ELEMENTS OF

MOVEMENT SPACE

prepared by: Emirose Bermal

1.DIRECTION – Is the line of movement taken
which maybe forward, backward, sideward,
diagonal, upward, or a combination of those
mention.

2.LEVEL – Is the movement through space that

maybe done at high, low, or medium level.
3. RANGE - refers to the area covered as the
body moves. It maybe small as when the
movement is done in one’s palce; or large when
movement covers a wide area as when gettiing
away from one’s place.

4.FLOOR PATTERN – the path or design that is

made while moving in space is what termed as
floor pattern. It may take a form of ciircle,
square line, or zigzag.
MOVEMENT QUALITIES
 TIME QUALITIES:

1. Movements which is fast

Examples; galopping horse; jet plane

2. Movements which is slow

Examples; turtle; flower growing
 FORCE QUALITIES:

1. Soft – Light Movement

Examples; Fairies; Birds and Butterflies

2. Strong – Heavy Movement

Examples; Elephant; Bulldozer
3. Strong – Jerky Movement
Examples; Frog; A jumping jack

4. Smooth – Sustained Movement

Examples; Airplane; Fish swimming
 SPACE QUALITIES:

1. Movement Up and Down

Examples; Bouncing Ball; Yoyo

2. Movement Across, Back and Forth or Around

Examples; Rowing Boat; A merry-go-round
PHASES OF THE DANCE PROGRAM
1. CREATIVE RHYTIMS

 Are sometimes called fundamental rhythms or natural dances.

A creative rhythm is an end product of exploration and

improvisation of movements

 Use as Instrument of expression.

2. FOLK/ETHNIC DANCE

A cultural art form handed down from generation to

generations.

 Itcommunicates the customs, belief, rituals, and occupations of

the people of a region or country.

 Folk dancing belongs to the people and danced by the people of

the tribe.
 Examples of folk dances are the rural and country dances,
jotas, mazurkas, pandanggos, among others with foreign
influence.

 Examples of ethnic dances are the dances of the mountain

people of the Cordilleras, dances of the ethnic groups in the
Cagayan Valley Region and the ethnic dances in the Mindanao
Regions.
3. SOCIAL AND BALLROOM DANCE

 The settingg of the social and ballroom dance is a social

gathering with the more formal atmosphere than the simple and
informal parties in which the recreational dances are the usual
forms.

 Social and ballroom dancing are generally held in the evenings.

 The participants are usually in formal attire.

 RECREATIONAL DANCE

 Includes dance mixers, square dance round and couple dancers.

 Many of these dances have simple patterns and combinations of

walking steps, polka step and the waltz step.

 The setting is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions

etc,
 CREATIVE DANCE

 Is the highest form of dance.

 It
is the end-product of exploration and improvisation of
movements

 The dancer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas, and

interpretations.
 This is a dance with a definite form, a beginning and an ending.

 The principles of art form are all observed in the composition of

the dance.

Examples of creative dance are ballet, jazz, and modern or

contemporary dance.
 Ballet (French: [balɛ]) - is a
type of performance
dance that originated
during the Italian
Renaissance in the fifteenth
century and later developed
into a concert dance form
in France and Russia. It has
since become a widespread
and highly technical form of
dance with its own
vocabulary.
 Jazz dance - combines
techniques of classical
ballet and modern dance
with the current forms of
popular dance. Jazz also has
its own movement
vocabulary ranging from the
isolation of certain body
parts to the movement of the
entire body with the accents
of musical rhythms.
 Contemporary dance - is a
specific genre of concert
dance that concerns non-
choreographic movements
influenced by compositional
philosophy. Modern dance
was born before
contemporary dance and
focuses mainly on the
emotions of dancers, while
the second, focuses on
creating new techniques and
styles.