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How to use the resource
How to use the resource
This resource has been devised to support the teaching of dance in secondary schools, particularly in Years 9 to 11.
This resource could be used as the basis of a whole unit of work around the Hofesh Shechter Company and the development of his choreographic style or the parts could be used as inspiration for developing personal movement within the students' own compositions.
Grand Finale by Hofesh Shechter is a work performed by dancers, accompanied by a live band of 6 musicians.
In this section you will find links to Hofesh Shechter Company resources to support student learning of the works of Hofesh including:
Company footage
educational resources.
In this section you will find the following activities you can explore with your students:
strenghthening and warm up exercises
accumulation exercises.
Learn a sequence from the choreography of Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale as taught to students in The Arts Unit Hofesh Masterclass in 2020.
Associate Artistic Director, Hofesh Shechter Company, Bruno Guillore breaks down each phrase into specific parts with specific tips on execution and timing.
Syllabus outcomes
Syllabus outcomes
NSW Dance 7-10 Syllabus (2003)
NSW Dance 7-10 Syllabus (2003)
Performance
4.1.3 demonstrates an understanding of aspects of performance quality through the performance of locomotor and nonlocomotor combinations, sequences and dances
5.1.1 demonstrates an understanding of safe dance practice and appropriate dance technique with increasing skill and complexity in the performance of combinations, sequences and dances
Composition
4.2.1 identifies and explores aspects of the elements of dance in response to a range of stimuli
5.2.1 explores the elements of dance as the basis of the communication of ideas
Appreciation
4.3.2 identifies that dance works of art express ideas
5.3.3 applies understandings and experiences drawn from their own work and dance works of art
Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
"Hofesh Shechter" by Hugo Glendinnig is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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 10 May 2020.
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