Elements of Dance
Initiation, Patterns, Shapes, Systems, Inner-Self
What is Body?
The dancer's reason or purpose behind a movement or performance
What is Creative Intent?
Creates and arranges movement
What is Choreographer?
What is Tap?
refer to the how of the movement, involving the use of energy, force, time, to create a range of qualities and express emotions.
What is Dynamics?
Size, Level, Place, Direction, Orientation, Pathway, Relationships
What is Space?
The organization of movements in rhythmic groupings.
What is Phrasing?
Interprets and presents the choreography
What is a Performer?
an artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures.
What is Ballet?
realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.
What is Performing?
Metered, Free Rhythm, Relationships
What is Time?
The spontaneous creation of movement without previous preparation or set choreography. It is an on-the-spot process where dancers rely on their creative instincts and current physical sensations, rather than pre-planned steps. Improvisational prompts provide structure to the choreographic process.
What is Improvisation?
Oversees cues and coordinates backstage activity
What is a Stage Manager?
a cultural movement and music genre that originated in the Bronx, NYC, in the 1970s, rooted in African American and Latino communities, defined by four core elements: DJing, MCing (rapping), breakdancing (b-boying), and graffiti art, serving as a powerful form of expression, storytelling, and social commentary that has evolved globally.
What is Hip Hop?
conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
What is Creating?
Non-Locomotor, Locomotor
What is Space?
Repetition of a movement sequence with changes.
What is Theme and Variation?
Designs visual lighting atmosphere
What is a Lighting Designer?
an energetic and expressive style of dance that originated in African-American communities in the early 20th century, blending African vernacular movement with theatrical techniques. It is characterized by syncopated rhythms, body isolations, and improvisation, and it has evolved to incorporate movement set to various modern music styles.
What is Jazz?
understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
What is Responding?
Attack, Weight, Flow, Quality
What is Energy?
Performing the phrase at different start times.
What is canon?
A book by choreographer Twyla Tharp that argues creativity is a skill developed through preparation and daily practice, not a gift bestowed on a few.
What is the Creative Habit?
a free, expressive style that emerged in the 20th century as a rebellion against classical ballet's strict rules, focusing on natural, organic movement, emotion, and individuality rather than rigid technique, often using the entire body and exploring new ways to move through space. It emphasizes creative freedom, storytelling, and connecting with the human condition, incorporating elements from various cultures and evolving with new choreographic ideas.
What is Modern?
Relating to artistic ideas and work personal meaning and external context.
What is Connecting?