Dance Terminology

4. The central theme or concept of the dance composition.
7. The named or identifiable structural components evident in a dance.
10. Manipulating, combining and ordering movements to make phrases and sections.
12. The movements that link a phrase or section together.
13. Actions that result in the upward change of level in a dancer’s body or a body part.
14. The making of a dance by creating, selecting and arranging movements and patterns of movement to convey an intention.
15. The skills used to perform choreography for the purpose of communicating the intention of the dance to an audience.
16. Movements performed with a minor successive time difference.

1. The amount of rotation of a body or body part around a vertical or horizontal axis.
2. Movements of any isolated body part, executed singly or in combination with other actions.
3. The control of movement that results in the stillness of single parts, multiple parts or the whole body.
5. Someone/something that affects or impacts on the choreographer's choices.
6. The use of spontaneous movement.
8. The execution of the dance to an audience.
9. Movements which result in the downward change of level of the body or body parts.
11. Movements that the dancer uses to traverse the space from one location to another.