Heavy or light movement? Warm down. Reflection. Warm up. 3 Warm up from lesson one and moving in space from lesson two. Teacher notes- While a dancer is always moving and standing in relationship to the floor. Exploring the element Teacher- Today we are going to be looking at the element of We ‘Relationship’. They stand on it, run over it, of Relationship. are going to look at the relationship between the dancers. They might be sink into it or leap away from it. standing next to each other, behind, in front, on a diagonal, etc. They might be dancing at the same time or before and after. This lesson however focuses on the relationship between the dancers in regards to spatial Mirror image- Have students stand facing each other in pairs. One student at a and timing relationships. time is the creator and with slow movements they begin to move. Their partner is Relationship, cannon, unison, formation, straight, diagonal, going to move the same way and mirror image them in unison (movement is done at the same time). After the other student has a turn split the class into two Partner work. groups. One person from each group is chosen to stand at the front and the process is repeated with a group following. Students take turns of being at the front and creating. The other group has the opportunity to observe. Remind students not to move too fast so the others can keep up with them. Mexican Wave- Have students stand in a circle and explain to them that they are Group Work. going to perform a wave’ just like at a sporting game. Have one student ‘Mexican begin and the others follow on to create a wave with their arms around the circle. Explain to the students that in dance terms this is called a and it means ‘cannon’ that all the dancers are doing to same thing but they need to wait for another to start of finish before they begin. Brainstorm some different movements (maybe different body parts) they could use and try another cannon (Mexican wave style in a circle).
Heavy or light movement? Warm down. Reflection. 3 Warm up. Exploring the element of Relationship. Partner work. Group Work. Warm up from lesson one and moving in space from lesson two. Teacher- Today we are going to be looking at the element of ‘Relationship’. We are going to look at the relationship between the dancers. They might be standing next to each other, behind, in front, on a diagonal, etc. They might be dancing at the same time or before and after. Mirror image- Have students stand facing each other in pairs. One student at a time is the creator and with slow movements they begin to move. Their partner is going to move the same way and mirror image them in unison (movement is done at the same time). After the other student has a turn split the class into two groups. One person from each group is chosen to stand at the front and the process is repeated with a group following. Students take turns of being at the front and creating. The other group has the opportunity to observe. Remind students not to move too fast so the others can keep up with them. Mexican Wave- Have students stand in a circle and explain to them that they are going to perform a ‘Mexican wave’ just like at a sporting game. Have one student begin and the others follow on to create a wave with their arms around the circle. Explain to the students that in dance terms this is called a ‘cannon’ and it means that all the dancers are doing to same thing but they need to wait for another to start of finish before they begin. Brainstorm some different movements (maybe different body parts) they could use and try another cannon (Mexican wave style in a circle). Teacher notes- While a dancer is always moving and standing in relationship to the floor. They stand on it, run over it, sink into it or leap away from it. This lesson however focuses on the relationship between the dancers in regards to spatial and timing relationships. Relationship, cannon, unison, formation, straight, diagonal,
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