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Contemporary training and repertoire
Contemporary training and repertoire
Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit
Years 7 to 10 dance
What will I learn?
What will I learn?
Students will complete a warm up with the Mark Morris Dance Company and learn the repertoire from choreographer Lexy Panetta.
You will:
identify and perform a warm-up and cool-down
control non-locomotor and locmotor combinations when performing extended sequences
use appropriate dance terminology when describing dance technique and safe dance practice
apply the elements of space, time and dynamics to personalise dance movement
think critically and reflectively as you video your own and others' dance performance and compositions
Before you begin you will need:
a clear space to dance safely
a device to listen to the music and watch the performance
pen, paper and post-it notes
access to software such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides to record your answers.
Warm-up
Warm-up
Watch the excerpt of each of the technique exercises and follow the instructions provided by the teachers to demonstrate each exercise.
Make sure to perform them in order to safely prepare your body for dance.
Exercise 1 – warm-up
Duration: 03:25Exercise 2 – standing exercise
Duration: 04:03Exercise 3 – plié
Duration: 02:49Exercise 4 – tendu
Duration: 03:06Exercise 5 – dégagé
Duration: 04:55
Perform each technique exercise.
Record yourself to send to your teacher for feedback.
2. Learn
2. Learn
View the 2 artbites from choreographer Lexy Panetta and learn the movement provided.
Perform each movement sequence.
Record yourself to send to your teacher for feedback.
Comtemporary choreography - Creative accumulation
Duration: 16:10Contemporary choreography - Second section
Duration: 14:444. Evaluate
4. Evaluate
Watch back the recordings of yourself and evaluate your performance thinking about the following statements in your evaluation.
Evaluate whether you are able to:
perform dance movement consistently relative to anatomical structure
demonstrate a variety of spatial, temporal and dynamic features in a dance
describe how musicality in dance performance contributes to interpretation.
Make sure to use appropriate dance terminology when describing dance technique and safe dance practice.
Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
Dance 7-10 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003, copied under s113P, accessed 5 October 2021.
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