Modern Flashcard Vocab

Front

A movement that keeps you in one place:

Back

Non-locomotor movement

Front

A traveling step that goes 'down, up, up':

Back

triplet

Front

Movement that takes you from one place to another:

Back

Locomotor movement

Front

1st position shape type:

Back

symmetrical

Front

Hallowing of the stomach, like being punched:

Back

contraction

Front

4th position shape type:

Back

asymmetrical

Front

Weight transfer from one foot to another (toe, ball, heel) with a slight lift:

Back

prancing

Front

Student of Doris Humphrey, focused on fall, recovery, suspension, and opposition.

Back

Jose Limon

Front

Dance ethnologist studied Caribbean, African, and ballet dances.

Back

Katherine Dunham

Front

First racially integrated dance company in the U.S. and developed a warm-up technique.

Back

Lester Horton