PE CHAP 2

• Basic Natural Movements

  1. Locomotor Movements

  2. Non-Locomotor Movements
• Locomotor Movements

  • Walk: series of steps with one foot always in contact with the floor
  • Run: fast walk with both feet off the ground for a brief moment
  • Hop: spring from one foot landing on the same foot
  • Jump: spring from one or both feet landing on both
  • Skip: series of fast step-hops with alternate feet
  • Slide: glide followed by a close
  • Leap: spring on one foot landing on the other foot
  • Gallop: series of stepping and cutting movements with one foot always leading
• Classifications of Locomotor Movements

  • Even: walking, running, jumping, hopping, leaping
  • Uneven: skipping, galloping, sliding
• Non-Locomotor Movements

  • Bending or Flexing: movement around a joint
  • Stretching: full extension of arms, legs, or trunk
  • Swinging: movement of arms, legs, head, trunk in an arc
  • Twisting: rotation of one part of the body
  • Turning: rotation of the body around the base of support
  • Swaying: weight transferred from one base of support to another with a rocking motion
• Resistive actions

  • Pushing: effort to move an object away from the body against resistance
  • Pulling: effort to bring an object toward the body against resistance
  • Lifting: change of body level or part from lower to higher level
• Fundamentals of dance positioning

  1. 1st Position

  2. 2nd Position

  3. 3rd Position

  4. 4th Position

  5. 5th Position
• 1st Position

  • Arms: Both raised in a circle in front of chest with fingertips about an inch apart
  • Feet: Heels close together, toes apart with an angle of about 45 degrees
• 2nd Position

  • Arms: Both raised sideward with a graceful curve at shoulder level
  • Feet: Feet apart sideward of about a pace distance
• 3rd Position

  • Arms: One raised in front as in 2nd position; other raised upward
  • Feet: Heel of one foot close to in-step of other foot
• 4th Position

  • Arms: One raised in front as in 1st position; other raised overhead
  • Feet: One foot in front of other foot of a pace distance
• 5th Position

  • Arms: Both raised overhead
  • Feet: Heel of front foot close to big toe of rear foot