Q1 PE & HEALTH

It can be characterized as a movement, a physical activity (be it an exercise or a performance), a form of communication, and as a creative art

DANCE

Provide a reason why people dance.

• cultural movement

• human body

• communication

• creative art

• physical activity

• exercise

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being shown?

THIRD POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being shown?

FIFTH POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being shown?

SECOND POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being shown?

FOURTH POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being shown?

FIRST POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being described?

Feet: Heels close together, toes apart with an angle of about 45 degrees.

Arms: Both arms raised in a circle in front of the chest with the fingertips about an inch apart.

FIRST POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being described?

Feet: Heel of front foot close to big toe of rear foot

Arms: Both arms raised overhead

FIFTH POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being described?

Feet: Heel of one foot close to in-step of other foot

Arms: One arm raised in front as in 2nd position; other arm raised upward

THIRD POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being described?

Feet: Feet apart sideward of about a pace distance.

Arms: Both raised sideward with a graceful curve at shoulder level

SECOND POSITION

Which position in the fundamental dance steps is being described?

Feet: One foot in front of other foot of a pace distance

Arms: One arm raised in front as in 1st position; other arm raised overhead

FOURTH POSITION

Refers to when the body is moved in one direction or a combination of directions

LOCOMOTOR

Refers to any movement that doesn’t travel; still uses the available space in any direction or movement

NON-LOCOMOTOR

What are the five classifications of Space?

1. PERSONAL SPACE:

2. GENERAL SPACE

3. LEVEL

4. DIRECTION

5. PATHWAY

The element of dance wherein the choreographer who’s designing a dance may look at their dancers as sculptures; can be curved, straight, angular, twisted, wide, narrow, symmetrical, or asymmetrical.

BODILY SHAPES

The basic building blocks of dance

ELEMENTS OF DANCE

This is the space where the dancer can move; can be a small room, large stage, or outdoor setting.

GENERAL SPACE

This refers through which the dancer’s body moves.

SPACE

This refers to the dancer’s “near space”.

PERSONAL SPACE

These refers to the floor patterns that dancers follow when dancing at a certain space.

PATHWAY

Refers to the movement of dancers through time, and specifically within relationship to the music, tempo, meter, or rhythm.

TIMING

Refers to the force, effort, and dynamic applied to movement

ENERGY Ms Mae Chelle Canoza

This refers to when a group of dancers is arranged in ways that are wide, narrow, rounded, angular, symmetrical, or asymmetrical and are viewed together as a total picture or arrangement within a picture frame.

GROUP SHAPES

What’s the 3 under level?

high: upward, using jumps, leaps, lifting each other

middle: takes place between the height of the dancer’s shoulders and knees

low: sitting, kneeling, sinking to the ground, rolling, or crawling