Today was our final Integrated Arts input. It was also the day that we performed our Christmas dance! We were all dressed up in our festive outfits and ready to show off what we had learned.
The whole cohort were fantastic. We all embraced the opportunity to show our new dance skills and give Zara the performance she deserved. In todays input there was no teachings as such but we did go over what should be evaluated when delivering a dance lesson to children. It is important that we consider the enjoyment factor for children. As I mentioned in a previous blog my memories from dancing at school are not pleasant ones. Not being allowed to have any creative input made me resent doing dance at PE and I would often make up excuses as to why I didn’t participate.
Having had the opportunity to learn of the benefits of allowing children to have a creative input to their dance lessons, it has made me excited about the potential lessons I can plan to promote my students creative freedom.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this module, particularly the visual arts aspect, which surprised me as I’ve never considered myself artistic. Dairmuid made it clear from the offset that everyone has the capability of being artistic and creative. It is learning not to put those labels and limitations on yourself that will enable you to truly have creative freedom.
