MODERN DANCE AND

ELEMENTS OF
DANCE
MODERN DANCE
"OFTEN REFERRED TO AS
CONTEMPORARY DANCE. THIS HIGHLY
INDIVIDUALISTIC AND DIVERSE FORM
OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION BEGAN AS A
REJECTION OF WHAT ITS ADVOCATES
CONDEMNED AS THE FORMALISM AND
STERILITY OF TRADITIONAL BALLET."

ELEMENTS OF DANCE
BODY
IS THE MEDIUM USED BY THE DANCE ARTIST IN
EXPRESSING HIS/HER CRAFT. THE BODY IS THE
MOBILE FIGURE OF SHAPE, FELT BY THE DANCER
SEEN BY OTHERS.
BODILY SHAPES
BODY SHAPES ARE PRESENT IN ALL ACTIONS IN
DANCE. SHAPES IN DANCE CONVEY MEANING.
- SYMMETRICAL
- ASYMMETRICAL 
ACTION
IT IS ANY BODILY MOVEMENT INVOLVED IN
DANCING. IT CAN BE IN A FORM OF GESTURES,
FACIAL EXPRESSION AND MOVEMENT SKILLS
THAN CAN BE INCORPORATED IN DANCE
- LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS
- NON-LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS
SPACE
THIS IS THE AREA THE PERFORMERS OCCUPY AND WHERE THEY
MOVE. IT CAN BE DIVIDED IN FOUR DIFFERENT ASPECTS, ALSO
KNOWN AS SPATIAL ELEMENTS

DIRECTION
DANCE MOVEMENT CAN TRAVEL IN ANY DIRECTION.

LEVEL
MOVEMENT CAN BE DONE IN HIGH,MEDIUM, OR LOW LEVEL

SIZE
MOVEMENTS CAN BE VARIED BY DOING LARGER OR SMALLER

FOCUS
PERFORMERS MAY CHANGE THEIR FOCUS BY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT DIRECTION

DANCE ENERGIES

DIFFERENT LEVELS AND TYPES OF ENERGIES + CAN BE INCORPORATED IN
THE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY TO MAKE THE DANCE ART DYNAMIC. DANCE
KEEP IT RELEVANT
MOVEMENT CAN BE SHARP OR SMOOTH, STRONG, OR LIGHT, FREE
FLOWING OR WITH SUDDEN STOPS, POWERFUL OR GENTLE

QUALITIES
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4. SWINGING
1. SUSTAINED
2. PERCUSSIVE  . SUSPENDED
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3. VIBRATORY 6. COLLAPSING

TIME
DANCE MOVEMENTS CAN BE EXECUTED AT VARYING BEATS. THE
TIMING CAN BE FAST OR SLOW WITH PAUSES OR SILENT BEATS, OR
EVEN SYNCOPATED.