Dance Gr 3

Dance

Big Ideas in Dance

• Dance expresses ideas and we communicate with our bodies.
• A dance phrase is like a sentence, a sequence is like a paragraph and a dance composition is like a story.
• We can use the language of dance to understand how to create phrases.

Outcomes

Create a dance phrase and sequence that uses various actions to express the story.

Assessment

1. Pre-survey: vocabulary of Dance
2. Self – Assess: ways to express an idea through dance
3. Class Checklist: follow directions
4. Rubric: to create a dance phrase and remember a dance sequence

Indicators

• Students will define vocabulary of Dance through discussion and examples shown.
• Listen to directions and follow Brain Dance patterns as demonstrated.
• Participate in Dance game warm up –  “Magic Hand”.
• Listen, respond and interpret a story through movement, and practice ways to freeze.
• Work with a partner, or small group, to create story tableaux.
• Will recall the vocabulary of Dance used in the lesson.

Lesson Plan

Circle Time:

• Introduce Big Ideas, indicate the "sound" for attention, discuss our expectations for dance and feeling comfortable in the group
• Vocabulary
  – Space: self space “my bubble” & general space “big bubble”
  - pathways: direct (cat/mouse) & indirect (snowflake or leaf)
  - levels: high (ceiling), med (under a bridge), low (tunnel)
  - energy: fast (fling, bounce), slow (floating, waving)
  - Freeze

Warm Up:

“Brain Dance” – stretching and waking up the body

“Magic Hand”

Partner – take turns leading. One uses their hand to guide their partner in directions as called for pathways, levels, and energy

Checking In:

-       How does it feel? Does anything hurt? Are we being responsible to one another?

-       Recall the vocabulary together

Story Dance:

-       Recall the story of Little Red Riding Hood, who, where, what

-       Individually create a movement to represent Little Red/Grandmother/the Wolf/. The movement should take you to a new spot – how will you move, what pathway, energy and level?

-       Song # 13, Contrast and Continuum Vol III listen to the song to guide the movement phrases.

-       Checking In – how do we find ways to tell the story? Ask some to show us what they did.

-       Song #13 use the whole song to tell the rest of the story – sneaking, peeking, hiding, jumping,

-       Group of 3 – create a tableaux to show the story part you like the best – share with the group.

Closing Circle: reflect on the dance, what you liked, and will try again