Creative Dance


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Dance Analysis

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Section 4 of Dance

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SECTION 4 - Putting it all together

DRIFT

Light and sustained movement

Body

-Extend, angles

Space

-levels, pathways

TURN

Gentle, light turns

Effort

-Sustained, gentle, soft, light

Relationship

-Group

Listen for the energy of the music to build and then

WHIRL

and

LEAP

Body

-Stretch, contract

Effort

-Quick, light

Relationship

-Awareness of group

Space

-pathways, levels

DRIFT/TURN

and

WHIRL/LEAP

(Combination of movements)

See Refinements above.

As the energy of the music fades,

SETTLE to the floor

Body

-Collapse, fall

Effort

-Sustained, light

Space

-pathways, levels

Relationship

-Awareness of group