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Sessions 1 - 3
Sessions 1 - 3
Dance Vocab & Elements of Dance
Dance Vocab & Elements of Dance
Session 1:
Session 1:
Warm up
Warm up
Dance games - https://danceteachingideas.com/warmups-and-icebreaker-activities-for-the-primary-dance-classroom/
Vocab to learn
Vocab to learn
Opening moment
Levels
Pathways
Body bases
Locomotor and non-locomotor movement
Directions
Energy
Dance Response Activity:
Dance Response Activity:
Select one of the following dance genres to watch
Jazz Dancing
Line Dancing
Link to task here
Session 2 & 3:
Session 2 & 3:
Warm up
Warm up
Dance games - https://danceteachingideas.com/warmups-and-icebreaker-activities-for-the-primary-dance-classroom/
Thinking about choreography
Thinking about choreography
Show me a way that you can make one of your moves as big as possible.
Show me a way that you can make one of your moves as small as possible.
How many different ways can you find to travel across the room?
Show me how slowly you can perform your dance.
Pretend that you are very tired when you perform your dance
Pretend that you are carrying a very heavy school bag when you perform your dance.
Pretend that you are as light as a feather when you perform your dance.
What happens when you perform that move kneeling instead of standing up?
Can you still travel when you are lying down? Find a way.
*New* Vocab to learn
*New* Vocab to learn
Shadowing - Copying the movements of another person by following behind them
Unison - All dancers performing the same movements at the same time
Canon - A dance device where a movement is repeated by other dancers at different times
Gesture - An action such as a wave, a nod or a bow
Improvise - To make up movement on the spot – no rehearsal
Narrative Structure - A dance that tells a story through movement
In groups of 3 - 5 select ONE to learn and show back to the group
Create
Create
Create your own 30 second dance routine in groups of 3-5. You must include and be able to articulate how you have incorporated 4 of the different dance elements we have unpacked as a class.
Be prepared to share back to the class.
Session 4 - 6
Session 4 - 6
Sports Dance
Sports Dance
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
improvise a variety of sports actions
contribute to a group dance based on a sports theme
share dance with the rest of the class
respond to own and others’ dance.
Learning Sequence
Learning Sequence
Preparation: View video clips of different sports, then brainstorm action words prompted by the sports.
Warm up and individual exploration
Respond spontaneously to sports action words – such as run, jump, hop, throw, balance, dodge, reach.
Travel freely in the space. When the music stops, freeze into a sports pose, as given by teacher – such as netball, rugby, golf.
Improvise a variety of locomotive and/or non-locomotive actions in response to named sports.
In lines, leader freezes into a sports pose, next person moves to the front of the line and freezes into a contrasting pose at a different level in space. Next person moves to the front of the line to make a different pose, and so on.
Repeat, with each person travelling to the front of the shape line with actions relating to the sport they have chosen.
Group activities
In groups of four:
Each person teaches the rest of the group a sports action, then perform them one after the other with smooth transitions. Share with the rest of the class, who guess the sports represented by each group.
Each group teaches their sports actions to rest of the class.
As a group, choose one sport and devise four actions to be performed in unison.
Add changes of:
level – such as high, middle, low
direction – such as forwards, backwards, sideways
formation – such as circle, line.
Extension activity: introduce canon as a choreographic device.
Add a beginning and an end to the sports dance to place it within a context – such as a rugby match, a swimming carnival, a tennis tournament.
Rehearse dances, then share with rest of class, video recording each performance.
Rest of class gives feedback to each group about to what went well – for example,
“I liked it when….”.
View sports dances on video, and complete group self-assessment task.
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