Dance requires you to make different shapes and angles with your body.
These dancers are making right angles and curvatures with their bodies. You can find the degrees of the angles of their bodies.
This dancer is making a 180° angle with her leg. The slope of her line is undefined. The term is called Penche.
This dancer is making a 90° angle with her leg. This term is called Arabesque.
The slope of his line is 0. His arm is making a curved line. This term is called a Grand Jete.
This dancer's leg in making a scalene triangle. Her arms are also making a straight line on an angle. This term is called Passe.
Dancers must use math in their head to calculate where to place the leg, or how much force to use when turning. Math is used in every type of dance.
