Year 7 Dance Terminology
Across
- 5. speed of movement, fast, medium, low
- 6. e.g dance to one or more dancers
- 10. underlying pulse
- 11. space where a dancer or dancer's move
- 12. small, medium and large
- 15. e.g. chair, fan, stick, scarf
- 17. both sides the same
- 22. length of movement
- 23. shaking
- 24. dancer uses expansive space, dancer uses limited space
- 25. sharp and fast
- 26. stillness of movement during a performance
Down
- 1. when the movement or movement increases or decreases in speed
- 2. space in which dancers perform
- 3. straight, curved, angular
- 4. slow and sustained (held)
- 7. accents that occur irregular
- 8. both sides different
- 9. defying gravity
- 12. e.g. right arm to left arm
- 13. a dancer's own space (bubble)
- 14. indicates time signature
- 16. sinking
- 18. emphasis on a pulse that occurs regularly
- 19. pedular
- 20. how dancers are positioned during a performance
- 21. curved, straight, zigzag, irregular, circular
- 22. up, down, right side, left side, front, back, forward and backward diagonals
- 27. high, medium, low