MOTIF and Development

A Motif is one single, simple, short movement or chain of movements that are smaller than a phrase.

Ways to develop the Motif:

1. Repetition
2. Retrogade (I.E. Backwards)
3. Embellishment/Ornamentation
4. Inversion (I.E. upside down or lateral)
5. Size (I.E. condense/expand)
6. Tempo (fast/slow/stop with the movement in its original size)
7. Rhythm (beats altered, not the speed)
8. Quality/Dynamics
9. Instrumentation (perform movement with several body parts)
10. Force (strength/weakness)
11. Background (let the rest of the body do something else)
12. Staging (different place/facing...)
13. Levels + Planes (horizontal, vertical, floor, knees...)
14. Additive/Incorporative (simultaneously execute jump, turn, run, slide...)
15. Fragmentation (execute one part of the motif, or change the order...)
16. Combination (any of the above)