Can you tell me what the cannon is in dance terms?

Question:we're doing dance in P.E. and i've been told to find out what the cannon is in dance terms, but i can't find it anywhere. please help!!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: we're doing dance in P.E. and i've been told to find out what the cannon is in dance terms, but i can't find it anywhere. please help!!!

It is like a "canon" in sing, well not sure if you what that is either so I'll explain...... It is when one or more dancers start out doing a dance move and then one or more other dancer do the same move following, you can do it as many times as wanted with as many dancers. So the first dancers may start on count one, the next count 3, the next count 5 and so on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfigjLzsn...
watch from about :23 to :27 (the part where they put their arms up in the triangle shape), this isn't the best canon, but it gives you an idea on what it is.
Since you will probably have to answer it like a question, you can say," It is when dancers do the same move one after another" or something like that.

I'm guessing you mean "canon" rather than "cannon". A canon in literature is a series of works which are considered to embody the high-points of a culture's writing. In previous times, the literary canon was a bit like a collection of books which all educated people were expected to have read (the concept fell out of use in the early 20th Century). I think "canon" has a separate meaning in relation to music, though, and I'm not 100% sure which applies here.

This suggests that the literature meaning applies (and explains the concept a bit in relation to dance):
http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/lofiv...
BUT it's a discussion board - wouldn't put too much stock in it.