Technical Skills GCSE Dance

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Action Content

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Travel, turn, elevation, gesture, stillness, use of different body parts, floor work, transfer of weight.

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Dynamic Content

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Fast/slow, sudden/sustained, acceleration/deceleration, strong/light, direct/indirect, flowing/abrupt.

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Spatial Content

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Pathways, levels, directions, size of movement, patterns, spatial design.

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Relationship Content

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Lead and follow, mirroring, action and reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, counterpoint, contact, formations.

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Rhythmic Content

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Repeated patterns of sound or movement.

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Timing Content

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

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Style

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Characteristic way of dancing.