Sadly, this was the last week of Integrated Arts inputs before finishing for the Christmas break.
We started off the day with dance. Zara ran through the dance we had created a group a couple times. This was because we recorded the dance yesterday. I learned a lot about dance and how I could structure a dance lesson in the future. What I found particularly interesting was how Zara helped us to stagger the introduction to the dance. She did this by giving us all numbers and on the count of your number, you had to spin and put your hands in the air. This meant that by the end of the introduction of the song, we were all in the same position ready to begin the dance. The individual groups were also staggered as each group went one by one. This had a strong impact on the success of the dance.
After recording the dance, we all watched it as a year group and individually wrote two stars and a wish; two things that went well and one thing that I would like to improve on for next time. I will be encouraged to use this technique during my dance inputs with my future class. I have included my two stars and a wish below.
☆ We worked well as a group to create a dance
☆ Our dance was fun and related to the theme of Christmas
Wish – We should have practiced our dance as a group more to perfect our timings.
I have learnt a lot about dance over the last 4 weeks. Beforehand, I had very little experience in the area and would be nervous at the idea of leading a dance lesson. Now, I feel a lot more confident and I believe I will be able to successfully lead a dance lesson in the future.
