Teaching: Creative Dance Approach

 

  • Students seem engaged in the role playing dance video
  • Being introduced to improvisation at a young age to get their brains functioning

Lesson Plan - Gia, Ashley, Daniela (Plan is also under Daniela's Discussion Post)

Warm-up (10 minutes):
    •    Start a class discussion on the role of metaphors in artistic expression, specifically dance.
    •    Practice a visualization exercise, asking students to visualize themselves as the different elements of nature (e.g., wind, water, fire), encouraging them to embody these elements through free-flowing, creative movement.
Creation of Personal Metaphorical Dances (25 minutes):
    •    Ask students to write down words or phrases representing significant emotions, experiences, or concepts that they identify with.
    •    Encourage students to choose one of their words or phrases and develop a movement metaphor to emulate it.
    •    Guide students in exploring their chosen metaphor through improvised movement, offering feedback and guidance as necessary.
    •    Instruct students to craft a 1 minute solo dance inspired by their chosen metaphor to present to the class.
Cool-down and Reflection (10 minutes):
    •    Wrap up with a sharing circle, allowing students to reflect or discuss any meaningful realizations/lessons from the class.

The Kinesthetic Loop - Movement Action Plan 

Activity: Angle Dance (30 minutes):
    •    Divide students into small groups.
    •    Provide each group with a set of markers to create angles on the floor.
    •    Assign each group a specific type of angle (e.g., acute, obtuse, right) to represent through movement.
    •    Play music and have each group choreograph a short dance that incorporates their assigned angle type.

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