Dance Vocab

3. poetic, expressive quality
4. the floor, when asked to do a certain dance move you’ll be asked to do it
5. the art of composing dances
8. creator of the dance
10. the range of movement in a joint or series of joints
13. Provider
15. fundamental aspects of dance skills, and given you ideas as to what to include and possible approaches to developing such skills in class
16. alignment, placement or posture
17. a close-fitting non-sheer or sheer skin-tight garment; covers body completely waist down sometimes feet

1. the second portion of the ballet class, comprised of the adagio, turns, and small jumps
2. movements to raise the core body temp.
3. close-fitting one-piece garment
6. the position in which you hold your body
7. free expressive style of dancing
9. contemporary dance, jazz dance, modern dance, hip hop, tap dance; ballroom
11. a skin-tight one-piece garment with long legs; a combination of leotard and tights
12. Dance that is matched to the rhythms and techniques of jazz music
13. classical dance form demanding grace and precision
14. floor