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Elements of Dance

Here are the answers to the identification test: 1. Non-locomotor 2. Time 3. Locomotor 4. Energy 5. Space 6. True 7. False 8. True 9. False 10. False

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Elements of Dance

Here are the answers to the identification test: 1. Non-locomotor 2. Time 3. Locomotor 4. Energy 5. Space 6. True 7. False 8. True 9. False 10. False

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Objectives of the Lesson

1. Discover how dances are formed


2. Differentiate locomotor and non-locomotor
movements
3. Understand the significance of dance to culture and
society
4. Enumerate the elements of dance found in a dance
choreography.
5. Participate Actively in class activities.
Let’s draw out
1. What do you feel while you are performing the dance?
2. What are the things that you consider the most or you
are most conscious about while you are dancing?
3. What do you think are the things to be considered for
someone to be good at dancing?
4. What do you think is the importance of dance in one’s
life?
5. What is your idea about how dances are formed?
How is a dance created?

Dances are created by combining


locomotor and non-locomotor
movements.
A dance, like a book,
It has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
All dance movements can be
labeled as locomotor or
nonlocomotor.
NONLOCOMOTOR-movements that do not
change location

LOCOMOTOR-movements
that travel

AH-E-2.1.31
Locomotor Movements
Dancers using locomotor
movements may walk,
run, skip, hop, jump, slide,
leap, or gallop..

AH-E-2.1.31, 1.15, 2.23


Non-locomotor Movements
Dancers are using non-locomotor movements when
they stay in one place but bend, stretch, twist, or
swing their body.
Dance is often used to tell a story
Like a story or a book,
each dance has a
beginning, middle, and
an end. Dance is made
up “movement
materials”, connected
into “phrases” and put
together into a complete
dance.

AH-M-2.2.31, AH-2.2.32, AH-E.2.1.31


Dance, the movement of the body in a rhythmic
way, usually to music and within a given space,
for the purpose of expressing an idea or
emotion, releasing energy, or simply taking
delight in the movement itself.
Culture and Dance
• Nearly all cultures
incorporate dance in
some way.
• Dance is a major
component of many
cultures.
• Dance is often used
to communicate or
celebrate.
Some more about dance & culture
• Cultures use dance in ways that
are both social and personal.
• What are some examples of
culture and dance you can think
of? How do those cultures use
dance?

AH-E-2.2.33, A-HI-2.2.31, AH-M-2.2.32


Dance through time
Dance is also representative
of time periods
What time period do you think of when you hear:

*Charleston,
*Virginia Reel,
*Swing,
*Disco,
*Break dancing, or
*Hip Hop?

Something to think about…


How are the dances of these time periods related to the politics and trend of
the time?

AH-H-2.3.31, AH-H-2.3.311
Dance in History
• Dance has played an
important function in many
cultures throughout history.
• Dance styles, costumes,
and music often reflect the
political climate of the time.
• Dances such as the
“Locomotion”, “Macarena”,
and even the “Chicken
Dance” all perform a
function in our society –
they create a “group” of
dancers having fun!

AH-E-2.2.31, 1.15, 2.23, 2.25


The Elements of Dance
Body
Action
Space
Time
Energy
Elements:

• Remember: BASTE
• Body, Action, Space,
Time, Energy
Body
Action
Action is any human movement included
in the act of dancing.

Action can include dance steps, facial


movements, lifts, carries, and catches,
and even everyday movements such as
walking.

Actions can travel (locomotor) or move


on the spot (non-locomotor).
• SPACE: Is where the body moves. It is the area occupied by
the dancer’s body; includes direction, size, pathways, levels and
shapes.

• Direction: which way a dancer faces or moves; e.g., forward,


backward, sideways, up and down.

• Size: magnitude of a body shape or movement; from small to


large movements

• Pathways: patterns made as a dancer moves through the air or


on the floor (straight, vertical, horizontal, zig-zag); can be made
with locomotor or non-locomotor movements, separately or in
combination.

• Levels: the vertical distance from the floor. Movements take


place on three levels: high, middle or low and deep.

• Shapes: the form created by the body’s position in space.


Aspects of shape are open/closed, symmetrical/asymmetrical,
angular and curved.
Relationships in Space

• Relationship: Compares where a person is positioned


compared to where other people or things are in the space.

• To what or to whom describes the relationship.

• Relationship is the connection between things, be they


dancers to each other, dancers to objects, or a dancer's body
parts to each other.

• Relationship words: in front, beside, behind, over, under


Time
TIME: The relationship of one
movement or part of a movement to
another.

• How fast or slow (tempo) a dance movement


is
• How even or uneven (beat) a dance
movement is
• How long or short (duration) a dance
movement is
Varying the speed of movements provides variety.
Energy (Force)
• Energy: Degree of muscular tension and use
of energy while moving.
• It refers to the force of an action.

HOW?
•Dynamics: how a movement is done;
how the body moves
•Flow: continuity of movement
(bound/free flowing/balanced/neutral)
•Weight: strength or lightness of
movement (heavy/light)
Let us Dig Deeper
1. What do you think is the greatest contribution of
dancing in the society?
2. What do you think will happen if dances do not exist?
3. Imagine yourself talking face to face with your
favorite dancer, What would you like to tell him or her?
4. Imagine yourself talking face to face to a person who
doesn’t have any interest in dancing, What would you
like to tell him or her?
Let us practice
Identify what element or sub element of dance
is evident in the following pictures.
Relationship
Body
Energy
Levels
Shape
Application
Dance Analysis
Your task is to watch a dance performance of “Binatbatan Occupational
Dance” by Ilocano Cultural Heritage dancers.

•(95) Binatbatan Occupational Folk Dance | Ilocano Cultural Dance Herit


age [Ilocos Norte Philippines] – YouTube

•Using the dance analysis activity sheet which will be provided by your
teacher. Your task is to identify the different elements of dance that you
can observe in the said performance.
Generalization

Dance allows the dancer or


choreographer to
communicate their ideas,
thoughts, and feelings
through movement. These
movements are structured
and repeatable, in that they
can be taught to others.

AH-E-2.1.14, 1.15, 2.22


Dance is a way of knowing and
communicating. All societies use dance to
communicate on both personal and
cultural levels and to meet physical and
spiritual needs.

Dance, as with all the arts, has its own


language. We need to learn this language in
order to fully understand and appreciate the
world of Dance.
Identification
Let’s Test
__________ These are movements that does not change location.
1.
__________ The relationship of one movement or part of a movement to another.
2.
__________ These are movements that travels.
3.
__________ The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving.
4.
__________ The area of space occupied by the dancer’s body.
5.
Identify whether the following statement is True or False
__________ Dance can be a representation of culture.
6.
__________ Only good dancers are allowed to dance.
7.
__________ Dancing improves social skills and helps ease stress.
8.
__________ Dance is not a form of art.
9.
__________ Dynamics, Flow and Weight are sub elements of time.
10.

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