Lyrical Dance

What is lyrical dance?

• a style that combines ballet and jazz dancing techniques

• a style that contains acrobatic skills

• a style that combines hip-hop and tap techniques

• a style that combines ballroom and modern techniques

This style concentrates on an individual approach and expressiveness of such emotions as love, joy, hurt, or anger. It does not concentrate on the dancer’s precision of movement.

• True

• False

The term Lyrical Dance comes from the word “lyrical,” which means to have ______________________________________________.

• no emotion

• a poetic, expressive quality; expressing spontaneous feelings and deep personal emotions

Music used for Lyrical dance is usually NOT emotionally charged and expressive.

• True

• False, music used for Lyrical dance is usually emotionally charged and expressive.

Lyrical is often choreographed to a song about _________________________.

• freedom and overcoming obstacles

• love

• friendships

• family

When dancing lyrical, dancers travel while doing floor work.

• True

• False, they travel with high and soaring leaps and graceful turns and walks.

Movements in lyrical are _________, ___________, and __________.

• hard, strong, and passionate

• soft, small, and graceful

• fluid, continuous, and graceful

• sharp, hard, and energetic

Although lyrical is a combination of other dance forms, it's exact location of its origins are hard to locate. However, lyrical's dance technique was originated from ________ in the first half of the 20th century.

• Russia

• Spain

• Germany

• Africa

Lyrical roots are traced to the Vaganova method of classical ballet. It was developed by who?

• Mia Michaels

• Agrippina Vaganova

• Travis Wall

• Alvin Ailey

The Russians form of lyrical tend to focus on ______________________________________________________________.

• the flexibility and strength of the back and the fluid movements of the arms.

• the flexibility and strength of the legs

• the strength of one's ankles

• the strength of the core