Textual Analysis Dance

Dancing has been an important part of my life since I was born. But my passion grew in sixth grade. Sixth grade, the beginning of middle school I learned how to show the world she can shine. Dancing is a feeling that has completely changed almost every bit and piece of my life, including academics, confidence, and even my interactions with other kids. I am someone who has aimed high my entire life, but dance was what gave me that final push to stepping out into my own image. That is why this topic is so important to me.

Mathematics is present in dance. No, we do not just simple add and subtract numbers, instead we use abstract mathematics and different methods of analysis to understand dance at a deeper level. Dance can be used to teach the

Dance uses algebra patterning, group formations, tessellations, repetition, sequences and variations. Dance uses numeracy and the counting of beats, accents, syncopated time patterns, and other rhythm and time structures. Dance uses mapping, the clock, compass, and other shapes and spatial formations. Dancers and choreographers need to calculate and measure spatial dimensions and the proportions of floor and air space when choreographing and staging a production.. We can consider the shapes, patterns, angles and symmetry of many different aspects of dance within a variety of scopes. The analysis could concern anything from one dancer frozen in a position to a whole ensemble actively moving in space. In the first case, we would look at the lines of the body and their relation to each other and to the space in which the dancer exists. In the latter, we would consider not only the lines and shapes created by the collective and the way in which they change with the music, but also the patterns of beats bringing on those

We not only have the lines formed by the dancers individually, but also the shapes and patterns arising from their bodies interacting together. Pieces involving more than one dancer very often use the idea of translation. To be more specific, if we asked a whole ensemble, or even just a few dancers within the group, to perform the same movement at the same time, we introduce translation of that pose. Since dancers are three dimensional creatures, their movements and poses exhibit different geometrical relations depending on the angle at which we are observing the piece. In addition, with groups, we might need to deconstruct the formation in order to find relationships. It is possible, and in fact more interesting, to have a pose that as a whole does not posses simple geometric properties, but when taken apart exposes their presence. Geometry in dance is unavoidable. The moment a dancer enters the floor, their body and their moves create shapes and patterns that simply wait to be noticed by the