Physical and Technical Performance Skills
What makes a dancer strong on stage? Meet the physical skills the body needs, from strength to flexibility, and the technical skills of accurate movement: action, dynamics, space and relationships.
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What makes a strong dancer? 💃
What separates a strong dancer from a shaky one? Two things: **physical skills**, what the body can do, and **technical skills**, how accurately the body moves. This module looks at both, from strength and flexibility to action, dynamics and space.
The body ready to dance 📖
Physical skills are what the body is able to do:
Two families of skill ⚖️
Dance skills fall into two families.
Match each physical skill 🔗
- Coordination
- Control
- Strength
- Stamina
- Moving different body parts together smoothly
- Moving precisely and deliberately, with no wobble
- The muscular power to lift, jump or hold a shape
- The staying power to dance for a long time without tiring
Name the skill 🎯
A dancer works on being able to dance a whole piece without getting out of breath. Which physical skill is that?
- Stamina
- Flexibility
- Posture
- Isolation
Accurate movement 🩰
Technical skills are about performing the movement **accurately**. The big four are the features of any dance: **action** (what the body does - travel, jump, turn, gesture), **dynamics** (how it is done - fast or slow, strong or light), **space** (levels, directions and pathways), and **relationships** (how dancers work together).
Match each technical skill 🔀
- Action
- Dynamics
- Space
- Relationships
- What the body does, such as a jump, turn or gesture
- How a movement is done, such as fast, slow, strong or light
- The use of levels, directions and pathways
- How dancers work together, such as in unison or canon
Spot the physical skills ✅
Select the TWO PHYSICAL skills from the list below.
- Flexibility
- Strength
- Dynamics
- Action
Hold a balance 🪜
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Skills in words 🧩
The skills of a dancer split into two families. _____ skills are what the body can do, like strength and _____. _____ skills are how accurately the movement is performed. The four features of a dance are action, dynamics, space and _____. The staying power to dance without tiring is called _____.
Spot the true statements 🖍️
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Improve the dancer 🧭
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Improve two skills ✍️
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