MAY 4-8 DANCE VOCABULARY

A contagion is

• an infectious disease

• a sequence of steps

• a ripple action

• all of the above

Downstage means

• toward the back

• toward the wings

• toward the audience

• toward the floor

flexion means

• lengthening movement

• bending movement

• rapid movement

• all of the above

Choreography is

• putting steps together

• making a dance

• connecting movement to music

• all of the above

Alignment is

• placement of the body in space

• straight and tall

• placement of body parts

• relaxed and soft

Extension is

• an elongation or lengthening of the body or any of its parts

• a muscular tension that produces a shortening of body parts

• reaching for something

• bending action

Ball change is

• a crossing step

• a connecting step

• a slow transfer side to side

• a quick transfer of weight from one foot to another

Floor pattern is

• tile or carpet

• an imaginary line of path in space

• hop scotch

• all of the above

Dynamics means

• variation in facings

• variation in lighting

• variation in the amounts of energy, intensity of power

• all of the above

Contraction means

• a muscular tension that produces a lengthening of body parts

• a muscular tension that produces a shortening of body parts

• you use an apostrophe

• all of the above