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# 5 Dance Action Categories

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The five dance action categories are **Travel, Turn, Gesture, Flight, and Stillness**. These are foundational movement types used in dance. Understanding these categories can help teachers to structure lessons, guide pupils creatively, and confidently build simple movement phrases.

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The five dance action categories are **Travel, Turn, Gesture, Flight, and Stillness**.

## The Five Dance Action Categories

1. **Travel** - Encourages pupils to explore space by moving around the performance area
2. **Turn** - Rotating all or part of their body, examples include rolling, spinning and pivoting
3. **Gesture** - Actions that express and idea such as waving, pointing or miming an action like climbing a tree, it can help build the narrative of a dance
4. **Flight** - Leaving the ground through actions such as jumping or leaping brings dynamics to the dance
5. **Stillness** - Pausing, freezing or holding a position brings contrast to the dance

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