modern dance

Modern Dance/ Contemporary dance

- A style of dancing where dancers are free to express their feelings through movement without adhering to any rules in dance.

TECHNIQUE

- Teaches the dancers to control and make the body an instrument

IMPROVISATION

- Spontaneous movement performed by dancers in response to choreographer.

CHOREOGRAPHY

- Represents the personal and emotional experiences of its creators. Modern dance allows choreographer freedom.

DANCE WALK

- An even rhythm pattern in which an alternate transfer of weight occurs from one foot to the other

RUN

- Faster than walking

Triplet

Basic modern dance experience performed in an even ¾ meter with each step requiring a complete change of weight

WALTZ

- Even rhythm with counts 1 2 3/ 1 2 3/. Begin as in the walk, turned out fifth position

Gallop

- This is two steps performed in uneven rhythms 1 & 2/ 1 & 2/, long-short, long-short

Dancesport

- is a combination of art and sport. It was called competitive ballroom dancing

-to gain discipline of the body and mind of the dancers and athletes. 

Street Dance

- is one of the newest genres in 20th century that immensely attracts the new generation particularly youth.

Rapping

vocal elements. Rap music is the heart of the hip-hop musical genre.

Disc Jockeying

means scratching or turn-table record mixing

Break Dancing

- an elaborated social dance form that came teenage Latino and African American Male

Graffiti

– also known as aerosol art.

Bounce or recoil

– it is a quick contraction and retraction or vice-versa movement with energy and vitality.

Tightening of the Body

- the body is controlled with firmness and strength to prepare for explosive and sudden movements

Agility and Coordination

must be able to move quickly and smoothly form one person to the other with ease