| A | B |
|---|
| modern dance | form of dance that emphasizes freedom |
| space | environment necessary for any movement |
| Rudolph Laban | dancer, choreographer and movement theorist |
| locomotor movement | movement that travels across the floor |
| negative space | space that is not occupied in relation to your personal space |
| labanotation | system of notation or symbols |
| pathway | path you choose to get from one place to another |
| asymmetrical shape | unequal when divided in half;unbalanced |
| personal space | space that your own body occupies |
| general space | the dancer's available space |
| symmetrical shape | equally balanced on both sides |
| accent | to emphasize or stress a beat |
| positive space | the object or shape that occupies the space |
| beat | the pulse behind the movement |
| time | a concept that organizes movement |
| chaine | chain of turns |
| chasse | to chase |
| duration | the time interval between a beginning of a movement and its ending |
| accumulation | movement that adds on to one another |
| tendu | to point |
| nonlocomotor | movement that does not travel through space |
| plie | to bend |
| energy | the power or force behind a movement |
| dynamics | the energy of movement, expressed in varying intensity, accent, and quality |
| level | the height of the dancer in relation to the floor |
| tempo | the speed of a movement such as fast or slow |
| strong/light efforts | hard movement versus soft movement |
| sudden/sustained efforts | fast movement versus slow movement |
| punch/press efforts | quick and sharp outward thrusts of the body versus slower pushing movements |
| bound/free efforts | feeling captured in movement versus a wide range of movement that is your choice |
