DANCE • A series of movement that match
the speed and rhythm of music.
Dance Is an art form that is displayed through the human body using
the medium of movement.
Dance Is the art form in which human movement becomes the medium for
sensing, understanding, and
communicating ideas, feelings, and
experiences. These ideas, feelings and
experiences could be personally, sociallyor politically significant.
the body is the
mobile figure or
shape, felt by
the dancer,
seen by others.
Body consider the bodysystems—muscles,
bones, organs,
breath, balance,reflexes.
Action is any human movement included in
the act of dancing— it
can include dance
steps, facial
movements, partner
lifts, gestures, and even
everyday movementssuch as walking.
Dance is made up of streams of movement
and pauses, so action
refers not only to steps
and sequences, but
also to pauses and
moments of relative stillness.