Integration of the four (4) elements of dance (BEST)

• Body:
  • body parts (gestures)
  • body actions (arm and leg gestures that lead toward, away from and around)
  • body zones (front, back, sideways, cross-lateral)
  • body bases (feet, knees, hands, buttocks)
• Energy:
  • controlling and combining different movement qualities (sharp to soft, floppy to stiff, smooth to jagged)
  • force (strong to gentle)
  • weight (heavy, light)
• Space:
  • levels (medium, low, high, moving between levels)
  • direction (forward, backward, diagonal, circular)
  • group formations (small or large groups of dancers in lines, circles, diagonals, clusters, squares) throughout the space
  • personal space and general space
  • positive and negative space
  • dimensions (big, small, narrow, wide)
  • shape (straight, curved, angular, twisted, closed, circular, symmetry to asymmetry, angular to curved)
  • pathways (in the air with the arms, under, over, on the floor)
• Time:
  • tempo (fast, slow, slowing down, speeding up)
  • rhythm (regular, irregular)
  • stillness (pausing, freezing, holding a shape then continuing dance sequence)
  • duration (long and short movements)
  • acceleration/deceleration

to choreograph dance (ACADAM009)