24-25 Q2 P3 Dance Performance/Choreography Vocabulary Final

Front

Common in jazz dance routines, this occurs when a dancer's legs are bent while also in relevé.

Back

forced arch

Front

How the movement feels for the dancer when it is being performed and how that movement looks to the viewer is known as

Back

textures

Front

Dancing with 100% of your energy and performance is known as:

Back

Full Out

Front

This term is used when you dance a piece of choreography with less energy, generally to practice musicality, timing, and other tools. This allows you to be more aware of the music, timing, and where your body positions are. The choreographer might use percentages to indicate how much energy you should be putting in.

Back

Mark or Marking

Front

This dance style uses many movements and components from various dance styles, such as hip hop, popping, breaking, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, etc., and focuses on expressing a story, emotions, experiences through different movements, rhythms, sounds, and lyrics of a song.

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open style

Front

What best describes a "ball-change" in dance?

Back

changing the weight from one foot to another