Teaching Activities

Contradictions

Students examine the ways in which behaviours sometimes contradict values.

Dance Access

Students learn about dance for people of all abilities, watch some clips of companies that specialise in this field and discuss movements seen.

Duets

Students prepare a one-minute routine with props.

Evaluating a Community Dance Program

Students decide on the ways in which their program will be evaluation. Design interview questions.

Improvisation

Students attempt to expand their solo ideas through improvisation techniques.

Kat’s Choreography

As a whole the class learns a sequence from Kat’s routine. They then create variations of this dance sequence.

Making New Work

Students learn a range of contemporary dance movements and phrases.

Performance Costs

Students plan for a performance and create a budget for it.

Rivalry

Exploring what friendly rivalry means, students perform and dance battle in a hip hop style.