same time.
Unison
A dancer repeatedly performs a firm clenched-fist movement whenever the music becomes louder.
What device and element could you identify?
Motif/repetition & dynamics/time
A dancer moves from a low level to a high level while gradually increasing the size of their movements and sustaining each action. Identify TWO elements being manipulated.
Space and dynamics
A choreographer creates a short movement phrase representing freedom and returns to it throughout the dance, changing it each time. What device is being used?
Motif
A choreographer removes all lighting except a small spotlight on one dancer. How could this communicate meaning?
It could focus the audience's attention on the dancer and emphasise isolation, importance, vulnerability, etc.
I am when dancers perform the same movement one after another, creating a ripple effect.
Canon
A group moves from scattered positions across the stage into a tight cluster.
How could this manipulation of space communicate meaning?
It could communicate unity, connection, pressure, confinement, belonging, etc., depending on context.