Dance is an expressive art form that involves movement, often performed to music and designed to convey stories through physical actions. Key elements of dance include space awareness, energy, dynamics, and timing, which are crucial for a successful performance. Additionally, emotions and balance play vital roles to ensure the dancer engages the audience and maintains composure.

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The Elements and Principles of Dance
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What is dance?
Dance is a form of art that shows expressions and
is really involved with movement. Dance is normally
for fun and entertainment. You usually dance to
music.
Dance is a usually story written in vivid detail, told
using action and movement. The story is explained
using hand, arm and leg movements.
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Elements of Dance
Space
Energy/Force
Dynamics
Emotions
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Space
Spacial awareness is very important
towards dance. You have to be able to
manage your space so the audience is able
to see you, to be aware on where you are
while dancing. If you’re dancing with a
partner, you have to make sure you never
bump into each other, unless if you need to
do that on purpose. The audience will also
be curious whether you stay in one spot to
dance or move around the stage.
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Energy
You need energy while dancing to make
your performance look enthusiastic. Make
sure you DO NOT practice too much
before your performance, because you’ll
get too tired. As a result, your
performance will not look natural and
your movements will be sloppy.
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Dynamics
The dynamics of dance are also equally
important to make a good dance. Dynamics
in music mean loud and soft, but in dance
they mean how you move, the style you move
in. So for example dynamics would be if you
move freely or you’re in a war and you’re
moving very tensely and worryingly.
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PRINCIPLES OF DANCE
MOVEMENTS
TIME
EMOTIONS
CONTRAST
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Body Movements
The body moves while dancing. It does hand
movements, actions, leg movements, etc. to
express feelings and sometimes tells a
story.
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Time & Contrast
You have to make sure you have proper
timing while dancing. This is because you
won’t make your audience really bored. You
also need to be in rhythm with the music if
you’re dancing with music. Speed in your
movements also matters because you should
have a bit of contrast in your dance -
moving slower or faster.
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Emotions
Many dances have a purpose of showing
emotions. The emotions show what feelings
you have, which is pretty obvious. You don’t
speak in dance though, show showing your
emotions during your dance movements is
vital.
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Balance
You need to have good balance when you’re
dancing. This is because you don’t want to
embarrass yourself in front your audience by
tripping and falling all over the place.
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Fire Dancing
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13. Ribbon Dancing
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