B.E.S.T.
Body
Energy
Space
Time
- body parts (joints, muscles, head, shoulders, arms, hips, feet, lets, back, etc.)
- body moves (travelling, stretching, collapsing, bending, twisting, rising, falling)
- body shapes (weight transfer, balance, symmetrical, asymmetrical, in the air, on the ground)
- attack (sharp, smooth)
- Weight (heavy, light)
- Flow (free, bound)
- Direction (forward, backward, sideways, turning, up, down)
- Levels (high, medium, low)
- Pathways (straight, zigzag, angular, circular)
- Spatial Relationships (the body in relationship to itself, to others, to equipment)
- variations in rhythm, beat, pattern, accent, and tempo
- (Move through the space with movements for 8 counts of the music)
- (if you feel comfortable enough you can also use counts of 4 and 2)