Discuss the following:
Choose a specific dance from anywhere in the world you have seen or danced. This refers to a particular dance and not a dance genre. For example, the ChaCha is a specific dance . Whereas Ballroom Dance is a genre of dance.
1. Name the dance and country it originated from.
2. Starting with Body, use your BASTE chart to describe specific movement you choose from the dance. Continue through each of the sections of the BASTE chart from Body to Energy. You will be describing the dance through one term in each of the categories.
PROFESSOR EXAMPLE BELOW:
For example: ChaCha
You need to choose what part of the movement you would like to describe.
I’m choosing the swing or rock step in the ChaCha
Body: torso
Action: rock
Space: medium
Time: accent
Energy: smooth