BELL RINGER – 9/3 TABLET/Smart Phone

m.socrative.com – Room 38178

NO TABLET (or not working) There are Bell Ringers cards on the table in the fourth box. Take 1

and answer the question on there (make sure you put your name and date!)

Turn it in to the class box.

QUESTIONS: Fill in the blank (multiple choice on devices) 1. ___________ is the “quality of sound.” It’s why a trumpet

sounds different than a flute.

ELEMENTS OF DANCE

LOCOMOTOR OR NON-LOCOMOTOR Locomotor – motion takes a dancer across

the floor

Non-locomotor – dance moves performed in place

Examples: Locomotor

1:05 Non-locomotor

5-48 seconds

ELEMENTS OF DANCE Space Time Force

ELEMENT OF DANCE - SPACE Space is the area occupied by the dancer’s

body

Includes: Direction Size Pathway Level Shape

DIRECTION Which way a dancer faces or moves

Forward, backward, sideways, up and down

Forward is not towards you – all directions are relative to the DANCER

SIZE Magnitude of a body shape or movement

Small to Large Large motions are stretched out and extended Small motions are tight and closed

Examples: Large

1:00-1:30 Small

12-44 seconds

PATHWAY Pathway is the pattern made as a dancer

moves through the air or on the floor

Straight, Curvy, Zig-Zag

If dancers had paint on their shoes, would they make a straight line, curvy line, or zig-zag line?

PATHWAY Most common: curvy pathways

Example: Zig-Zag Pathway

1:38-1:50

LEVEL Level is the vertical distance from the floor

High, Medium, Low High – in the air, or extended upwards Low – down close to the ground

Examples High Level

7-35 seconds Low Level

0-30 seconds

SHAPE The form created by the body’s position in

space

Shapes can be open or closed, symmetrical or asymmetrical Open extended: stretched out Closed: tight, small

Constantly changing

ELEMENT OF DANCE - TIME Time, in dance, is the relationship of one

movement or part of a movement to another

Includes: Pulse Tempo Duration/Rhythm Phrase

PULSE (SAME AS “BEAT” IN MUSIC) The ongoing underlying beat

The “heartbeat” of the music

TEMPO Tempo, in dance, is the speed a movement is

performed You can also refer to the tempo of the music

Fast, slow

Examples: Fast Movements

58-end Slow Movements

55-2:09

DURATION/RHYTHM The length of time a movement lasts

Long time, short time, something in between

PHRASING Phrasing is a grouping or articulation of a

group of moves

How the movements go together

If you can stop the performance and it make sense, that’s the end of a phrase. If it would seem abrupt for you to stop there – it’s not the end of the phrase

ELEMENT OF DANCE - FORCE Force is the degree of muscular tension and

use of energy while moving

Includes: Flow Weight

FLOW Continuity of movement

Flow can be bound or free-flowing Bound: has a definite start and stop Free-flowing: connected and fluid

Examples: Bound

55-end Free-Flowing

0-45 seconds

WEIGHT Strength

Lightness of movement Strong/Heavy or Light

Examples Strong Force

10-1:50 Light Force

ACTIVITY – UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS You can log onto m.socrative.com (room

38178) and do the activity there...

OR get out a sheet of notebook paper and record your answers there (turn it in at the end of class)

SIZE – LARGE OR SMALL?2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

LEVEL – HIGH OR LOW7. 8.

9. 10. 11.

SHAPE – OPEN OR CLOSED?12. 13.

14. 15.

SHAPE – SYMMETRICAL OR ASYMMETRICAL?16. 17.

18. 19.

MOVEMENT – LOCOMOTOR OR NON-LOCOMOTOR?

20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpVzkzMtHMg

21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTt9KzU3nE

0-25 seconds22.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubKM4A6xYus

0-30 seconds

FORCE – LIGHT OR STRONG?23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbA3VUgWso

9-20 seconds

24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_zYaL0LXk

20-45

TEMPO – MOVES FAST OR SLOW?25.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FrkcYqrkpc

1:00-1:20

26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XijHCzxThQg