Class 1: Dance Class Warm Up

 Explain what it means to “warm up”. From an anatomical and physiological standpoint what is the body doing to get “warmed up”?

 Warm Up – movement or phrase to raise core body temperature; prepare the body for movement; bring mind to focus  Space – area around you which extends in all directions (levels, pathways, shapes)  Personal space – your personal “bubble” ; arms’s length apart  General space – the area beyond your personal space; area that you can travel through

 CENTER STAGE AUDIENCE SITS HERE DOWN STAGE STAGE RIGHT STAGE LEFT UP STAGE

Body Movement, Energy, Space, Time (B.E.S.T The Elements of Dance

 Essential Question  ** Unit 1 Pre-Test** ◦ Explain all the ways your body can move. (For example: walk, kick, etc.) Please list.

LOCOMOTOR (movement from place to place) NON-LOCOMOTOR (movement that stays in place;off body’s axis)

Essential Question: Explain what you think “ENERGY” is. Are you able to describe “ENERGY”? If so, come up with a few words that could describe someone’s energy.

 The amount of tension or stress of a movement, the flow or control of the force  This is the “weight, flow, quality, attack” of the movement

Weight, flow, quality, attack This is the HOW! sharpsmoothsuddensustained freeboundbalancedneutral flowingtightlooseswinging swayingsuspendcollapsedfirm weakheavysoftlight delicatevibratorypercussiveerratic explosive

EXPLAIN HOW THE USE OF SPACE (DIRECTION, LEVEL, FORMATION, FOCUS, PATHWAY, RANGE) CAN AFFECT A DANCE.

 This is the area which extends all around you  Space can mean: ◦ Direction ◦ Level ◦ Pathway ◦ Focus ◦ Range ◦ Place

Weight, Flow, Quality, Attack This is the WHERE?!  Highmediumlow  Forwardbackwardright  leftupdown  fixedmovingsingle-focus  multi-focusnearfar  bigsmallin the air  on the floorstraightcurved  zig zagirregularsideways  diagonal