Welcome to this online resource for dance educators, students, and teaching artists! The Elements of Dance are the foundational concepts and vocabulary that help students develop movement skills and understand dance as an artistic practice. The acronym BASTE helps students remember the elements:
A molecule of pyruvate acid travels into a mitochondrion entering the Krebs cycle. In this process it is broken down producing energy in the form of ATP (which travels to the cell), NADH and FADH2 which travel to the electron transport chain.
From there it is broken down (with the addition of O2 and the help of enzymes) into CO2 and H2O. ATP is produced by combining ADP (adenosine di-phosphate) with another P (phosphorous) to produce ATP, which our body can use as its cellular energy source. In conclusion, CO2, and H2O are wasted.