Elements Quiz

This is a quiz designed to revise the elements of dance. Each task is in separate
envelopes.
Students work in pairs and have to complete one written/practical/drawing task at
a time. When they have completed it they show the teacher and get a new task.

It becomes a bit of a race. And I send to students back to work on

practical tasks if its 'not interesting enough'.  I try to pair those
students that need help with someone who has a clear understanding of the
elements.

1. Match the 4 Dance Elements:

Space Time and Energy Body Awareness Relationships

to: with who/what with what when and how where

2. What is the meaning of locomotor movement?

3. Demonstrate 3 examples of locomotor movements

4. What is the meaning of non-locomotor movement?

5. Give 3 written examples of non-locomotor movements

6. What are the body bases if you are:

 kneeling?
 skipping?
 lying down?

7. Find a word on the Elements Poster that you don’t know the meaning of. Write it
down.

Ask 2 other students what this word means. If they don’t know ask the teacher. Write
the meaning down.

8. With your partner create a curved still shape. Work out which way it should face to
look interesting to an audience.
9. With your partner create 2 asymmetrical still shapes. Create a short transition
between the 2 shapes.

10.What does tempo mean?

11.Create a non-locomotor movement that mainly uses head and fingers. Make it move
from one body base to another.

12.Create a locomotor movement that uses a zig-zag floor pathway.

13.Draw an example of unison and an example of non-unison.

14.Create a movement that has a slide, a twist and 2 shakes. Make sure you have 2
different directions and changes in tempo. Make your movement fit 8 counts.

15.Perform the first 4 counts of your movement in unison and the second 4 counts in
non-unison.

16.Make a shape that uses counter-balance and an interesting body base.

17.Make a shape that uses weight-taking, but is not a counter-balance.

18.Act out a literal movement based on another subject at school.

19.Write down 3 ways you could make the literal movement an abstract movement.

20.Create a short sequence by turning your literal movement into 3 abstract

movements.

 Make sure you also have a moment of non-unison, a locomotor movement, and a
change of body base.