Physical and Expressive Skills

What is the correct placement of body parts in relation to each other called?

• Alignment

• Posture

• Symmetry

• Balance

What is a steady or held position achieved by an even distribution of weight called?

• Balance

• Stability

• Equilibrium

• Poise

What is the efficient combination of body parts called?

• Co-ordination

• Disorder

• Fragmentation

• Disarray

What is the ability to start and stop movement, change direction and hold a shape efficiently called?

• Control

• Agility

• Balance

• Coordination

What is the range of movements in the joints (involving muscles, ligaments & tendons) called?

• Flexibility

• Strength

• Endurance

• Agility

What is the way the body is held called?

• Posture

• Gesture

• Movement

• Alignment

What is muscular power called?

• Strength

• Endurance

• Flexibility

• Agility

What is lengthening one or more muscles or limbs called?

• Extension

• Flexion

• Contraction

• Rotation

What is an independent movement of part of the body called?

• Isolation

• Coordination

• Synchronization

• Integration

What is the energy the dancer uses to connect with and draw in the audience called?

• Projection

• Focus

• Intensity

• Expression