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When teaching dance and gymnastics, one of the most significant and affective parts of you job is to encourage and develop your students confidence to create interesting and well executed responses to movement tasks. The more you can pinpoint what students are doing well and need to improve in dance and gymnastics the more confidence they will have, the better their performance will be and the more satisfaction and enjoyment they will get from the lesson. Of course good lesson planning, effective management and appropriate content all need to be in place for a successful lesson in which students feel valued, safe and able to success.

In this Padlet you will be practicing observing and describing how the body moves; how much energy the body uses to execute movement and the impact that has on expression. This element is often called EFFORT and most often experience through TIME and STENGTH of movement

Refresh your knowledge about the elements of movement analysis by watching the video again.

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Power and energy ​

Using a lot of power, creates moves that are strong, forceful, firm. ​

These express self-confidence, self-assurance, anger, determination.​

​The opposite expression of energy are:

Gentle and soft​

Using very little power creates moves that are light, gentle, delicate, buoyant, floaty.​

These express careful, caring, timid or frightened. ​

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Task 3. Observing and Describing Power and Energy in Movement

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Task 3. Observing and Describing Power and Energy in Movement

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a) Watch at least the first 1.03 minutes ​of Axis Dance Company​ in the video here

b) Choose from the list below all the words you think best describe how the dancers move​

Firm, angry, forceful, sloppy, crisp, confident, dominant, easy, gentle, confrontational, vigorous, energetic, weak, dynamic, fragile, exhausted.​

b) Choose one of the words and explain why you have selected it.​ Bring your results to lab.

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AXIS Dance on SYTYCD 2012- Changing Dance and Disability with Duets and Wheelchairs

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Slow ​

Moving slowly, is sustained, gradual, prolonged, lingering​

It can express laziness, leisurely, tired, deliberate​

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Fast ​

Moving quickly, suddenly,  sharply​

It can express urgency, impulsiveness, jitteriness, impatience. ​

Changing between fast and slow makes a routine look more interesting.

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Tango is probably the most exceptional example of using speed changes in movement for great effect. This style of dance depends on sudden changes from very slow and sultry to fast and furious, slow and controlled to sharp and even wild.
Watch the video and list as many words as possible to describe how the dancers are performing the tango.

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Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice Argentine Tango ✨ BBC Strictly 2021