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Grade 1: Dance
Grade 1: Dance
• Body: body awareness (e.g., awareness of where one is in space in relation to objects in class, awareness of position), use of body zones (e.g., whole body [versus various body parts], upper body only, lower body only), use of body parts (e.g., arms, legs, head), body shapes (e.g., big, small, angular, twisted, curved, straight, closed), locomotor movements (e.g., galloping, skipping, rolling), non-locomotor movements (e.g., arm movements such as swimming/waving, hopping on one foot, jumping on two feet, kicking, bending knees, melting to the ground, stretching, growing, spinning, folding, bowing), body bases (e.g., feet as body base, hands and knees as body base)
• Body: body awareness (e.g., awareness of where one is in space in relation to objects in class, awareness of position), use of body zones (e.g., whole body [versus various body parts], upper body only, lower body only), use of body parts (e.g., arms, legs, head), body shapes (e.g., big, small, angular, twisted, curved, straight, closed), locomotor movements (e.g., galloping, skipping, rolling), non-locomotor movements (e.g., arm movements such as swimming/waving, hopping on one foot, jumping on two feet, kicking, bending knees, melting to the ground, stretching, growing, spinning, folding, bowing), body bases (e.g., feet as body base, hands and knees as body base)
• Space: levels (e.g., low to high by reaching; high to low by falling, crouching), directions (e.g., forwards, backwards, sideways), general and personal
• Space: levels (e.g., low to high by reaching; high to low by falling, crouching), directions (e.g., forwards, backwards, sideways), general and personal
• Time: tempo (e.g., fast/slow, movement versus freeze), rhythm (e.g., even, uneven)
• Time: tempo (e.g., fast/slow, movement versus freeze), rhythm (e.g., even, uneven)
• Energy: quality (e.g., melting, twitching, slumping, percussive, sustained [as in a held stretch])
• Energy: quality (e.g., melting, twitching, slumping, percussive, sustained [as in a held stretch])
• Relationship: with a partner (e.g., slow-motion mirroring)
• Relationship: with a partner (e.g., slow-motion mirroring)
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Animal Dancing
Animal Dancing
Start by either collecting separate pictures of animals (you have drawn or you have found) or writing the names of animals on small pieces of paper. Place the pictures or names into a bowl or small bag.
Start by either collecting separate pictures of animals (you have drawn or you have found) or writing the names of animals on small pieces of paper. Place the pictures or names into a bowl or small bag.
Go outside (or near a window for inspiration) and play some music to dance to. Once you get a groove on, select an animal from the bowl.
Go outside (or near a window for inspiration) and play some music to dance to. Once you get a groove on, select an animal from the bowl.
At this point, you must start dancing like that animal. You can also make the noises that the animal might make in the wild. Focus on the energy of your movements: do they include twitching, slumping, percussive, or sustained movements? Are the movements slow or fast?
At this point, you must start dancing like that animal. You can also make the noises that the animal might make in the wild. Focus on the energy of your movements: do they include twitching, slumping, percussive, or sustained movements? Are the movements slow or fast?
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