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Teaching Children to Dance
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Dance
Undergraduate 3
02/21/2011

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Term
force
Definition
how or in what manner a movement occurs
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impulse
Definition
a contraction of muscles that requires energy or effort
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receptive movements
Definition
opening up to what is happening in the moment and being influenced by it
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active movements
Definition
express the feeling of being in charge, of making things happen
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pulse
Definition
a pattern of beats
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measured
Definition
time patterns with an underlying steady beat
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syncopation
Definition
what happens when an accent falls in an unexpected place in the measure
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unmeasured
Definition
free, irregular beat with an uneven time pattern
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common pulse
Definition
when everyone synchronizes their movements to the same beat
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echo
Definition
short phrases of beat patterns are created by one dancer or group, and then repeated by others
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canon
Definition
patterns are repeated in an overlapping fashion, with one pattern beginning before the next one ends
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alternate response
Definition
dancers answer each other with beat patterns that complement or contrast with each other rather than repeating the same phrase
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kinesphere
Definition
the self-space, personal space, determined by the limbs' reach into space
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place
Definition
where a kinesphere rests. a point directly under the center of gravity of the body
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Level
Definition
relationship to the earth (high, middle or low)
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facing
Definition
the orientation of the front of the body; where the body is facing
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shape
Definition
relationship of parts of the body to each other
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one-dimensional
Definition
movements that simply go forward or back, rise or sink, or move right and left
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two-dimensional
Definition
movements that stay within a given plane
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spatial form
Definition
allows a group of dancers to function as a single unit
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