Its about some important concepts of Dance.

2. DANCE

3. DANCE
 Dance is a form of
ART that shows
expressions.
 Dance is act of
moving the body in
rhythm.

4. DANCE
 Dance has its own
language and it’s a
way of
communication.

5. TANDAVA
Rudra Tandava
(depicts Violent
nature)
Ananda Tandava
(depicts Enjoy)

6.  All the societies
use dance to
communicate on
both personal and
cultural level

7. OBJECTIVE
 To learn the
language of
dance in order to
fully understand
and appreciate
the world of
dance.

8. CLASSIFICATION OF
DANCE
Artistic
(story told by using
actions and
movement)
Ceremonial
( the purpose is
ceremony or
rituals)
Recreational
(entertainment and
relaxation,
companionship)

9. ELEMENTS OF
DANCE
There are three elements
of dance:
 Space: Area surrounding
a person in which he/she
is able to move.
 Time: The duration of
the movement.
 Force: How the body
uses energy while
moving.

10. SPACE
 Shape: Circles, squares, triangles, etc. made with parts
of the body, whole body, with the groups or by moving
though space.
 Level: The vertical distance from the floor (High,
Medium, Low).
 Direction: Where the body moves (forward, backward,
down, sideways, diagonally).
 Pathways: Tracing the patterns in the air with the arms,
or on the floor by moving body.
 Focus: Where the dancer’s eyes look as he/she
dances.
 Size: Large and small movements.

11. TIME
 Pulse: The ongoing underlying beat.
 Tempo: How fast or slow the movements.
 Accent: Strong beats that usually occur at
regular intervals.
 Rhythm: The word has same meaning as
in music. Patterns made by arranging long
and short movements on rhythm of music
(strong and light sounds).
 Duration: The length of time the movement
lasts.

12. FORCE
 Heavy/Light: More Energy/Less Energy
 Bound/Flowing: Releasing energy in a
controlled, restrained manner/ releasing
energy freely

13. SUMMARY
 Dance
 Elements of Dance

14. THANK YOU 