Types of dance
Make sounds with your feet
What is tap
—muscles, bones, organs, breath, balance, reflexes.
What is a Body
Who created the moonwalk
Who is Michael Jackson
What does critique mean?
a comprehensive analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of a dance performance, aiming to provide constructive feedback on technique, artistry, and choreography
Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovsky
There are two different shoes for this dance and one is more complex than the other
What is ballet/pointe
Rhythmic patterns may be metered or free rhythm
What is Time
Who was the first Black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
Who is Misty Copeland
What is Artistic intent?
Artistic intention refers to the specific purpose or message that an artist aims to convey through their work
What are the five elements of dance?
Body, Space, Time, Energy, Action
You use your facial expression to tell a story
What is musical theatre
Movement can also be improvised, meaning that the dancers make it up "on the spot" as they spontaneously dance
What is Action
Who is the founder of this Modern dance company? AAADC
What is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
What does Choreograph mean
To compose the sequence of steps and moves for (a performance of dance)
What is Unit 3 (Our current unit) about?
Dance analysis.
Created in the Brox, NY
What is Hip Hop
A dancer may step into an arabesque position with a sharp, percussive attack or with light, flowing ease.
What is Energy
Which 20th-century dancer is known as a pioneer of modern contemporary dance?
Isadora Duncan
What does locomotive mean?
moving from one location in space to another, a requirement of locomotor movements.
How many rows of tap are in Ms. Wiggins classroom and how many X's per row.
Rows: 4
X's: 10 per row
You move your body to fit the movement
What is contemporary
The relationships of the dancers to each other may be based on geometric designs or rapidly change as they move close together, then apart.
What is Space
What was Joseohine Baker known for?
Josephine Baker is best known as an iconic Jazz Age entertainer famous for her banana skirt dance
What does non-locomotive mean?
moving the body while remaining anchored and not moving from one location to another in space.
What are the 5 dance jobs posted in Ms. Wiggins classroom?
Choreographer, Time Keeper, Director, Rehearsal director, Scribe.