Dance Performance/Choreography Terms

​ ​ (a)   is the rising from a position in which the feet are flat on the floor to a position in which the dancer balances on one or both feet, on at least demi-pointe ​ ​

• Relevé
• Plié
• Passé
• Pirouette

Find the elements of hip hop and place them in the Hip Hop column. Place all wrong answers in the other column.

Groups:

(a) 5 Elements of Hip Hop

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(b) NOT Elements of Hip Hop

• DJ-ing (aural/auditory)

• Dance (physical)

• Knowledge (mental)

• Family (community)

• Graffiti (visual)

• MC-ing (oral)

• Fashion (innovation)

• Attitude (mindset)

• Singing (vocal)

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

• pointe

• supporting foot

• forced arch

• demi-pointe

(a)   is a French term meaning to bend, or bending

• Plié
• Passé
• Pirouette
• Relevé

The element of Hip Hop dance is split into two types of dance: (a)   and ​ (b)   ​

• break dance
• social/party dance
• popping
• locking
• voguing
• tutting

How the move feels to the dancer when it is being executed and what that move looks like to the viewer is known as

• executers

• textures

• feelings

• visuals

​ (a)   is how dancers hear, interpret, and dance to music. Dancers can demonstrate this in several ways:  which sounds they choose to dance to, how they highlight the sounds, how they emote the mood of the song.

• Musicality
• Analyzation
• Dance Theory
• Choreography

In dance​ , a ​ (a)   can mean two things:

1. 1. The path or pattern made by a body part through space (non-locomotor). This can also be called a gestural pattern.

2. 2. The path or pattern a dancer makes when traveling across the floor (locomotor). This is also called a floor pattern.

• line
• symbol
• journey
• pathway

Our school’s dance/squad program utilizes primary and secondary ​ (a)   to clarify arm positioning, which derives from the connection to our dance/drill team. The primary consists of low-v, t, high-v & i (goalpost), while the secondary consists of w, box, olé, genie. These names refer to the shape the arms make.

• shapes
• lines
• angles
• curves

What was your favorite part of the class this quarter? What would you like to do more of? Do you have any suggestions of things you would like to learn or do for third quarter? Questions, comments or concerns?

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We'll see you for the second half of this class later this school year.

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