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    Social dance and dance mixers involve combining locomotor and nonlocomotor movements. Dances have a beginning, middle, and end. There are three main forms of dance: ceremonial, recreational, and artistic. Dance is a way of communicating through its own language, which includes elements of time, space, and force as well as choreographic forms like theme and variations and rondo. Locomotor movements involve traveling while nonlocomotor movements occur in one place through bending, stretching, and swinging.

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    Social dance and dance mixers involve combining locomotor and nonlocomotor movements. Dances have a beginning, middle, and end. There are three main forms of dance: ceremonial, recreational, and artistic. Dance is a way of communicating through its own language, which includes elements of time, space, and force as well as choreographic forms like theme and variations and rondo. Locomotor movements involve traveling while nonlocomotor movements occur in one place through bending, stretching, and swinging.

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    Social dance and dance mixers involve combining locomotor and nonlocomotor movements. Dances have a beginning, middle, and end. There are three main forms of dance: ceremonial, recreational, and artistic. Dance is a way of communicating through its own language, which includes elements of time, space, and force as well as choreographic forms like theme and variations and rondo. Locomotor movements involve traveling while nonlocomotor movements occur in one place through bending, stretching, and swinging.

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    SOCIAL DANCE AND

    DANCE MIXERS
    How is a dance created?
    Dances are created by combining
    locomotor and nonlocomotor
    movements.
    A dance, like a book,
    has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

    AH-M-2.1.34
    Dance has 3 main forms

    • ceremonial (religion,
    celebration, ritual)
    • recreational (folk,
    social dancing, aerobic
    dance)
    • artistic (ballet,
    modern, narrative, tap,
    lyrical).

    AH-E-2.2.32
    Dance is a way of knowing and
    communicating.

    Dance, as with all the arts, has its


    own language. We need to learn
    this language in order to fully
    understand and appreciate the
    world of Dance.
    The Language of Dance

    Elements: Time, Space and Force

    Choreographic Forms: Theme and


    Variations, Rondo and Narrative
    Elements
    TIME: The relationship of one movement or part of
    a movement to another. Includes pulse, speed (or
    tempo), duration, rhythm, and phrases.

    Pulse: the ongoing underlying beat

    Tempo: The speed with which a movement is


    performed
    Duration: the length of time a movement lasts: a
    long time, short time or something in
    between
    Elements
    Rhythm: a flow of sound or movement having
    regular accented beats; a movement or
    activity in which some action repeats
    regularly;
    Syncopation: a temporary accenting of a
    normally weak beat in music to
    vary the rhythm
    Phrasing: a grouping and articulation of a
    group of notes
    Accent: a movement or shape performed in
    such a way as to give emphasis.
    Elements
    • FORCE: (energy) degree of muscular tension and
    use of energy while moving.

    • Dynamics: how a movement is done

    • Flow: continuity of movement (bound/free flowing)

    • Weight: strength (force) lightness of movement


    (heavy/light)
    Choreographic Forms
    Choreography is the art of arranging dances
    Theme: the basic idea of the play, which the author
    dramatizes through the conflict of characters.
    Rondo: a dance structure with three or more themes
    where one theme is repeated. ABACAD
    Narrative: choreographic structure that follows a
    specific story line to convey specific information
    through a dance
    Variations: contrasts in the use of the dance elements,
    repetitions.
    SPACE
    • Pathways - curved lines, straight lines,
    zigzags, circles, figure-eights, and many
    more
    • Shape - large, small, rounded, and
    angular
    • Level - high, medium, low or on the floor
    • Direction - forward, backwards,
    diagonally, sideways
    All dance movements can be
    labeled as locomotor or
    nonlocomotor.
    NONLOCOMOTOR-movements that do not
    change location

    LOCOMOTOR-movements
    that travel

    AH-E-2.1.31
    Locomotor Movements
    Dancers using locomotor
    movements may walk,
    run, skip, hop, jump, slide,
    leap, or gallop.. These
    movements may be high
    (possibly indicating joy),
    medium, or low (possibly
    indicating sadness.)

    AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23


    Non-locomotor Movements
    Dancers are using non-locomotor movements when
    they stay in one place but bend, stretch, twist, or
    swing their body.
    THE
    END
    !
    The moment in between what
    you once were, and who you are
    now becoming, is where the
    dance of life really takes place.

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