Dance

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Dance

• Part of the Arts Humanities
• Core Content

Altered from Lori Theaker, MSLS for use with 11th
grade students at Millwood High School, 2009, by
S. MacInnes.
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lonial.html
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True or FalseDance is always done to
music.You need a partner to dance.The first
ballet dancers were men.To dance, you need
special training and you have to be thin.
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Dance and Movement

• What is the difference between everyday movements
  and dance?
  
• When does movement become dance?
• Movement becomes dance when the elements of dance
  (space, time, and force) are intentionally
  incorporated.

AH-E-2.1.31, AH-M-2.1.33
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SPACE

• Pathways - curved lines, straight lines, zigzags,
  circles, figure-eights, and many more
  
• Focus the direction the body is facing, eye
  focus direction
  
• Shape - large, small, rounded, and angular
• Level - high, medium, low or on the floor
• Direction - forward, backwards, diagonally,
  sideways
  
• AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23

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TIME

• TEMPO - fast, slow, moderate, accelerating,
  decelerating
  
• DURATION - short, long
• BEAT - pulse of the music
• AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23

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Dynamics

• How is the body moving?
• Energy strong, light, tense, relaxed
• Flow sustained, suspended, lyrical, staccato.

Relationship

• With whom or what is the body moving?
• Grouping apart, connected, solo, duet, ensemble
  formation.
  
• Dancer relationship side-by-side, near, far,
  role-relationship.
  
• Interactions leading, following, mirroring,
  unison, contrast, meeting, parting, reaction.

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FORCEthe use of energy while moving

• QUALITY smooth, sharp, round,
• free, flowing
• ENERGY weak, strong
• WEIGHT heavy, light, suspended
• collapsed

AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23
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All dance movements can be labeled as locomotor
or non-locomotor.
NON-LOCOMOTOR movements that do not change
location
LOCOMOTOR movements that travel
AH-E-2.1.31
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Locomotor Movements
Dancers using locomotor movements may walk, run,
skip, hop, jump, slide, leap, or gallop. These
movements may be high (possibly indicating joy),
medium, or low (possibly indicating sadness.)
AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23
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Non-locomotor Movements
Dancers are using non-locomotor movements when
they stay in one place but bend, stretch, twist,
or swing their body.
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How is a dance created?

• Dances are created by combining locomotor and
  nonlocomotor movements.
  
• A dance, like a book,
• has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

AH-M-2.1.34
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Dance has 3 main forms

• ceremonial (religion, celebration, ritual)
• recreational (folk, social dancing, aerobic
  dance)
  
• artistic (ballet, modern, narrative, tap,
  lyrical).

AH-E-2.2.32
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Culture and Dance

• Nearly all cultures incorporate dance in some
  way.
  
• Dance is a major component of many cultures.
• Dance is often used to communicate or celebrate.

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Some more about dance culture

• Cultures use dance in ways that are both social
  and personal.
  
• What are some examples of culture and dance you
  can think of? How do those cultures use dance?
  

AH-E-2.2.33, A-HI-2.2.31, AH-M-2.2.32
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Dance is also representative of time periods

• What time period do you think of when you hear
• Charleston,
• Virginia Reel,
• Swing,
• Disco,
• Break dancing, or
• Hip Hop?
• Something to think about
• How are the dances of these time periods related
  to the politics of the time?

AH-H-2.3.31, AH-H-2.3.311
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Dance in History

• Dance has played an important function in many
  cultures throughout history.
  
• Dance styles, costumes and music often reflect
  the political climate of the time.
  
• Dances such as the Locomotion, Macarena, and
  even the Chicken Dance all perform a function
  in our society they create a group of dancers
  having fun!
• AH-E-2.2.31, 1.15, 2.23, 2.25

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Dance types

• Ethno-cultural singing games (hokey-pokey),
  religion or ceremonial (aboriginal spirit dance),
  folk (French-Canadian, step dance, Scottish
  country dance), Classical (Chinese ribbon
  dance).
• Social trend (funk, hip-hop, line dancing),
  ballroom (waltz, foxtrot, tango, swing)
  
• Historical baroque, renaissance, minuet,
  Charleston, twist, disco, lambada, hip-hop.
  
• Modern creative (centers on a dancer's own
  interpretations instead structured steps),
  classical (Bausch, Graham devt of modern w/
  technique), post-modern (everyday movt as art)
• Theatrical tap, musical theatre, dance drama,
  ice dance, ethno-cultural

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Answer the following questions

• Who started folk dance?
• Ordinary people
• What is the main difference between folk and
  popular dances?
  
• Popular dances are usually popular for only a
  short time.
  
• What is a ballroom dance that came from folk
  dance?
  
• The waltz
• Why did a lot of new dances come from the United
  States?
  
• The mixing of immigrant cultures produced new
  forms of dance.
  
• What type of dancing became popular in the
  mid-1980s?
  
• Breakdancing.

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Is there anything else I should know?
Dance allows the dancer or choreographer to
communicate their ideas, thoughts, and feelings
through movement. These movements are structured
and repeatable, in that they can be taught to
others.
AH-E-2.1.14, 1.15, 2.22
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Dance is often used to tell a story
Like a story or a book, each dance has a
beginning, middle and an end. Dance is made up
movement materials, connected into phrases
and put together into a complete dance.
AH-M-2.2.31, AH-2.2.32, AH-E.2.1.31
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Speaking writing

• Form a group of 3 4. Discuss one of the
  following dance forms with your partners and
  write some descriptive words for that form.

• Classical ballet
• Waltz
• Jazz
• Break dance
• Disco
• Tango
• Latin ballroom

• Example
• Chinese folk dance
• Traditional
• Dragon dances
• Generation
• Festival occasions
• Lion dances

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Bibliography

• Resources used for this presentation include
• KETs DanceSense,
• an original Power Point presentation created by
  Anna W. Martin (sent to JCES staff by HSE Pam
  Clemons)
  
• Microsoft Office ClipArt files
• Nova Scotia Dance 11 curriculum guide, 1999