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Dance 2A Vocabulary
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Dance
11th Grade
05/27/2011

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Ball and Socket joint
Definition
the ball like structure of one bone fits into a cup-like structure of another bone
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Turnout
Definition
rotation of the femur at the hip joint (the line of rotation should continue through the knee and foot)
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abduction
Definition
away from the centre line of the body
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flexion
Definition
bending, decreasing the angle between the two bones
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extension
Definition
straightening, increasing the angle between the two bones
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rotation
Definition
circling
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adduction
Definition
toward the centre line of the body
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plane
Definition
a two-dimensional surface or area: in dance we describe movement of the body through the frontal, sagittal and transverse planes
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