ESH330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Christine Sinclair, Australian Curriculum
11 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
--"dance is a poem of which each movement is a word" --this week, we get into the specifics of the elements of drama and dance. There are a number of foundational concepts about drama and dance education to grasp: the elements are core. This dance element involves isolation and co-ordination of: --body parts (e. g. , head, shoulders, arms, hands, elbows, wrists, neck, back, upper torso, ribs, hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet); --movements (e. g. , swaying, swinging, jerking, twisting, shaking, turning, lifting, tensing/relaxing, pressing, gliding, floating, flicking, slashing, punching, dabbing, becoming fluid); dabbing, becoming fluid); --body position and relationships of the body to the ground (e. g. , shape or symmetry); --ways of managing body weight in motion and in relation to others. --the patterns we carve as we move in zig zags, straight lines or curving through space. --it encompasses the shapes we make in space and whether they take up a lot of room or a small amount of room.
