Centre Stage Final Performance

Centre Stage Final Performance

1. Elements of dance

   • Time
     • Relating to rhythmic aspects of dance as well as the duration and tempo of the movement. A dance element made up of rhythm, tempo, beat, accent.
   • Energy
     • Amount of force or manner in which a movement is performed, or the qualities of movement: percussive, sustained, lyrical, vibratory, rebounding, exploding, collapsing.
   • Space
     • The area through which one moves. A dance element made up of level, size, range, place, focus, direction, pathway.
   • Relationships
     • How the body relates to itself, to others, and to the dance environment.
   • Body
     • Body shapes, body base, body parts, locomotor, non-locomotor movements.

2. Choreographic devices

   • Unison
   • Orientation
   • Variation
   • Mirroring
   • Shadowing
   • Simultaneous
   • Levels