Background to the Fouette
In one of four groups: historians, researchers, illustrators and tutors, students research and teach a fouette.
Teaching Activities
Basic Salsa
Students observe, experience and notate basic salsa moves.
Contemporary Dance Companies
Students play Aussie dance map.
Cultural Dances
Students discuss cultural dance styles and individual heritages. Plan and teach a cultural dance.
Cygnet Dance
Students create a cygnet dance in the style of line dancing. Rate selves using activity sheet.
Dance Boot Camp
Students design and promote a free dance bootcamp.
Dance Style and Terminology
Students discuss dance styles, create a mind map, select a style and create a glossary of terms.
Dance without Music
Students develop a dance duet without music by utilising sounds in their immediate environment.
Free Form
Students participate in a number of small activities leading to hip hop free form (improvisation).
Graffiti Dance
Students find examples of graffiti and create a phrase based on graffiti images.
Hip Hop Fashion
Students create a hip hop fashion show.
Improvisation
Students attempt to expand their solo ideas through improvisation techniques.
Jump for Your Life
Students create a jumping phrase and consider musical implications for different jump speeds.
Jump Thrill
Students explore a range of jumps and observe some jump styles from the internet.
Making New Work
Students learn a range of contemporary dance movements and phrases.
Music for Dance
Students learn some movements from the clip, arrange these in an order that they prefer and perform the dance to a range of musical scores.
Perfect Minutes
Students discuss a song that resonates with them; try to find a song that resonates for the class.
Pointe Shoes
Students describe footwear for dance, history of the point shoe and experience a range of feet and calf strengthening exercises, keeping a record.
Rivalry
Exploring what friendly rivalry means, students perform and dance battle in a hip hop style.
Salsa – Experimenting with Form
Students improvise with the basic salsa steps.
Salsa – Take the Lead
Students learn one salsa dance and then swap leading roles.
Styles of Dance
Students warm up and learn a dance from the Dance Academy website tutorials.
The Hip Hop Story
Students learn about the history of hip hop and based on freezes and poses create a simple hip hop phrase.
Time Calls
Students consider pre-performance processes and relate to time calls.
Turning with a Partner
Students try a few rock’n’roll moves and create a photo wall of fame.