Technical Skills

• technical skills


  communicate the choreographic intent

  provide variation and contrast

  engage and maintain interest of audience
• actions


  what a dancer does eg travelling, turning, elevation, gesture, stillness, use of body parts, floor-work and the transference of weight
• dynamics


  the qualities of movement based upon variations in speed, strength and flow
• space


  the ‘where’ of movement such as levels, directions, pathways, shapes, designs and patterns
• relationships


  the ways in which dancers interact; the connections between dancers
• timing


  the use of time or counts when matching movements to sound and/or other dancers
• rhythmic content


  repeated patterns of sound or movement
• stylistically accurate


  performing or choreographing movement in a way that accurately reflects the characteristics and conventions of a particular dance style
• rhythmn


  the organization of sounds by their length and how those sounds are grouped into patterns