Test 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Terpisichore
The muse of dance
(true or false) Dance is a type of communication?
True
Choreography is?
The craft of creating a dance
Three elements that artist manipulate to create a desired image?
Space, time, and force
symmetrical
Mirror image, or at least balanced
Asymmetrical
Unbalanced in any way
successional
leading the eye in one direction
oppositional
causing the eye to change directions
developed a system for movement analysis
Von Rudolf Laban
Von Rudolf Laban called this method of dance notation
Labannotation
BESS
best effort shape space
force refers to
the quality with which movement is accomplished
swinging movement
Is pendular
Percussive movement
has a quick forceful impulse which stops flowing
SUSTAINED movement
may use a lot or a little energy that is released in a slow, continuous, unaccented fashion.
COLLAPSING movement
is like doing the first part of a swing without continuing with the allowed follow through
VIBRATORY movement is like a
series of percussive movements done in such a rapid succession that the result is a shaking, trembling action.
WEIGHT refers to
the amount of energy applied from light or little to heavy or great.
suspended movement
feels upward, light, and effortless
center of gravity
All parts of the body even out
