Day 1, 5/9(Thursday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Postmodern dance, Improvisation, Score
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Merce Cunningham Assignment - Google Classroom
2. Intro to Improvisation and a variety of scores
Day 2, 5/10 (Friday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Negative space
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Chance Dance Activity
2. Circle Improv Score
3. "Negative space" Improv Score
4. Group Sculpture Score
Day 3, 5/13 (Monday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Contact Improvisation, Steve Paxton, Contact Point
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Negative Space & Group Sculpture Warm Up
2. Using Visual Art in Improvisation
3. Make up work & conferences
Day 4, 5/14 (Tuesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Negative Space & Group Sculpture Warm Up
2. Using Visual Art in Improvisation
Day 5, 5/15 (Wednesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Intro to writing an improvisational score
3. Creating movement from improvisation activity and sharing
Day 6, 5/16 (Thursday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Chance Dance
Day 7, 5/17 (Friday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Writing your own improv scores
3. Student run improv scores
**STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO CHECK 2 TODAY!
Day 8, 5/20 (Monday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Steve Paxton and Contact Improvisation Assignment
2. Improv Warm Up
3. Using the contact point and safe lifting
Day 9, 5/21 (Tuesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Steve Paxton and Contact Improvisation Assignment
2. Improv Warm Up
3. Using the contact point and safe lifting
Day 10, 5/22 (Wednesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 11, 5/23 (Thursday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 12, 5/24 (Friday)
#TitanUp Day
Day 12, 5/27 (Monday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 13, 5/28 (Tuesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 14, 5/29 (Wednesday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 15, 5/30 (Thursday)
Essential Question: Can you follow an improvisational score and explain the historical and cultural significance of improvisational dance?
Vocabulary: Judson Church, Steve Paxton, Contact Point, Contact Improvisation
Standards: B.CP.1.3 Understand the role of improvisation in creating dance choreography.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
1. Improv Warm Up
2. Using Contact Improv to create group choreography project
Day 16, 5/31 (Friday)
Essential Question: Can you identify and explain notable dance related professions of today?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.C.1.4 Identify various dance related professions.
B.C.1.2 Identify how other arts disciplines are integrated into dance performance and creation.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
Careers in Activity (Google Classroom)
Day 17, 6/3 (Monday)
Essential Question: Can you identify and explain notable dance related professions of today?
Vocabulary:
Standards: B.C.1.4 Identify various dance related professions.
B.C.1.2 Identify how other arts disciplines are integrated into dance performance and creation.
B.C.1.1 Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant events, ideas, and movement from a global context.
Careers in Activity (Google Classroom)
Exam Review
Day 18, 6/4, Tuesday
Exam Review
Day 18, 6/5, Wednesday
Final Exam