Rhythm

    

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     When thinking of Rhythm most people usually think of movement.  Sporre defines rhythm as "steps that relate coherently" (Sporre-184).  "Dance phrases are held together by their rhythm in the same sense as in musical rhythm" (Sporre-184).  "Sequences of long and short motions occur that are highlighted by accents" (Sporre-184).  "To the human eye dance rhythms take place in spatial arrangements, up and down, back and forth, curved and linear, large and small" (Sporre-184).  In the performance arts rhythm is considered the timing of events on a human scale; of sounds and silences, steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.

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