Isolations

Isolations in dance

Let's have a quick review!

Multiple Choice

Keeping your _______ will help you stay upright while performing, allowing you to avoid slipping and falling down. Good _______ can also help you expand the types of moves you can execute.

• Balance

• Extensions

• Strength

• Stamina

Multiple Choice

________ has to do with the ability of the athlete or dancer to perform movements that allow the correct technical execution of a certain exercise or dance routine.

• Balance

• Extensions

• Coordination

• Stamina

Multiple Choice

________ is the lengthening of one or more muscles or limbs. It focuses more on pulling away from your body, extending your limbs out to the furthest your body can possibly go. This is important for aesthetics and to make sure your movements look complete and at its fullest range.

• Balance

• Extensions

• Coordination

• Stamina

Do you know any robotic movements?

Isolations

Isolation is a vitally important skill for dancing. Isolation refers to moving only one part of your body while keeping everything still.

As we have already mentioned, isolation means moving a certain body part and keeping all other parts static. Hence this ensures that you can have great control over all other parts of your body. What do you think helps you to have such control? Well, it is none other than strength, and hence isolation comes after a lot of procured body strength.

​Let's watch and analyze this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-UjPBV060

• In what part of the video can we observe a dancer doing isolations?

• What body part moved?

• Why do you think it's important to learn isolations?

Let's have a quick quiz!

Multiple Choice

Isolation refers to moving more than one part of your body while keeping everything still.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Isolations are affected by the other skills involved in dance.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It takes time and effort to be good in isolation in dance.

• True

• False