Stephanie Jane B.

Benjamin G12 – STEM 203

The dance elements used.

 Body – pertains to your body which you use for dancing. It is the shape circles,
triangles, squares, etc. made with the parts of the body, the whole body with
groups of people, or by moving through space.
 Space – it is the area surrounding a person in which he/she is able to move. It
also covers the shape, level, direction, focus and size of the area as well as the
movements you execute on stage.
 Time – it coordinates with the beat, the on-going underlying pulse. Because time
in dancing depicts the duration of a dancer’s movement, it is important to
consider the tempo (how fast or slow), accent (strong beats that occurs in regular
intervals), rhythmic patterns and duration (the length of time the movement lasts).
 Energy – this gives indication how the body uses energy while moving. It could
be heavy/light, sharp/smooth, tensed/relaxed and bound/flowing.

Compare and contrast from tradition-modern-contemporary dances.

 Comparison

1. Both modern dance and contemporary dance have developed to

allow dancers and choreographers to have more room for self-expression
and to break away.

 Contrast

1. Modern dance is a specific style of dance that is free form and stems from the
core, or torso, of the body and uses elements like contact-release, floor work,
fall and recovery, and improvisation while contemporary dance is a
collaborative style that includes modern, jazz, ballet, and hip hop elements.
2. Modern dance focuses more on emotions and moods while contemporary
dance focuses on creating new techniques and styles.
3. Modern dance makes use of the floor, where dancers roll, stretch, lay down
or move across the floor. A modern dancer rejects the classical ballet stance
of an upright, erect body, often opting instead for deliberate falls to the floor
while contemporary dance almost defies description because it can be
balletic or wholly abstract, jazz-influenced or lyrical, structured or
unconventional. 
What are the things to be considered in every genre of dance?

 Theme – There is always an advantage when idea theme one chooses is simple
and one treats it with a very clearly defines concept that had a depth, rather than
choosing all-encompassing or an extremely complicated theme. - It is also
imperative for the choreographer and dancer to be very familiar with ones chosen
theme to be able to do justice to the theme

 Movement – Once the idea theme has been chosen, the choreographer develops
a movement theme or motif. This becomes the first phrase of movement within
the dance. Sometimes this evolves gradually. In either case, the movement
theme contains the generic information from which the dance develops.

 Development – It is generally accepted that most compositions whether it be

music, writing, or dance must have a beginning middle and ending or
conclusions. It also includes the thorough planning for the beginning here you
compose and construct the motif of the succeeding movements, middle
comprises the development of the masterpiece. In developing a movement
motif, one manipulates the various components of movement through the use of
elements of space, time and force and last but not the least is the ending that
pertains to the summation or resolution of the piece whose endings are
sometimes left open or unresolved.