REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR DANCE I- GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT ATTIRE/COSTUME All Students must be dressed alike. Get creative! What type of costume would aid the audience in understanding the dance? All costumes must be school appropriate and be pre-approved by Mrs. Perosi . LENGTH The entire dance must be at least 80 counts long. 80 counts are equal to 10 sets of (1-8) counts. You may exceed 10 counts of 8, but your dance should not exceed 3 minutes. The actual time measured in minutes will vary due to the tempo of the music you select. UNISON AND KEY PHRASE At least 16 counts of the dance must be in Unison. Unison means all dancers dance the same movement at the same time. You should create one key phrase that will be your unison phrase. LEVEL CHANGES The dance must include at least 3 level changes. The levels in space are low, medium, and high. FORMATION CHANGES The dance must include at least 3 formation changes. Formations are the arrangement of the performers in space. Common formations include a V, two lines, a square, a triangle, a circle, two circles, bowling pin formation. CHOREOGRAPHIC TOOLS The dance must include three choreographic tools. But you may include more! That would make me feel fuzzy and happy! Please refer to “Choreographic Tools” worksheet to understand how to apply these tools. DEVELOPMENT The dance must have a beginning, middle and an end. Similar to the rise, climax, and fall of a story. The dance must contain this arc. To demonstrate the end, the performers must choose an ending pose and hold it for 4 seconds. CLARITY/EVIDENCE OF REHEARSAL The dance must be well rehearsed. I can spot a poorly rehearsed dance if the dancers are talking during the dance and do not know what to do. PROJECTION The dance must be performed with projection. All performers must be able to look out towards the audience and perform with confidence. MUSIC I highly recommend using music without lyrics as I do not want your movement to be driven by the lyrics. I will accept music with lyrics but will offer extra credit to those groups who refrain from using music with lyrics. I have attached resources for researching instrumental or digitally generated music. All music must be pre- approved by Mrs. Perosi .
REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR DANCE I- GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT ATTIRE/COSTUME All Students must be dressed alike. Get creative! What type of costume would aid the audience in understanding the dance? All costumes must be school appropriate and be pre-approved by Mrs. Perosi . LENGTH The entire dance must be at least 80 counts long. 80 counts are equal to 10 sets of (1-8) counts. You may exceed 10 counts of 8, but your dance should not exceed 3 minutes. The actual time measured in minutes will vary due to the tempo of the music you select. UNISON AND KEY PHRASE At least 16 counts of the dance must be in Unison. Unison means all dancers dance the same movement at the same time. You should create one key phrase that will be your unison phrase. LEVEL CHANGES The dance must include at least 3 level changes. The levels in space are low, medium, and high. FORMATION CHANGES The dance must include at least 3 formation changes. Formations are the arrangement of the performers in space. Common formations include a V, two lines, a square, a triangle, a circle, two circles, bowling pin formation. CHOREOGRAPHIC TOOLS The dance must include three choreographic tools. But you may include more! That would make me feel fuzzy and happy! Please refer to “Choreographic Tools” worksheet to understand how to apply these tools. DEVELOPMENT The dance must have a beginning, middle and an end. Similar to the rise, climax, and fall of a story. The dance must contain this arc. To demonstrate the end, the performers must choose an ending pose and hold it for 4 seconds. CLARITY/EVIDENCE OF REHEARSAL The dance must be well rehearsed. I can spot a poorly rehearsed dance if the dancers are talking during the dance and do not know what to do. PROJECTION The dance must be performed with projection. All performers must be able to look out towards the audience and perform with confidence. MUSIC I highly recommend using music without lyrics as I do not want your movement to be driven by the lyrics. I will accept music with lyrics but will offer extra credit to those groups who refrain from using music with lyrics. I have attached resources for researching instrumental or digitally generated music. All music must be pre- approved by Mrs. Perosi .
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