Nov 23, 2018
11-13-18 Energy cont.
• Movement qualities are used to discuss and define movement
- How movement is initiated, not the speed it occurs
- Not the amount of energy, but HOW it’s expended
- examples: sharp, smooth, toss, limp, bouncy, flick, clunk, growing
• Percussive energy
- The nature of being detached
- sharp start and stop
- sudden and abrupt
- examples: flick or thrown
• Sustained energy
- The nature of being smooth
- flowing or drawn out
- examples: melty or gooey
1. Percussive - fast - high energy
2. Percussive - fast - low energy
3. Percussive - slow - high energy
4. Percussive - slow - low energy
5. Sustained - slow - high energy
6. Sustained - slow - low energy
7. Sustained - fast - high energy
8. Sustained - fast - low energy
