Dance (Key Terms)

• Performing skills?

  Skills that involve physical or mental abilities used to perform a task or activity.
• Choreographic Skills?

  Creativity, musicality, spatial awareness, storytelling, technique, improvisation.
• Physical Skills?

  Posture, Alignment, Coordination, Control, Balance, Flexibility, Mobility, Strength, Stamina, Extension and Isolation.
• Technical Skills?

  Action, Space, Dynamics, Relationships, Timing, Rhythmic content and Moving in a stylistically accurate way.
• Expressive Skills?

  Projection, Focus, Spatial Awareness, Facial Expression, Phrasing, Musicality, Sensitivity to other dancers and communication of choreographic intent.
• Mental Skills (prep for performance)

  Systematic repetition, Mental rehearsal, Rehearsal discipline, Planning of rehearsal, Response to feedback and capacity to improve.
• Safe Practice (During Performance)

  Safe execution and Appropriate dance wear - Footwear, Hairstyle and Absence of jewellery.
• Safe Practice (Prep for performance)

  Warming up, Cooling down, Nutrition and hydration.
• Mental Skills (During Performance)

  Movement memory, Commitment, Concentration and confidence.
• Action?

  Travel, Elevation, Gesture, Use of different body parts, Turn, Stillness, Floor work and Transfer of weight.
• Space?

  Pathways, Levels, Directions, Size of movement, Patterns and Spatial design.
• Dynamics?

  Fast/Slow, Sudden/Sustained, Acceleration/Deceleration, Strong/Light, Direct/Indirect and Flowing/Abrupt.
• Structure?

  Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Narrative, Episodic, Beginning/Middle/End, Unity, Logical sequences and Transitions.
• Choreographic Devices?

  Motif and development, Repetition, Contrast, highlights, Climax, Manipulation of number, unison and canon.
• Performance Environments?

  Proscenium arch, End-stage, Site-sensitive and In-the-round.
• Aural Setting?

  Song, Instrumental, Orchestral, Spoken word, Silence, Natural sound, Found sound and body percussion.
• Relationships?

  Lead and Follow, Mirroring, Action/Reaction, Accumulation, Complement and contrast, Counterpoint, Contact and Formations.