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GCSE Dance Useful Bits & Pieces Physical Skills – words to learn Skills Description Accuracy Observing, interpreting and reproducing exactly the actions you see Alignment Positioning of body parts in relation to the whole body shape Balance Controlling the weight on a particular support Body Awareness Kinaesthetic knowledge – what is moving, where and how Control Performing the actions with skill and sensitivity, and the appropriate muscle awareness Co-ordination Controlling all parts moving at the same time Dynamic Awareness How to move, eg quickly, slowly, gently, strongly, energetically Extension Stretching in space Flexibility The range of movement in a joint Flow How the energy moves from one action to the next Movement Memory Remembering the order of actions accurately Posture How the body is held when sitting, lying down etc Spatial Awareness Knowing where you are facing, the direction of the actions and it’s size, level and shape Stamina Endurance – both muscular and cardio-respiratory Strength Muscle power needed to perform an action Stillness: Holding the body without moving, in a chosen shape Extension & Contraction: Stretch & curl Weight Transference: Changing your supports from one body part to another Gesture: An action that does not take weight but happens in the air around you, eg hand wave, nod of the head, bow Elevation: Actions: What we do The body is in the air with no support on the floor ie jumping, being lifted Rotation: Locomotion: Turning safely on one of three axes on any body part Moving from one place to another Action Vocabulary –Words which describe the movements we can do A Arabesque, Attitude B Balance, bend, bob, bounce, brake C Carry, cartwheel, circle, clap, clench, click, close, coil, collapse, connect, contract, couru, cower, crawl, creep, cross, crumble, curl, curve D Dangle, dart, developpe, dig, dip, dive, divide, drag, drift, droop, drop E Elevate, elongate, enlarge, enter, exit, explode, explore, extend, F Fall, flex, flip, float, fly, fold, follow, freeze, G Gallop, gather, gesture, glide, grab, grip, grow H Hang, hesitate, hide, hold, hop, hover, hurtle, hustle, I Indicate, invert, J Jab, jerk, jete, join, jump K Kick, kneel, knock L Land, lean, leap, lengthen, lie, lift, lollop,look, lower, lunge M Meander, melt, mime, mould, mix-up, move, N Nod, notice O Open, over P Pad, pause, pelt, perch. Perform, pierce, pirouette, pivot, plac e, play, plod, point, pop, pose, pounce, prance, pull, punch, push Q Quiver R Raise, reach, releve, return, ripple, rise, roll, rotate, run S Scatter, settle, shake, shimmy, shoot, shoulder stand, shrink, shrivel, shuffle, sink, sit, skim, skip, slide, slither, snake, saw, spin, spiral, spring, squeak, squiggle, squirm, stalk, stamp, stand, step, stretch, stroke, support, surround, suspend, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, swoop T Tangle, tap, tilt, toss, tramp, travel, turn, twirl, twist U Under, undo, unfold, unwind, up V Veer, vibrate W Wait, walk, watch, wave, whip, whirl, whizz, wind, wrap, wriggle Z Zoom