Just Dance!!

Warm Up and Cool Down You want to warm up and cool down to prevent injury.

Body Alignment Head up Back Straight Shoulders Back

Elements of Dance Space- area where you dance Personal space- distance between people Spatial relationships- distance between partners

Elements of Dance Force- energy to do movements Fast to slow Rough to smooth

Elements of Dance Time- counting of steps and duration of the song

Types of Dance Theatrical Dance- performed on stage before an audience or judges Social Dance- Dance for fun (School Dance)

Theatrical Dances Ballet- started in the courts of Italy. Early works were historical. Later works added magical story themes.

Social Dancing Square Dancing Done in groups of 4 Formations: running set (a circle) Longways (2 lines) Format: Call and response

Social Dancing Folk Dancing- taught to each generation normally in a circle format See here

Folk Dancing Ireland- hands normally at the sides. Soft or hard tap shoe worn. Scotland- same as Ireland except they do arm movements Latin- passionate dances. Cha-Cha, Rumba, Mambo, Tango, Lambada Africa- ceremonial dances Native American- ceremonial dances, tribal

Folk Dancing Hawaii- Hula is done to chants and music China- dance and drama are combined Japan- also combined with drama are “No” and “Kabuki”

Purposes of Dance Ceremonial- religious Recreational- entertainment or exercise Artistic- theatrical/ ballet

Body Movements Locomotor- feet move/ run, skip, jump, leap, kick Non-locomotor- feet DON’T move (upper body) bend, twist, turn

Compositional Forms of Dance AB- two different parts ABA- 3 parts, but A repeats Call & Response- square dancing Narrative- tells a story Rondo- repeats movement

Tinikling National dance of the Philippines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgQ4lWug3s