Choreography

Choreography

Industry: Dance

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Call-and-response

Dance; Choreography

A structure in which one soloist or group performs while a second soloist or group's performance responds to or answers the first.

Literal ideas

Dance; Choreography

A dance movement that communicates a storey or message to an audience.

The vocabulary that dancers use to communicate, including the names of dance steps, terms used in the process of creating dance, terms used to refine dancing ability, and terms used to make aesthetic ...

Kinesthetic awareness

Dance; Choreography

The ability to feel and know where one's and others' bodies are in space without looking. Awareness of relative force and movement.

Individual dance study

Dance; Choreography

A short dance for one person that explores an idea and has a beginning, middle, and end.

Aesthetic judgments

Dance; Choreography

Assessment and decision-making about the adequacy of fine art forms. (These are relative, never absolute, and depend upon the character of the form, need of the participant, and the environment.)

Aesthetic principles

Dance; Choreography

Considerations that guide a choreographer in the creation of a dance: balance, climax, contrast, harmony, proportion, repetition, sequence, transition, unity, and variety.