Characters in Dance
Students explore characterization and learn to generate motifs.
Teaching Activities
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.
Family Stories
Students recount family stories by creating tableaus.
Haka
Students create their own Haka.
Makeup
Students view a number of images of dancers wearing stage makeup. They select or create a character and design makeup for a performance in a large auditorium.
Making New Work
Students learn a range of contemporary dance movements and phrases.
Scene 17
Students create a script for one scene.
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.
Telling the Story
English skills practices in creating 1-line, 1-paragraph and 1-page synopses.
The Nutcracker Ballet
Students watch the ballet and write a synopsis of the story.
The Plot
Students recount the story of Swan Lake in present tense in the style of a news broadcast. Extension activity to film the broadcast.
Tied Together
Practical activity where pairs of students perform activities as one person, taking into account the other’s point of view.