Dance
Grade 2: Dance
Grade 2: Dance
• Body: body awareness (e.g., awareness of where one is in space in relation to objects in class), use of body zones (e.g., the right side of the body only versus the left side only), use of body parts (e.g., arms, legs, fingertips, torso), shapes, locomotor movements (e.g., running, galloping, crawling, creeping), non-locomotor movements (e.g., jumping, turning), body bases (e.g., knees as base, back as base)
• Body: body awareness (e.g., awareness of where one is in space in relation to objects in class), use of body zones (e.g., the right side of the body only versus the left side only), use of body parts (e.g., arms, legs, fingertips, torso), shapes, locomotor movements (e.g., running, galloping, crawling, creeping), non-locomotor movements (e.g., jumping, turning), body bases (e.g., knees as base, back as base)
• Space: levels (e.g., middle level, expanding movements), pathways (e.g., straight, curvy, zigzag), directions (e.g., diagonal), size of movement • time: freeze, tempo (e.g., stop/start, sudden, quick, sustained), rhythm (e.g., even, uneven)
• Space: levels (e.g., middle level, expanding movements), pathways (e.g., straight, curvy, zigzag), directions (e.g., diagonal), size of movement • time: freeze, tempo (e.g., stop/start, sudden, quick, sustained), rhythm (e.g., even, uneven)
• Energy: force, quality (e.g., exploding, bouncing, shaking, smooth, delicate)
• Energy: force, quality (e.g., exploding, bouncing, shaking, smooth, delicate)
• Relationship: (e.g., shadowing with a partner)
• Relationship: (e.g., shadowing with a partner)
Photo by: @baxterperson
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 force of your dance: are you exploding, bouncing, shaking, smooth or delicate?
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 force of your dance: are you exploding, bouncing, shaking, smooth or delicate?