DANCE GLOSSARY
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Glossary is a list of words related to a specific topic, with brief definitions, arranged alphabetically. Here, we have an illustrated list of words with their meanings in context of dance.
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Pathways:

If the feet had chalk on them the marks left on the floor would show the floor pathway. Air pathways are the routes traced in the air during a gesture by any body part. Pathways can be curved, angular, straight, or a combination of these.


Personal Space:

All the space around the body that can be reached into while standing still. Personal space goes with the dancer wherever (s)he moves.


Phrase:

Two or more movement ideas (motifs) linked together.


Posture:

The way the body is carried.