Advanced dance technique and styles
Different dance styles demand different bodies and different technique — a contemporary dancer and a street dancer train very differently.
Part of your national curriculum
- Technique and performance: Perform dances using advanced dance techniques within a range of dance styles and forms
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Perform dances using advanced dance techniques within a range of dance styles and forms
Key learning points
- • Core technical elements
- • Styles and forms
- • Performing with intent
This lesson at a glance
- 22 minutes
- 17 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Advanced dance technique and styles
Different dance styles demand different bodies and different technique — a contemporary dancer and a street dancer train very differently.
In a nutshell
Perform dances using advanced dance techniques within a range of dance styles and forms
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Core technical elements
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Core technical elements
Across styles, dancers work on core technique: alignment (posture), extension (how fully a movement is stretched), control (stopping precisely) and dynamics (sharp versus fluid movement quality).
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Styles and forms
Contemporary dance often values fluid, floor-based movement and use of weight; street styles like hip-hop emphasise isolations and rhythm; traditional forms may follow set steps and formations. Advanced performers adapt technique to fit each style's demands.
Quick check
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
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Part 2 · Performing with intent
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Performing with intent
Advanced dance is not just accurate steps — it is performing with clear intent, facial expression and projection so the choreography's meaning reaches the audience, not just the correct positions.
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
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Challenge round
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Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
____ performers adapt technique to fit each style's demands.
Challenge round
Part 15 of 17
Game · Recall cards
What does 'extension' refer to in dance technique?
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Advanced dance technique and styles
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. What does 'extension' refer to in dance technique?
2. Which dance style is particularly associated with isolations and rhythm?
3. Why is performing 'with intent' important in advanced dance?
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Perform dances using advanced dance techniques within a range of dance styles and forms