Technical skills

• Accuracy of actions

  What a dancer does such as travelling, turning, elevation, gesture, stillness, use of body parts, floor work and transference of weight.
• Accuracy of dynamics

  The quality of the movement based upon variations in speed, strength and flow. Such as fast/slow, sudden/sustained, acceleration/deceleration, strong/light, direct/indirect, flowing/abrupt.
• Accuracy of space

  The “where” of movement such as levels, directions, pathways, shapes, designs and patterns.
• Accuracy of relationships

  The ways in which dancers interact; the connections between dancers, such as, lead and follow, mirroring, action and reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, counterpoint, contact, formations.
• Accuracy of timing

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

  Repeated patterns of sound or movement.
• Accuracy of style

  Characteristic way of dancing.