To sway or rock, responding to the pull of gravity.

Movement quality that creates the illusion of effortless movement or defying gravity

Movement that is short and/or in sporadic burst.

Movement that gives into gravity, folds down or gives into the floor.

Pertaining to a sense of the beautiful, the look of a dance is pleasing to the eye.

Occurs front to back, side to side, in an upper or lower arc, in a circular path, and as an initiative to a fall, spiral or turn.

The energy of movement expressed in varying intensity, accent, and quality.

Stationary or turning body position supported by one leg with the free leg bent at a 90 degree angle at the knee, leg turned out at the hip

The cutting edge of an artistic movement.

A movement or movements of the body, or body parts to express or emphasize ideas or emotions.

A type of dance that began as a rebellion against ballet steps and positions. No rules or boundaries, avante-garde, pedestrian movements that allow dancers to express themselves with a variety of themes.

A level change upward and the return from a fall to the floor.

The positioning of the body in space: curved, straight, angular, twisted, symmetrical, or asymmetrical.

The bridging point at which a single movement, the end of a phrase, or even the end of a larger section of a dance progresses into the next movement, phrase, or sequence

Movement that is controlled, continuous, and smooth.

Shifts the torso off vertical alignment. Often non-locomotor and can be performed in various directions and levels

Making a developpé to the side having the upper body will lean back.

The line or direction taken by the dancer as he/she moves from place to place.

Leaving from two feet landing on two feet