Title: Sea Life
Theme: Movement wise exploration
of plants and animals that might be found in the sea
Age group: 5-6
Duration: 45 min
Space: Studio
Equipment: CD and books (about sea)
General
goal:
Deepen the knowledge about sea through dance movements
Learning
objectives:
1.
Basic
knowledge of levels (low-medium-high)
2.
Sense
of space and ability to create your own pathways in space in relationship to
other group members
3.
Knowledge about the flow, especially bound
flow where energy is controlled and can be stopped at any point
Introduction (5’)/Warm-up
(10’) (Music: A sailor went to the sea &There’s a hole in the bottom of the
sea)
As
students enter the classroom, they sit down in the circle. Tutor introduces the
theme and asks students if they know what Sea Life Centre is. Have they ever
been there? What did they see? Most likely that kids going to name all kind of
fish such as sharks, starfish, crabs and so on. Tutor can show them a book and
introduce other animals and plants that can be found in the deep sea. For
example coral reefs, giant spider crabs, sea lions or even giant tube worms.
Concepts of warm-up: be able to explore all
findings in movement including different levels. Students will be able to
develop the understanding of different shapes body can create. Children are
divided into two teams.
·
Move
sideways, face your team, swing your upper body 4 times from one side to
another, move sideways back to your team (WAVE)
·
Move
sideways, face your team, do 4 star jumps, move sideways back to your team
(STARFISH)
·
Move
sideways, face your team, give to all body a good shake and do roll down and up
at the same time, move sideways back to your team (SEA SNAKE)
·
Using
tiny steps move across the space with the quality of small fast moving fish
then come back to your team (FISH)
·
Move
across the space as a long, delicate sea grass which grows up and all the time
waves then come back to your team (SEA GRASS)
Transition: from warm-up lines first
people lead their lines and create a big circle.
Main body (20’)
Concept: be able to understand the
differences between shapes which are frozen and which are done while moving.
Exploration of two totally different aspects: stability and flow.
·
In
the middle of the circle will be a book to remind children what is that coral
reef and how it looks like because we going to create our own coral reefs!
Coral reefs are colonies of tiny leaving animals. Whoever wants to start goes
to the middle of the circle and does a frozen shape. Another person has to join
the first with his own shape. However there is one rule! To stay in contact
with others.
Transition: groups of four.
·
How
does the fish move? Straight, zigzag, wavy, fast, slowly… In groups children
will move as a fish tribe. The rule is to be close to each other in a group but
do not touch each other. Moreover, one group cannot interconnect with other
fish group. Start moving slowly and then speed up. Leaders in groups will need
to change as soon as all group changes direction.
Transition: become independent, move
across the space on your own.
·
Free
improvisation allows children to use all the movement vocabulary learnt in this
class. Movements to describe fish, see grass, coral reef, etc.
Relaxation and Conclusion
(5-10’)
Coral
reef slowly melts towards the floor. Children finish in a sitting position.
·
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 sea life which might transfer into a rivers and rainforests.
