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 relationships-

distance 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 Dance- performed 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

• 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=asgQ4lWug3s