Pam Howard Taken from AQA GCSE Performing Arts: Dance

Action Vocabulary

A Arabesque, attitude

B Balance, bend, bounce, brake

C Carry, cartwheel, circle, clap, clench, click, coil, collapse, contract, couru, cower, curl, creep, curve D Dangle, dart, developé, dig, dive, drag, drift, drop

E Enlarge, elevate, elongate, enter, exit, explode, extend

F Fall, flex, float, flip, fly, fold, freeze

G Gallop, gather, gesture, glide, grab, grip, grow

H Hang, hesitate, hold, hop, hover, hustle

I Invert

J Jab, jerk. jeté, jump

K Kick, kneel, knock

L Lean, leap, lengthen, lie, lift, lollop, look, lower, lunge

M Meander, melt, mime, move

O Open

P Pad, pelt, pierce, pirouette, pivot, place, point, pose, pounce, prance, pull, punch, push Q Quiver

R Raise, reach, relevé, ripple, rise, roll, rotate, run

S Scatter, shake, shoulder stand, shrink, shrivel, shuffle, sink, sit, slide, spring, squeak, squirm, stamp, stand, step, stretch, stroke, support, surround, sway, swing T Tap, tilt, travel, turn. twirl, twist

U Unfold

V Veer, vibrate

W Walk, watch, whip, whirl, wrap, wriggle