Exploring the Creative Process Through Dance
Locomotor and Non-Locomotor Movements
Author: John Morris
Locomotor movements: ways that a dancer can move or travel through space from one location to another, including - walk, run, hop jump, skip, leap, slide, crawl and roll.
Non-locomotor movements: ways that a dancer can move in space without traveling; at least one foot usually remains in place - bend, stretch, twist, reach, turn, melt, fall, kick, push, pull, slash, float and glide.
Non-locomotor movements: ways that a dancer can move in space without traveling; at least one foot usually remains in place - bend, stretch, twist, reach, turn, melt, fall, kick, push, pull, slash, float and glide.