Lessons 5 to 10

Lesson 5: 

• Choreographer selects 2 or 3 sequences that the entire group learns together.

• Name the sequences.

• Teacher develops a locomotor sequence for all students to learn.

• Decide on entry and exit strategies.

Lesson 6: 

• Teacher to create a movement schedule that encompasses group and individual sections.

• Dancers given instructions to practise including counts of stillness as a unifying element.

• Set up a movement grid with numbers, words and music cues representing the sequences encompassing the individual and group phrases.

• You could use film project Beyond the Box in real time as sample resource here.

Lesson 7: 

• Students work through their own matrix so they are not reliant on others.

• Work through the pieces developed.

• Add plot of positions for each dancer. 

• Refine and make any needed changes.

Lesson 8: 

• Students reflect on the process and write/record their own observations. 

• Refine and make any needed changes.

Lesson 9: 

• Prepare a story board.

• Ensure cameras are position well to capture all the elements of the work.

• Film outdoors. 

Lesson 10: 

• Students analyse and evaluate the whole project.

• Edit film.

• Teacher evaluates the whole project and documents any recommendations to implement when attempting similar units of work.