Class 1: Dance Class Warm Up

Explain what it means to “warm up”. From an anatomical and physiological standpoint what is the body doing to get “warmed up”?

Warm Up – movement or phrase to raise core body temperature; prepare the body for movement; bring mind to focus

Space – area around you which extends in all directions (levels, pathways, shapes)

Personal space – your personal “bubble” ; arms’s length apart

General space – the area beyond your personal space; area that you can travel through

CENTER STAGE

AUDIENCE SITS HERE

DOWN STAGE

STAGE RIGHT STAGE LEFT

UP STAGE

Body Movement, Energy, Space, Time (B.E.S.T

Essential Question

** Unit 1 Pre-Test**

◦ Explain all the ways your body can move. (For example: walk, kick, etc.) Please list.

LOCOMOTOR

(movement from place to place)

NON-LOCOMOTOR(movement that stays in place;off body’s axis)

Essential Question:

Explain what you think “ENERGY” is.

Are you able to describe “ENERGY”? If so, come up with a few words that could describe someone’s energy.

The amount of tension or stress of a movement, the flow or control of the force

This is the “weight, flow, quality, attack” of the movement

Weight, flow, quality, attackThis is the HOW!

sharp smooth sudden sustained

free bound balanced neutral

flowing tight loose swinging

swaying suspend collapsed firm

weak heavy soft light

delicate vibratory percussive erratic

explosive

EXPLAIN HOW THE USE OF SPACE (DIRECTION, LEVEL, FORMATION, FOCUS, PATHWAY, RANGE) CAN AFFECT A DANCE.

This is the area which extends all around you

Space can mean:◦ Direction◦ Level◦ Pathway◦ Focus◦ Range◦ Place

Weight, Flow, Quality, AttackThis is the WHERE?!

High medium low

Forward backward right left up down

fixed moving single-focus

multi-focus near far

big small in the air

on the floor straight curved

zig zag irregular sideways

diagonal