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.
The bulk of the ATP produced by the human body comes from the mitochondria. Therefore, the bulk of the ATP produced is via âaerobicâ processes. The first two energy systems are anaerobic, meaning they do not require oxygen.