Dynamic Range exercise

   Dancers need good dynamic range, to make it more interesting for them, and the audience to watch. Dynamic range is having fast and slow, or soft and sharp movements. This allows the dance to be more interesting to watch, as if all the movement were fast, it doesn't add the surprise element of what is going to happen next.

Dancers can increase their dynamic range, by putting in sharp movements and soft into their dances. They can make their movement softer by fully extending their arms and takings a longer time to do the movement. I can imagine someone is pulling my arm and I have to counterbalance my weight. However, dancers can also make their movement sharper by having strong muscles and being precise. I can make a movement sharper by going through the movements one count at a time, and feeling where my body weight should be. I can imagine someone is taking a picture of each movement so my movements will be clean and sharp.

Dancers can also achieve dynamic stretching to improve their dynamic range. Dynamic stretching is stretching and warming-up through movement. This doesn't mean bouncing during a static stretch, but rather gently but vigorously swinging and rotating the various joints. For example, I can roll down through my spine and out into a press up position. As well as lie on my back and swing one leg at a time backward and forward, I am leaning to the side while my leg is swinging. I could also do a kick, instead of holding my leg, I can kick it higher and higher each time. But I should only do the number of repetitions that I can do, without decreasing my range of motion.

In order to improve my dynamic range, I will do dynamic stretches and go through the movements count by count.