Dance move

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Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns,[1][2] dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each other. However, more complex movements are influenced by musicality and lyrical relevance to express emotions or refer to a message. Dance moves tend to emphasize the concepts of

lead and follow and connection
.

In most cases, dance moves by themselves are independent of

musicality, which is the appropriateness of a move to the music (for a notable exception, see Bharatanatyam
). Generally, they are memorized in sets of eight counts. Also there are two different movements: concrete and abstract. These two movements show time, space, relationship, quality and focus. For example, relationship could describe the movement of two or more different dancers. The names of moves may be somewhat arbitrary and vary from person to person and city to city.

Techniques

"A line dance is made up of a number of movements called steps. Each step is given a name so teachers can tell dancers to perform this step when teaching a dance. The most well known is the grapevine (or vine for short), a four-count movement to the side."[citation needed][3]

In ballroom dancing a "dance step" is defined as, or requires, the shifting of one's body weight from one foot to the other in time to the music.[4] "Dancing is stepping in time to the beats of the music. ... In addition to steps, there are also dance movements, such as toe touches, kicks, and hops."[5] Some genres, such as ballet, have, "a clear repertoire of dance steps,"[6] thus different types of dance may be characterized by their differing and shared steps. Each dance emphasizes its own moves, but often moves are shared by several dances. The steps of a dance or pattern may be listed in a step sheet.

Dance patterns may be described by difficulty.

Irish dancing occur in the sagittal plane.[8] Different dance moves cause different stresses on different parts of the body of the dancer performing the moves, for example tap, Irish, and ballet moves cause repeated pounding to the balls of the feet while demi-plié jump landings cause shock to be absorbed through the knees as well as through the balls of the feet.[8]

See also

References

  1. Noh theater
    ] dance, patterns are named combinations of arm and leg movement."
  2. ISBN 9780674028746
    . "Dance patterns are learned; and the more codified a dance style is, the more likely it is to be preserved and transmitted intact through the years."
  3. OCLC 646847081
    – via Internet Archive and HathiTrust.
  4. ISBN 9780028643458
    . "Simply placing your foot in another location is not enough. You must complete the transfer of all your body weight over the new supporting foot." p.81: "A dance step is completed with a weight change from one foot to the next."
  5. ^
    ISBN 9780292715516
    .
  6. ISBN 9783319216201
    .
  7. ^
    ISBN 9781578262410
    . "Within the social level, dance patterns are often grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels."
  8. ^
    ISBN 9780323442572
    .
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