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Choreographic Forms/structures   Movement Elements Movement Skills
Canon repetition of a movement phrase with groups starting a specific number of beats apart. Force energy behind movement (strong/weak, suspended/percussive, controlled/uncontrolled) Locomotor Non-locomotor
Rondo one primary movement pattern that is accompanied by different secondary movement patterns. Time  speed (tempo) walk twist
rhythm (organization of beats)
ABA movement phrase, a new movement phrase, and a return to the original movement phrase. Space direction (front, side, back, or diagonal) run snap
facing (stage right/left, upstage, down stage)
size (large/small)
level (high, medium, low, on the ground)
floor pattern (circle, half circle, zigzag, diagonal line, horizontal line, and vertical line)
focus (look up, down, right, left, behind, use multiple focuses)
Theme/variation movement pattern with varriations on the original pattern: A, A1, A2, A3, A4 Shape  positions and ways body is used (curved, twisted, angular, straight, symmetrical, or asymmetrical) jump lunge
        slide bend
        turn clap
        grapevine stomp
        leap sway
        slide swing (arms, legs, torso)
        pivot point