Selection and 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 own)
    • 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)
    • flow (connection of movements, tight and contained or freely moving)
  • Space:
    • levels (medium, low, high, moving between levels)
    • direction (forward and 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, centre, off‑centre, complementary, contrasting)
    • 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
    • accent (emphasis placed on a movement)
    • to choreograph dance (ACADAM009)

Selection and 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 own)
    • 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)
    • flow (connection of movements, tight and contained or freely moving)
  • Space:
    • levels (medium, low, high, moving between levels)
    • direction (forward and 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, centre, off‑centre, complementary, contrasting)
    • 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
    • accent (emphasis placed on a movement)
    • to choreograph dance (ACADAM009)