stanceremains

Stanceremains is a term used in movement sciences and dance pedagogy to describe the residual posture or pose that remains after transitioning between positions or after attempting a particular stance. It refers to lingering alignment, muscle tension, or body orientation that persists beyond the moment of the movement, and can reflect motor learning, fatigue, or compensatory strategies.

The term combines stance and remains and is treated as a neologism rather than a standardized technical category. It appears in qualitative discussions of technique, choreography notes, and some sport science writings, where practitioners describe the observed postural residue from a movement.

Applications include debugging technique in dance and martial arts, assessing postural stability in rehabilitation, and guiding cueing strategies to correct alignment. Analysts may record stanceremains to identify habitual misalignments or to track progression over training.

Because there is no formal consensus on definition or measurement, users should define stanceremains clearly in context and avoid assuming a universal meaning. Related concepts include stance, posture, motor memory, and kinematic analysis.