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Creative Thinking and Exploration
Involves thinking creatively and exploring various movement possibilities to articulate specific intentions through dance vocabularies.
Understanding Dance Structures
Focuses on exploring different ways of structuring dances, including narrative, theme-based, musical, abstract, improvisational, spatial, rhythmic, conceptual, collaborative, and technical structures.
Alignment and Posture
Emphasizes proper alignment and maintaining upright posture to support movement efficiency and avoid injury.
Balance and Stability
Involves understanding the center of gravity and using the base of support effectively to maintain balance and stability during movement.
Weight Transfer
Refers to smoothly shifting the body's weight from one part to another and utilizing grounding to create movement.
Breath Support
Using breath to support and initiate movement, along with coordinating breath with movement for enhanced fluidity.
Extension and Flexion
Involves extending and flexing the body to create lines and shapes, along with joint articulation and sequential movement coordination.
Opposition and Coordination
Utilizing opposing forces within the body for dynamic movement and harmonizing different body parts to move effectively.
Dynamics and Quality of Movement
Varying intensity, speed, and force of movements to create contrast and exploring different movement qualities.
Timing and Rhythm
Coordinating movements with music or rhythm, understanding pacing, accelerations, and decelerations for effective dance expression.
Waltz
A ballroom dance in triple meter, characterized by its smooth, flowing movements.
X-Position
A position where the arms or legs are crossed or extended in a way that forms an “X.”
Yank
A quick, forceful pull or movement, often used in modern dance to create tension or dynamics.
Zigzag
A movement pattern that involves a series of sharp, angular changes in direction.
Skill Development
Providing opportunities for students to practice required skills and meet assessment requirements.
Creating Original Dances
Composing original dances as coursework, including one arrangement of a long-standing established dance.
Contrasting Compositional Nature (HL Specific)
HL students creating dances with contrasting themes, styles, movement qualities, dynamics, music, spatial design, choreographic structures, and costuming/set design.
Analysis and Examination
Involves analyzing personal dance work, demonstrating understanding of compositional structure, discussing choreographed works, making connections, and meeting assessment requirements.
Assessment Requirements
Include creating and presenting original dances, written analytical statements, discussion and comparative analysis, and HL-specific assessments for contrasting compositional nature.
Narrative Structure
Involves storytelling and themed-based
Musical Structure
Involves verse-chorus and phrasing
Abstract Structure
Involves motif development and ABA form
Improvisational Structure
Involves Structured improvisation and contact improvisation
Spatial Structure
Involves use of space and formation changes
Rhythmic Structure
Involves syncopation and polyrhythms
Conceptual Structure
Involves idea-driven and symbolism
Collaborative Structure
Involves co-choreography and dancer input
Technical Structure
Involves technique based and skill development
Form
Refers to the structure and organization of the dance. It includes the overall layout, sequences, patterns, and the spatial and temporal arrangement of movements.
Content
Encompasses the themes, ideas, emotions, and narratives expressed through the dance. It’s the subject matter or message that the dance conveys.
Function
Refers to the purpose or intended outcome of the dance. It’s the reason why the dance is created and performed.
Arabasque
A position in which the dancer stands on one leg with the other leg extended horizontally behind them.
Ballet
A highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary and set of movements, characterized by grace, precision, and formalized steps.
Choreography
The art of designing and arranging dance movements and sequences.
En Croix
Movement done in the shape of a cross, typically front, side, back, side.
Fondu
A lowering of the body on one leg, with the other leg moving in or out.
Glissade
A gliding step, typically used to transition between positions.
Hip Hop
A dance style characterized by breaking, locking, and popping, originating from street dance.
Isolations
Moving one part of the body while keeping the rest still.
Jazz
A dance style that blends elements of ballet, modern dance, and popular music, often characterized by its rhythmic, energetic movements.
Piqué
A stepping motion in which the dancer steps directly onto the pointed foot, often used in pirouettes.
Syncopation
A rhythmic pattern in which the expected beat is accented differently, adding variety to the rhythm.
Vaganova
A method of ballet training developed by Russian ballet dancer Agrippina Vaganova, known for its emphasis on technique and artistry.
Composition requirements for second dance
Solo or duet performed by the student alone or with another student from the school.
Collaboration
Working with different choreographers or dancers specializing in contrasting styles to bring authenticity and depth to each piece.
1000 word
Length of the analytical statement demonstrating their understanding of comp
Twirling
Spinning or rotating the body, often used in jazz and contemporary dance.
Tour en l’Air
A jump or leap in which the dancer rotates their body in the air.
Sissonne
A jump from both feet to one foot.
Quadrille
A square dance, often performed in set patterns.
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