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COMPONENTS OF BODY MOVEMENTS

Locomotor – is the act or power of moving from

place to place.
It is a movement usually involves moving
around the wider, available area, with the
body not anchored and with complete
transfer of weight.
Locomotor movements categorized as even and
uneven movements.
BASIC LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

Even rhythm movements are:

Walking, jumping, running, hopping
&leaping
Uneven rhythm movements are:
Sliding, galloping, crawling and skipping
NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

Is the movement that moves around the axis

of the body (the spine) rather than
movement which takes the body through
space.
It is anchored movement. It stays in one
place.
It is sometimes called axial movements.
BASIC NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

Bend-straighten
Twist-turn
Swing-rock
Push-pull
Curl-stretch
Rise-fall
DIFFERENT NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS

Bending Rotating
Flexing Swinging
Stretching Swaying
Extending Turning
Lifting Shaking
Raising Wiggling
Twisting
AXIAL MOVEMENTS

It refers to an element of dance in which

dancers stay anchored to one place by a
single body part while using available
space in any direction.
AXIAL MOVEMENTS

Bending
Stretching
Twisting
Swinging
Gesturing
Rising
Rotating
Spinning
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