What did we do?
- Discussed and applied theoretical and practical knowledge of methodologies and approaches related to and supporting the teaching of creative dance and technique to children
- Created original age and level appropriate lesson plans, successfully executed them and received/exchanged feedback
Title: Space and out the space (Earth
and outside the Earth)
Theme: Superficial exploration of
things that are outside the Earth
Age group: 9-10
Duration: 45 min
Space: Studio
Equipment: CD and books (about the
planets)
General
goal: Deepen
the knowledge about outside the Earth through dance movements.
Learning
objectives:
1.
Little
knowledge about what shapes body can create. It includes not only frozen shapes
but as well as shapes as we move.
2.
Knowledge
about weight (strong/light).
3.
Little
knowledge of levels.
Introduction/Warm-up
(5-10’) (Music-Children of the Sun)
As
students enter the classroom, they sit down in the circle. Tutor introduces the
theme and asks students to think about Earth and outside the Earth. What can we
find outside the earth? Planets, aliens, stars, rockets, astronauts, UFO
(Unidentified Flying Object) …
Concepts of warm-up: be able to show all
findings (planets, aliens, stars…) in movement. Students will be able to
develop the understanding of different shapes body can create. Children are divided
into two teams.
·
Run,
face your team, make an oval shape with your arms, crossing legs do a turn, run
back towards your team (PLANET)
·
Run,
face your team, do your own alien shape, run back towards your team (ALIEN)
·
Run,
face your team, do a star jump, run back towards your team (STAR)
·
Run,
face your team, jump with the arms stretched above the head (ROCKET)
·
Travel
across the space thinking about as light weight as possible (ASTRONAUT IN
SPACE)
·
UFO
(Children have the possibility to create their own Unidentified Flying Object.
It must include travelling across the space).
Transition: form lines, facing the teacher. One
team forms one line and second team forms the other line (it depends on number
of children).
Main body (20’)
Concept: be able to perform short dance
‘OUTSIDE THE EARTH’ which contains movements from warm-up. Exploration of gas
and rock: children will gain a little knowledge about weight (rock-heavy,
gas-light) as well as levels.
·
Teach
a short ‘OUTSIDE THE EARTH’ dance (10’) (Music-Flying
Machine)
·
Groups of students perform the “learned
dance” in front of peers (5’)
Transition: to the same teams as in the
beginning
·
Gas and rock. Gas is very light and
floats, rock is very heavy and solid. Cross the space once exploring gas’
qualities, once rock’s qualities (5’)
·
Creating one big planet from rock and
gas. Improvisation using movements learnt to describe the all findings in a
planet. Free improvisation allows to use all movement vocabulary learnt in this
class or explore their own movements related to this theme. (5’)
Transition: sit down in the circle
Relaxation and Conclusion
(5-10’)
·
Discussion
of what students have learnt from this session (qualities, movements, etc.)
Brief review of the covered material
·
Sharing
the emotions
·
Sharing
the problems
Outlook on the next
session: Continue
exploring the outside space, mainly planets what includes creating your own
planet and recognizing the differences and main features between already
existing ones.
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