Dance Performance Vocabulary
Across
- 3. the dancer's ability to communicate the artistic intent through facial expressions and movement quality
- 4. formal ways to refer to areas of the performance space, including Center Stage, Downstage, Stage Left, Stage Right, and Upstage
- 6. A person who creates the sequence of steps and movements in dance
- 8. practicing the sequence of dance formations within choreography
- 9. quality the way a movement is executed in support of artistic intent
Down
- 1. a practice or trial performance of a dance or other work for later public performance
- 2. Intent the purpose, main idea, and/or expressive or communicative goal(s) of a dance composition study, work, or performance
- 4. a quality in which the dancer is fully embodying the movement and artistic intent of the choreography while drawing the attention of the audience
- 5. the sequence of steps and movements in dance
- 7. the relationship of dancers to each other and the performance space