Dynamics: Forces and Motion – A Basic Guide to Dynamics Theory

Whether you’re learning to play the piano or taking a physics final at school, learning how to calculate forces and body movements can help you understand your physical world more accurately. Both of these concepts are applied in dancing as well, but many dancers are put off by the idea of force theory simply because they think it’s something that only physicists or professional athletes would understand. Thankfully, dancing offers us an excellent example of how to force theory can be put into practice on stage! The way we dance on stage affects our frame of mind, which is why this subject is so fascinating. Let’s take a look at some basic dances, their dynamics, and how they affect our bodies.

What Is a Dynamics Lesson?

Most choreographers teach their students how to create a movement based on a set concept. But how do you apply that knowledge to a live audience? With a live performance, you’re dealing with a much larger group of people. How do you know how to interpret that movement so that the crowd feels it? You can’t simply look at it the way a choreographer would— instead, you have to look at it as if it were a conversation. When people watch a dance and interpret it through their own minds, it’s called a “dynamics lesson.”

How to Calculate Dynamics

To understand how to calculate dynamics, we need to take a look at how we calculate forces in physics. When we measure something by putting a force on it, we measure the object’s acceleration. But in dance, we don’t use the usual measuring tools. Instead, we use the body’s movements. As a dancer performs a movement, we measure the force applied to the body by the leg, foot, hand, etc. By using these types of techniques, we can calculate the velocity and distance moved by the body. Then, using the same techniques, we can add the new velocity to the previous one and use the distance traveled to calculate the subject’s psychological energy (kinetic energy). This is the kind of analysis that makes a great difference in how dance affects the audience.

What is a Force?

A force is the amount of push or striking power created by one object against another. This kind of power is usually measured in Newtons (“new” meaning “newtons are the most commonly used unit of force in physics”). There are many types of forces: gravitational, electrical, hydrodynamic, chemical, and others. We loosely call them “attributes of forces.”

What is a Body Movement?

A body movement is the sequence of muscle contractions and/or movements made by the body when dancing. In other words, a movement is made up of two parts: the ordering of muscles and the movement itself. On the other hand, a force is just the amount of push or striking power transmitted from one object to another. If you’re trying to move your body in a certain way to create a certain type of movement, you’re called “intending to implement that movement.” This is what causes the movement to be “dynamical”— it leads to a movement with a certain energy. A good way to think of it is that dance is made up of three parts: the body movement, the feeling of the movement, and the impact of the movement on the audience.

How much force should I exert on the stage?

To put it simply: you can’t overdo it. If you dance too hard, you risk injuring yourself. If you dance too little, you risk missing the point. If you make the audience feel something, they’ll be more likely to remember your performance and come back for more. So, you have to choose your moments carefully. You have to be strategic about when and how you use your body on stage.

How to assess the effect of my dancing on stage

When you’re first learning to dance, you might not be aware of all the different ways that your body can affect the dance space. Nevertheless, you’re definitely aware of how your body moves and affects other bodies when you dance. After all, you have to focus on each individual movement to the exclusion of all others. You have to concentrate on what you’re doing— not what your body is doing! Unfortunately, there isn’t a perfect way to know how your dancing affects the stage. All you can do is decide which aspects of your movement are most important and work on those. Once you’ve found your niche, you can expand on that by using your best moves.

Conclusion

Dancing is visual art that relies solely on the movement of your body to convey movement. It uses our bodies as tools to tell a story, which is why it’s also known as body language. The way you dance affects how your body language is interpreted by the audience, and this can affect how the audience experiences your performance. This can help you understand how other people feel when they watch your dancing.