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Question 1

What is Facial expression?

Answer 1

Use of the face to show mood, feeling or character.

Question 2

What is Musicality?

Answer 2

The ability to make the unique qualities of the accompaniment evident in performance.

Question 3

What is Sensitivity to other dancers?

Answer 3

Awareness of and connection to other dancers.

Question 4

What is Interpretation?

Answer 4

Putting your own stamp on the choreography.

Question 5

Examples of Actions:

Answer 5

Travel, Turn, Elevation, Gesture, Stillness, Use of different body parts, Floor work, Transfer of weight.

Question 6

Examples of Dynamics:

Answer 6

Fast/ slow, sudden/ sustained, acceleration/ deceleration, strong/light, direct/ indirect, flowing/ abrupt.

Question 7

Examples of Space:

Answer 7

Pathways, levels, directions, size of movement, patterns, spatial design, proximity.

Question 8

Example of Relationships:

Answer 8

Contact.

Question 9

Examples of Choreographic intent:

Answer 9

Mood, meaning ideas, themes and dance style.

Question 10

What is Fragmentation?

Answer 10

Reorder the movement.

Question 11

What is Canon?

Answer 11

When the same movement overlap in time.

Question 12

What is Unison?

Answer 12

Two or more dancers performing the same movement at the same time.

Question 13

What is Q&A?

Answer 13

When a dancer (or group of dancers) moves first, then another responds with movement.

Question 14

What is Counterpoint?

Answer 14

All dancers doing different movements at the same time.

Question 15

What is Action/ reaction?

Answer 15

When one movement or sequence triggers the next to happen.

Question 16

What is Mirroring?

Answer 16

Reflecting the movement of your partner.

Question 17

What is Lead and follow?

Answer 17

When one dancer or group of dancers leads the other performers.

Question 18

Example to show character:

Answer 18

The wind sound effect helped to portray the Ghosts (Ghost Dances).

Question 19

Example to suggest location:

Answer 19

The pan pipes show Ghost Dances is set in Chile.

Question 20

Example to Create mood/ atmosphere:

Answer 20

The tense music sets the mood of an interrogation (Swan Song).

Question 21

Example to Match/ contrast the dance style:

Answer 21

The classical music contrasts the comical contemporary style of the movement of the ‘Gobstoppers’ in the Nutcracker.

Question 22

Example to Lyrics and movement linked:

Answer 22

The lyrics and actions link to tell the narrative (WWRY).