ABSTRACT
The composer seeking form for the dance should consider that he/she is creating a design in time. This could be called a time picture. The time picture created in the dance may be symmetrical with the force or accent appearing at regular intervals. This is known as a metric arrangement where the time between the accents is measured out evenly. An asymmetric measurement of time is sometimes called breath rhythm. Here the measurements between accents are not even. The organisation of time and force in relation to each movement and the organisation of these movements into phrases and sections determines the nature of the dance form. There are many ways of organising the form, and each dance should have its own unique structure but, because music is often used as accompaniment, musical forms have long been recognised frameworks into which dances are classified whether with musical accompaniment or not. These include Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Theme and Variations, and Fugue arrangements.
