Body Language
Students recreate the staged fight between Abigail and Sammy with particular attention to body language.
Teaching Activities
Choreographing a Fight
Students choreograph a fight scene.
Communication
In pairs, students create a phrase of music without the use of speech.
Cygnet Dance
Students create a cygnet dance in the style of line dancing. Rate selves using activity sheet.
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.
Dance Video
Students discuss framing and editing, plan camera angles for a dance shoot
Duets
Students prepare a one-minute routine with props.
Effort Actions
Students engage in two structured improvisations and create a short phrase based on effort actions.
Fear of Falling
Guided improvisation on small shifts of the body that constitute “falling”.
Fitter, Faster, Stronger
Students perform activities from the Ausdance Fitness Test then devise their own speed test.
Floor Dance
Students create a floor phrase where they do not use their hands or stand on their feet.
Force and Flow
Students play two games that explore differences in effort levels when applying force and flow in dance.
Graffiti Dance
Students find examples of graffiti and create a phrase based on graffiti images.
Haka
Students create their own Haka.
Hip Hop Fashion
Students create a hip hop fashion show.
Improvisation
Students attempt to expand their solo ideas through improvisation techniques.
In-situ Dance
Students watch examples of site specific work and generate movement response to alternative locations.
Jump Safety
Students learn about safe dance practice in relation to jumps.
Jump Thrill
Students explore a range of jumps and observe some jump styles from the internet.
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.
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.
One Minute Solo
Students collaborate in pairs as choreographer and dancer to develop a dance solo.
Origins of Contemporary Dance
Students research an Australian modern dance pioneer and construct a timeline of key works.
Roles in a Film Studio
Students look at roles on set and create a “postcard” of a set and bring it to life for 15 seconds.
Safe Dance Spaces
Students learn what constitutes a safe dance space and carry out a check.
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.
Space – Body Shape
Body shape is explored through improvisation of shapes – call and response method with reflective activity.
Space – Spatial Organisation
Students choreograph pathways in space using their initials as impetus.
Spatial Design
Students learn about symmetry and asymmetry in pairs and as a group. They apply spatial arrangements of groups to an existing dance.
Storyboarding
Students create a dance, photograph or draw it and arrange as a storyboard. Extension activity rearranging the elements.
Storytelling Using Dramatic Elements
Students create a dance about bullying, perform and direct each other.
Theatre Design
Students follow Tara as she moves backstage, map her journey and record/sketch/design the backstage areas.
Tied Together
Practical activity where pairs of students perform activities as one person, taking into account the other’s point of view.
Time Calls
Students consider pre-performance processes and relate to time calls.
Trust
Students experience a range of trust activities and rate their levels of trust.
Turning Basics
Students learn some of the basic skills needed for successful turns.
Turning with a Partner
Students try a few rock’n’roll moves and create a photo wall of fame.
Unity
Students experience a range of activities and create a dance to be performed in unison. Feedback by peer review.