topic 5 dance formations

Cards (9)

  • What are the five common dance formations
    Staggered Line Formations
    Diagonal Line formations
    Filled-in pyramid formations
    V shaped formations
  • Staggered line formations is?

    A classic formation used in the dance choreography of many different styles is the staggered line formation
  • The concept of staggered line formations is simple: how?
    dancers stand in rows, with each dancer standing beside each other in a specific distance apart. Behind the first row, the second row of dancers stand in the spaces between the dancers in the first line, only in the back of them. The pattern can continue with many lines depending on the amount of dancers included in the formation.
  • Diagonal Line Formations is popular in what dances?

    jazz and tap dance
  • Diagonal lines formations are used mainly for?

    used mainly for its feature of allowing every dancer on stage to be seen equally clearly. In this formation, dancers are placed, in two large diagonal lines from the back of each side of the stage to its diagonal front side. The lines will cross in the center, creating what looks like a large "X" on stage.
  • A commonly used choreographic technique for diagonal lines is to have?
    have the lines cross and uncross while performing various technical elements.
  • Filled-in Pyramid formations very helpful in
    when trying to create tight, solid-looking choreographies. The pyramid formation is the most popular in hip-hop and other urban dance styles that use formations to create a sense of cohesiveness between the dancer's movements given the fact that the dance moves of that particular genre are often more wild and freestyled compared to classical forms.
  • A filled-in parymid formations is?
    actually a series of lines that extend further outside the ends of each line as the pyramid grows deeper
  • V shaped formations
    The V resembles a pyramid formation closely but it is not-filled in with ros of dancers. Rather the pattern begins with one person at the tip of the "V" followed by two dancers approximately a foot behind on either side. The formation continues adding a dancer to the outside of each until a "V" shape is formed. The "V" formation is commonly used as the final formation of a choreography.