Format
1. Begin with viewing a solo by teaching artist
2. Follow the leader warm-up, with emphasis on cardioactivity and rhythm
3. Exploratory movement exercises, emphasizing an exploration of high, medium, and low space, body awareness, tempo, pathway, and different ways to locomote
4. Cool down exercise
5. Learn closing good-bye phrase
Objectives
1. Engaging with their body to promote active physicality and creative exploration
2. Students have fun / smile / laugh
3. Dance to good music
4. Relief from stress, frustration, and stagnation
5. Think critically / differently about how they engage Body, Action, Space, Time and Energy on an individual and community level.
6. Explore dance concepts through improvisation
7. Gain confidence in dancing, sharing, and discussing with peers
Standards Alignment
National Standards
National Standards:
Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
- Students accurately identify and demonstrate basic dance steps, positions, and patterns for dance from two different styles or traditions
- Students demonstrate accurate memorization and reproduction of movement sequences
- Students describe the action and movement elements observed in a dance, using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary
Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
- Students observe and explain how different accompaniment (such as sound, music, spoken text) can affect the meaning of a dance
Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
- Students competently perform folk and/or classical dances from various cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles