Balance

Balance

1. Point of Contact (With the floor)

   • How many times your body is in contact with the floor
   • Can be a point or a patch

2. Body Tension

   • 'Tightness' - Tensing muscles
     • Helps with control

3. Aesthetically Pleasing

   • Beauty in the performance
     • Extension (pointed toes and hands)
     • Quality movements
     • Control

4. What is a Balance?

   • Position held for 3 seconds

5. Counterbalance

   • Pushing or pulling against your partner to hold a balance that you would not have been able to do on your own

6. Linking Balances

   • Roll
   • Jump
   • Turn

7. What do we look for?

   • Control
   • Creativity
   • Aesthetically Pleasing
   • Held for 3 seconds
   • Linked Together

8. What is a routine?

   • A series of balances that are linked together
   • Has a start and a finish position

9. Point and Patch

   • Point
     • Small part of the body eg hand, foot, knee, head
   • Patch
     • Large part of the body eg thigh, stomach, back, forearm