Dance and Choreography: Techniques and Performance
**Verbal and Non-Verbal Expressions in Dance**
Some of us use elements of corporal expression to give color and spectacle to our presentations. These, like the “carnival expressions”, are the movements, the expressions, the clothing, including the portrayals of chords with costumes that are worn.
**Dance and Choreography**
Choreography, by definition, is the art of composing dances and, by extension, all the steps and figures which make up a dance. This is an art in that it combines the interpretation of dance steps with the composition of figures, couples, or group dances. To study this art, we separate the different ways of acting when composing choreography:
**Representation of Dance Steps**
Representing dance steps requires a level of training. The timing must be perfect for each of the dances to the rhythm of the music to play. You can make a maximum in this area: the greater the synchronization of the dance, the greater the training time will be. When creating a dance step, the rhythmic structure of the dance, complementarity with the partner or group, and spatial arrangement must be taken into account.
**Representation of Figures**
This paragraph is similar to the creation of dance steps, but this time the aesthetics of the figure become more important than the rhythmic structure of the dance. The figures are those that give aesthetics and plasticity to the art of dance. A choreography without figures would lose the aesthetic element of the dance and leave aside the artistic conception of dance.
**Distribution and Use of Space Along the Dance**
Any dance uses space to evolve throughout it. The ways to use and organize a dance give an infinite variety of possibilities and variations in interpretation. With this distribution and spatial organization of the dances, it can be said that the wealth of moves in a choreography is inexhaustible. The basic ways of using space in a choreography can be summarized in five: circular, diagonal, front, side, and scattered.
**Relaxation: Introduction**
The basis of memory is attention, and its principal enemy is anxiety. Relaxation can be reached through exercise, acting on the nervous system. Proper breathing, with control, contributes to relaxation. In contrast to the social diseases of our time, rest is used for relaxation. Relaxation methods have been practiced since ancient times through hypnosis. Sigmund Freud, known as the creator of psychoanalysis, used the technique of hypnosis in the 19th century. The technique of relaxation was born in the 20th century with Schultz, who was concerned with the decades of hypnosis. Schultz developed a “concentration method”, and Jacobson developed “progressive relaxation”.
**Breathing**
Breathing is a biological need that we can classify as first order, and we know that it will lead to relaxation. Breathing is perhaps the most educable action. Lung volume depends on the amount of air that enters the lungs, influencing the quantity of oxygen that can be supplied to the bloodstream. Abdominal breathing corresponds to filling the lower part of the abdomen, noting how its volume increases, while minimizing the chest.