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Publisher LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
There are many definitions of dance. How do you define dance? Dance can be studied in terms of its raw materials. We can describe movement thoroughly by breaking dance down into its basic elements:
• Body
• Energy
• Space
• Time
To easily remember the dance elements, we use the acronym: B. E. S. T. Dance can be seen as the use of the BODY with different kinds of ENERGY moving through SPACE and unfolding in TIME.
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