True or False *Dance is always done to music. *You need a partner to dance. *The first ballet dancers were men. *To dance, you need special training and to be thin.

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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 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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Dance has 3 main purposes

• ceremonial (religion, celebration, ritual),
• recreational (folk, social dancing, aerobic
  dance), and
• 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 and 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
whenyou hearCharleston,Virginia
Reel,Swing,Disco,Break dancing, orHip
Hop?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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All dance movements can be labeled as locomotor
or nonlocomotor.

• LOCOMOTOR-movements that travel
• NONLOCOMOTOR-movements that do not change
  location
• AH-E-2.1.31

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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 is not only a combination of locomotor and
nonlocomotor movements, but also the essential
elements of SPACE, TIME, AND FORCE.

• AH-E-2.1.31, AH-M-2.1.31

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SPACE

• Pathways-curved lines, straight lines, zigzags,
  circles, figure-eights, and many more
• Shapes-large, small, rounded, and angular
• Levels-high, low, on the floor
• Direction-forward, backwards, diagonally, sideways

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FORCE

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

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TIME

• TEMPO-fast, slow, moderate
• DURATION-short, long
• BEAT-pulse of the music

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Dance is often used to tell a story.AH-M-2.2.31,
AH-2.2.32, AH-E.2.1.31