Transcript Just Dance!! - Kentucky Department of Education

Just Dance!!
Warm Up and Cool Down
• You want to warm up
and cool down to
prevent injury.
Body Alignment
• Head up
• Back Straight
• Shoulders Back
Elements of Dance
• Space- area where you
dance
– Personal space- distance
between people
– Spatial relationshipsdistance between
partners
Elements of Dance
• Force- energy to do
movements
– Fast to slow
– Rough to smooth
Elements of Dance
• Time- counting of steps
and duration of the
song
Types of Dance
• Theatrical Danceperformed on stage
before an audience or
judges
• Social Dance- Dance for
fun (School Dance)
Theatrical Dances
• Ballet- started in the
courts of Italy. Early
works were historical.
Later works added
magical story themes.
Social Dancing
• Square Dancing
– Done in groups of 4
• Formations:
– running set (a circle)
– Longways (2 lines)
– Format: Call and
response
Social Dancing
• Folk Dancing- taught to
each generation
normally in a circle
format
• See here
Folk Dancing
• Ireland- hands normally at the sides. Soft or
hard tap shoe worn.
• Scotland- same as Ireland except they do arm
movements
• Latin- passionate dances. Cha-Cha, Rumba,
Mambo, Tango, Lambada
• Africa- ceremonial dances
• Native American- ceremonial dances, tribal
Folk Dancing
• Hawaii- Hula is done to chants and music
• China- dance and drama are combined
• Japan- also combined with drama are “No”
and “Kabuki”
Purposes of Dance
• Ceremonial- religious
• Recreational- entertainment or exercise
• Artistic- theatrical/ ballet
Body Movements
• Locomotor- feet move/ run, skip, jump, leap,
kick
• Non-locomotor- feet DON’T move (upper
body) bend, twist, turn
Compositional Forms of Dance
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AB- two different parts
ABA- 3 parts, but A repeats
Call & Response- square dancing
Narrative- tells a story
Rondo- repeats movement
Tinikling
• National dance of the Philippines
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgQ4lWu
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