DANCE EDUCATION - INTRODUCTION TO DANCE

What is dance?

• Dance is expressing the movement.

• Performing to one kind of music to express what is inside of you.

• Dance is a way of expressing mood and feelings by making shapes with your body and moving in a rhythmical way

• Feeling the rhythm of a song and work with other dancers to create a piece of choreography.

What is another thing dance is use for other than the stage?

• Cultural and special occasion.

• When hanging out with friends.

• Communicating with each other.

• Dance can be used at anytime.

Select two individuals who are pioneers of contemporary dance.

• Twyla Tharp & Bob Fosse

• Vaslav Nijinsky & Tchaikovsky

• Isadora Duncan & Martha Graham

• Alvin Ailey & Jerome Robbins

Jazz dance first developed with jazz music in what year?

• 1920s

• 1970s

• 2000s

• 1800s

The movements of tap are concentrated in which part of the body.

• The back

• The foot

• The Knees

• The arms

What size should you be to do tap dancing?

• Any size

• Tall and Slim

• Medium size

• Not to big