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4 Elements of Dance choreography - 29/01/2014

In today's lesson we carried on adding and developing our group choreography and Laura, Jess and Jack added onto it. The first section of the piece after everyone has done their motif, it is a section of my motif in the choreography. 

In my section I used space, dynamics and relationships. In the element of space we started of all facing the front then turned into facing each other. We started off using personal space, then into general then into global. We then used canon and contact work when we were facing each other. Holly and Jess jumped forward first, then Laura and myself afterwards. Jess and Laura then jumped towards the front with their legs tucked under then crossed their arms down with an X. Whilst at the same time, Holly and myself lifted our arms like an arc, then back into the same position as before. The dynamics we used was when Jess and Laura jumped towards the front.

The only thing I didn't use was the element; action. I will add this into the group choreography so then I have used all the elements in dance. My strength of that lesson was that I remembered everything from last week and found it easy to learn other people's routines.

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8/01/2014 Homework - Rhythm

What is a rhythm? - it is a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

What is a musical melody? - it is an arrangement of sounds put together.

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4/12/2013 Identify places that do qualifications in Dance Related subjects in Warrington

Priestley College - AS/A2 Dance

Warrington Collegiate - BTEC Level 3 Dance

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Opportunities in Dance

Identify 4 places in Warrington where you can take dance classes:

1. StagePro Acadamy - found on the internet - Salsa class on Fridays. Class is age is 10+ and 16+.

2. Fused - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLUZfGjZpC4&feature=youtu.be

3. Pyramid - 

4. Pyramid - 

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Structure of a Dance class - HOMEWORK

Introduction – The introduction includes talking about the aims and objectives within that lesson. This is important because it gives the students an idea of what they’re going to be learning in that session. It is also the times to go over any injuries and health and safety with the students as it is vital that the teacher knows about injuries because if the lesson has vigorous exercise then that student with the injury might make it worse.

Warm up – A warm up is to make the heart rate go faster which warms the body. This is important because without warming up this will increase the chance of getting an injury such as pulling a muscle. Warming up is cardio-vascular exercise which includes aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Aerobic needs a lot more oxygen because it is for a long amount of time doing exercise, this makes the blood require more oxygen to pump around the body so the muscles and joints are able to focus a lot better, this will help stretch the body which will make the body more awake.

Exploration of movement – This is the main part of the lesson which could either be teaching a phrase or giving a choreography task. This is obviously the most important part as it is the focus of the lesson and it will give the students time to shine.

Performance/Show of work – This is important when teaching a dance class because it will show a sense of achievement and a result of learning for the students. It will also show what their weakness’ and strengths are.

Cool down – This is important because it will slow down the heart rate to a steady pace so that all the muscles and joints have time to relax so they won’ become fatigued and the body won’t become dizzy.

Evaluation/Reflection – This is also important because it will give the students a chance to realise what they've learnt and what they know about their strengths and weakness’. It also gives them time to know what they need to improve on for the next lesson. It also helps to recap what they’ve done in the lesson.

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30/10/2013 Dance Leaders Award Level 1 - Lesson 1

The first thing we did in the lesson was understand what is needed when leading a group. Communication is needed because then you can control the group easily, it needs to be clear, loud and precise so the students will be able to understand clearly and fully on what they need to do in the class. Also listening skills are needed because if the commands aren't heard then nobody will know what to do in the class. The first thing we did was lead someone to collect certain colour balls. At the beginning is easy to say the commands to Holly and she understood me clearly and precisely so we completed the task fairly quick. The second time was more difficult as background noise was involved therefore, it was harder for the communicator to give the commands clearly and loudly to their partner. 

The next task was to create our own game that included action and communication. Jack and I created a game were we shouted someone's name and threw them the ball and said a number which represented an action. For instance, number 2 was put the ball through both of the legs. We showed everyone each of the movements which was:

Bounce the ball on the floor to someone

Pass ball through both legs

Ball around the waist

Pass/roll ball on the floor

Our peers said that it was a fun game that used communication and listening skills a lot. However, we could have made it easier by letting everyone memorise the actions by giving them a chance to do them one by one so they can remember them easier before we did the activity. We could make it more advanced by not saying someone's name and just looking and passing the ball.