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The document defines key elements of dance including space, time, energy, dance forms, movements, and communication. It describes space elements like shape, focus, size, level, direction, and pathways. Time elements are rhythm, tempo, duration, and pulse. Energy elements are tension/relaxation, bound/free flow, and weight. Dance forms include call and response, AB/ABA forms, and narrative. Movements are locomotor, taking the dancer from place to place, and non-locomotor. Dances use these elements and movements to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings through expressive movement.

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The document defines key elements of dance including space, time, energy, dance forms, movements, and communication. It describes space elements like shape, focus, size, level, direction, and pathways. Time elements are rhythm, tempo, duration, and pulse. Energy elements are tension/relaxation, bound/free flow, and weight. Dance forms include call and response, AB/ABA forms, and narrative. Movements are locomotor, taking the dancer from place to place, and non-locomotor. Dances use these elements and movements to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings through expressive movement.

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Name: Joshua Beldad Jamelo Date: 01/21/2020

Course/Year/Section: EDENG 1st Year Subject Code: PED002

ELEMENTS OF DANCE

SPACE - the space we move through as we dance.


Shape - the design of the body: open/closed, symmetrical/asymmetrical, angular/curved
(individual and group shapes)
Focus - audience (where viewer’s eye is drawn)
-dancer (single focus – looking in direction of movement; multi-focus – changing
head/eye focus during movements).
Size - use of size in given space or range of motion.
Level - the vertical distance from the floor (high, medium or low)
Direction - forward, backwards, up, down, diagonal
Pathways - patterns we make as we move across the floor: straight, curved

TIME - the relationship of one movement to another.


Rhythm - a pattern of beats
Tempo - steady beat, fast or slow (the speed of the movement)
Duration - the length of time the movement lasts
Pulse - accented beat or heartbeat of the rhythm
Phrases - longer sequences of movement

ENERGY or FORCE - the use of more or less energy while moving.


Tension/relaxation - tension feels hard and tight, relaxation feels soft, loose and floppy,
(soft/hard, light/heavy, sharp/smooth).
Bound Flow/Free Flow - when energy is released in a controlled, restrained manner
it is bound flow; when energy is released freely the movement is free flow.
Weight - strength (force) or lightness

DANCE FORM (Choreographic Forms) – call and response, AB and ABA,


narrative.

MOVEMENTS IN DANCE
LOCOMOTOR - movements that take you from one place to another (examples: walk, run,
skip, hop, jump, slide, leap, gallop, and more).
NON-LOCOMOTOR - movements that do NOT take you from one place to another
(examples: bend, stretch, twist, reach, swing, sway, and more).
*Dances are composed of a variety of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
*These movements are used to create dances with a beginning, middle and end.

COMMUNICATION
 Dance communicates ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
 Expressive movement pictures emotions, showing us the idea of the dance.
 Dance has been a part of cultures and time periods throughout history.

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