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7/28/2019 Booklet - Intro to Dance Print

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Longley Park 6th Form College.

UNIT 49: Developing Movement Skills

Name: Shannon Mowat

Student Number: S120682

Submission date: 20th November

What is Dance?

DANCE


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Dance is a collection of strategic movements of the body with or without a partner(s).

THE DANCER

I believe that a dancer should be confident, healthy, flexible and have a good memory inorder to perform to the best of their ability.

Preparing to Dance

Why warm-up?There are three main reasons why we warm up. The first is to increase heart rate to getoxygen to the muscles quicker, you can do this by jogging round the room. To preventinjurys such as the pulling or tearing of a muscle, this can be done by performing either astatic or dynamic stretch. The last reason we warm up is to get you mentally preparedwhich may help to increase your ability to remember steps and also improves co-ordination

Why cool down?The three main reasons we cool down are to lower the amount of lactic acid the build upin the muscles from exersion. To ensure your body gets back to its resting heart rate.Finally to prevent any achy muscles or joints that may have been strained in the sport.

What to wear?The clothes you are advised to wear clothes that dont constrict movement such asleggings, tracksuit bottoms or a T-Shirt. You may also be advised to take out all jewlellreyto ensure that it doesnt catch on any other students and cause injury.

Learning to DancePlanning a programme for skills development

Skills and qualities


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Choose one area which you would like to improve and write a plan to achieve this:

Aim/Objective:

Being more enthusiastic towards my performance and makingsure I put all my effort into every lesson.

Steps you will take to achieve this:Have a more positive outlook on lessons and try to get on with work to thebest of my ability without making as many complaints.

Action plan:

- Get more sleep.

- try to have a healthier diet.- Always be prepared.- Set my self earlier deadlines for work to avoid it piling up and causing

stress.

Date completed:

Describe each one and give an example of each one in your own dance:


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TravelTravelling is transferring the the body height or placement using a range of differentmovements. E.g Stepping or Sliding.

TurnRotating the entire body either a quarter, half, or fully. This can also be performed asajump.

Transfer of weightMoving the weight from one part of the body to another. E.g Going from a standing toleaning over on one leg.

GestureA body movement that potrays a concept or mood.

StillnessA motionless pose usually chreographed at the start or end of a sequence. Also peoplewho are on stage but not dancing have to maintain a pose to ensure the focus is on thepeople dancing not on the people in the background.

JumpPushing the body into the air in an upward motion. There are many different way to jumpthese are; 2 feet to 2 feet, 2 feet to 1 foot, 1 foot to 2 feet and 1 foot to 1 foot.

Which dynamics did you use in your dance and what was the effect?In my dance I was paired with Amy and we were fighting over a pen. We choreagraphedit so that we used aggressive and violent movements in order to make the sequence tolook more believeable. It also helps engage our audience so they are more compelled tocontinue watching. We had to be careful whilst doing this as even though the moveswhere meant to be agressive we had to ensure that it still looked like a dance that had

cohesion and believeability.

Describe your travel sequenceIn our performance me and Amy walked to a point then transferred body weight to ourknees as we 'struggled' on the floor. Throughout to performance body weight wastransferred from person to person too, buy having either Amy leaning over me and viceversa.


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Choreographic devices word search

Find the choreographic devices!

Words

ACTION CANNON CONTACT DIRECTIONS DYNAMICS FORMATIONS LEVELS PATHWAYS RELATIONSHIPS SPACE UNISON

S L T H D I X O H S H M R X C

P N S N O I T A M R O F V S K

O Z R N I M X Q D Z I M M Y JQ J A E S C I M A N Y D G H I

S P I H S N O I T A L E R T LM N J J Y W C Y X I C F J S S

W O N Q O H L N U L K R S H A

G L V B E E O N P G M X Q T TC R O D V N I A N O I T C A X

V D S E N S T V S V K K U F B

H P L A O H W Z F E O B R H R

J S C N W S N O I T C E R I D

Q E I A T G E H R R E C A P SG N Y J Q O H I L J E Z W V Z

U S C R C O N T A C T H X J E

Describe how you used the choreographic devices above in your owncomposition.

We used several of these dynamics, such as action as we fought for the mystery coveteditem in the form of a pen. Levels as we had a section of elegant leg work on the floor andone being down on the floor and the other higher up above them as the finishing pose.Also the leg work explained above was in unison.

What do we need to think about when performing?A performer should be thinking about what moves come next and how, if performingwhile in practice how certain moves can be improved and/or developed. The performeralso needs to keep in mind space between the other performers or making sure they areutilising all the space that is available to them.

Observe the video of your performance. Read the following gradedescriptors and grade yourself accordingly: P=Needs improvement, M=Developing and D= Accomplished. Then give reasons for the grade thatyou have awarded yourself.

Actions


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P1 execute movementactions

M1 executemovement actionswith a sense ofcompetenceand control

D1 execute movementactionsaccurately withconfidenceand attention to detail

Spatial Awareness

P2 apply spatialawareness tomovement work

M2 apply spatialawarenessto movement workwithconsideration

D2 apply spatialawarenessto movement workwithassurance andeffectiveness

Dynamics

P3 demonstrateapplication of dynamicprinciples

M3 demonstrate aconsideredapplication ofdynamicprinciples

D3 demonstrateapplicationof dynamic principleswithconfidence andimagination


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Relationships

P4 demonstrate use ofrelationships inmovement.

M4 demonstrateappropriate useof relationships inmovement.

D4 demonstrateeffectiveand imaginative useofrelationships inmovement

What are you most proud of in this unit of work?

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What do you need to work on most in the next unit of work?

What did you enjoy the most about this unit of work?

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