Modern Dance Vocabulary

2. move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.
4. (of a horse) move with high springy steps.
9. a delay of action causing a hanging in the air feeling
13. move by jumping on one foot
14. The shifting of weight from one leg to the other while lifting the body weight up at the top of the curve through space
16. the action of changing something in a skillful manner
17. the empty space not occupied
18. winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve,
19. to prolong a movement; a continuation.
20. the direct path that a dancer takes throughout the space
21. three step movement executed in the following order: plie, releve, releve.
22. leg moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point with a bent knee.
23. the process in which a muscle becomes or is made shorter and tighter.

1. Shifting of body weight from one leg to another while dropping the weight lower in the center of the curve
3. the space our body takes up
5. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence
6. movement, passage, or change from one position,or place,to another
7. compositional structure in which one same choreographic fragment is executed by several dancers who space it out in time
8. wihtout practice or preparation, done on a whim
10. repeated pattern of movement or sound
11. side, cross front, side,cross back
12. push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.
15. continuing for an extended period or without interruption.
23. to chase
24. never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.