Whenever I have taken part in dance, I have never taken it seriously. For example when doing a badge with the Brownies that involved dancing and I was asked to run the dance, with which I have no experience dancing, I just made it as funny as I could. This was because I was nervous but I also thought that along with the children I’m probably not the only one outside my comfort zone.
When we did it at school, we had those professionals that went to dance club three times a week, which made the rest of us feel like there wasn’t any point in trying. I remember when making a dance at secondary school with my peers to the song Candy man. It was interesting at how different dances were, some students went all out and you could tell they were dancers but then there was the rest of the class who felt embarrassed. This embarrassment led to us just not taking it seriously and adding in comical moves and genuinely just messing around.
However since the dance workshop I realise that you can make a dance serious, whether you are a first timer or a confident dancer. I think this should be emphasised to the children as not everyone is good at everything but you should always try. I also realised that if you move differently that is classed as dancing and different turns is also. It makes what I felt was embarrassing actually a joyful experience.
Here I have planned a lesson for Dance:
| CfE outcomes:Inspired by stimuli, express thoughts and feelings through dance. EXA 2-09A
Explore and chose movements to develop my skills and techniques. EXA 2-08a |
| Learning Intentions:Create dance depending on the mood they are given.
Talk with others and decide on best movements to make the feeling be conveyed. |
| Success Criteria:Work in groups to discuss what makes a movement look like an emotion.
What movements would they use to convey an emotion. Find movements that to them symbolise certain feelings. Creative movements that can the children can explain why it displays that emotion.
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| Assessment Opportunities:The child discussing why their movement conveys a certain emotion.
Using the feeling given and thinking how they might look and feel. Discussing and challenging others to what they may pick to look like when doing a certain movement. |
| Learning activities:Game of stations- Have feelings in each corner and when the children go to that corner they should do a movement to them that symbolises that feeling. Each time they go to the same corner they should do different movement.
Put the children into groups and put the groups in the different corners. In these corners put paper and pens and then ask them to write down what they think these movements would look like. Once they have done one get them to move round in their groups. The children should then go in a corner with their group and make up a short dance piece or some movements which they use to show this. They can move around to different corners when completed. To finish put different types of music on and depending on how they feel with the music they make a freeze for that music. |
