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Appendices
1. The Elements of Dance
What?

Where?

Body Awareness

Space

Locomotor

Non-Locomotor

Level

Range

Place

walk

run

bend

push

high

near

personal

jump

hop

stretch

pull

medium

far

general

roll

climb

twist

rock

low

big

slide

skip

swing

balance

Direction

small

waltz

gallop

melt

shake

forward

Pathway

Body Base

Body Shape

Body Parts

backward

in the air

standing

stretched

head

right / left

on the floor

sitting

curled

shoulders

up / down

straight

kneeling

twisted

legs

Focus

curved

lying

angular

arms

fixed

zigzag

symmetrical

elbows

moving

irregular

asymmetrical

fingers

single

wrists

multi

knees
ankles
toes

When and How?

Time

With Whom or What?

Energy

Relationships

Tempo

Accent

Weight

Flow

fast

emphasis

firm

free

slow

Rhythm

light

bound

increasing

steady

individual

pair

group

objects and environments

over

under

around

parting

soft

through

beside

behind

linking

decreasing pattern

strong

towards

away from

near / far

between

Duration

breath

weak

meeting

mirroring

matching

connected

long

irregular

heavy

copying

shadowing contrasting in / out

alone

scattering

gathering

on / off

action

reaction

simultaneous

unison

canon

successive

short
Beat
underlying
pulse

Quality
sudden

vibratory

sharp

sustained

percussive erratic
smooth

explosive

delicate

collapse

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