DANCE ACTION AND

GROUP SHAPE
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ACTION
 ACTION

•
Action is any human movement included in the act
of dancing— it can include dance steps, facial
movements, partner lifts, gestures, and even
everyday movements such as walking. Dance is
made up of streams of movement and pauses, so
action refers not only to steps and sequences, but
also to pauses and moments of relative stillness.
TRAVELLING:

It is using your feet and body to move

across a space. To add variety you can
change the size, height, speed and
strength of the step or use different
parts of the foot.
Examples of travelling moves in different
dance styles

■ Street Dance: Back Slide

■ Bollywood: Limp Step
■ Party Fitness: Running Man
■ Dance Circuits: Grapevine
JUMPING:

• It is when your body leaves and returns to

the floor using the feet and legs as springs.
A jump can be as small as a hop and as big
as a leap.
Example jumping moves in different dance
styles:

• ■ Street Dance: Kris Kross

• ■ Bollywood: Basic Turn
• ■ Party Fitness: Flash Jack
• ■ Dance Circuits: Cross Jumps
TURNING:

•It’s when you use your feet to

turn the body around in a circle,
half circle or quarter circle.
Example turning moves in different dance
styles:

• ■ Street Dance: Spin

• ■ Bollywood: Around the World
• ■ Party Fitness: The Swoosh
• ■ Dance Circuits: Charleston Twist
GESTURES:

It is when you move a part or the

whole of your body but not using
your weight, e.g. stretching,
bending and twisting.
Example gesture moves in different dance
styles:

• ■ Street Dance: The Wop

• ■ Bollywood: Turn the Lightbulbs
• ■ Party Fitness: Glow and Roll
• ■ Dance Circuits: Bicep Curls
Stillness

• Stillness is a part of ballet training

when the dancer seems to pause after
a melodic phrase. This moment is filled
with so much information for the
dancer and for the audience who
understand the importance of stillness.
GROUP SHAPES
SYMMETRICAL BODY
SHAPE
What is a symmetrical body shape?

• A symmetrical shape is any shape the

body makes which, if divided down
the middle with an imaginary line,
would show that each side is the same
and forms a mirror image of the other
side.
ASYMMETRICAL BODY
SHAPE
What is asymmetrical body shape?

• An asymmetrical shape is any shape

that the body makes which, if divided
down the middle with an imaginary
line, would show that each side of the
body is different from the other side.