Here’s a wonderful lesson plan for your beginner students which is fun, encourages creativity, literacy, free-movement and choreographic voice. See below for progressions for older & more advanced students as well!
Lesson Goal: Have dancers select 3 movements from Group A, 3 choreographic devices/ directions from Group B and 1 emotion from Group C to create their own movement sentence. Have them improvise and/or choreograph their selections with the designated emotion& perform in solos, duets, trio or large groups!
Lesson Progression Ideas:
Add more selections to each category.
Add more advanced selections to each category for older dancers.
Have dancers vary emotions throughout a longer movement phrase.
Have dancers learn each other’s phrases to build longer works.
Have dancers retrograde their movement sentences.
Vary music by randomly selecting songs each time dancer performs.
GROUP A:
run
walk
skip
crawl
hop
float
slither
melt
twist
gallop
slide
march
kick
sit
swing
twirl
spiral
GROUP B:
Stop
Pause for 5 seconds & start over
Change levels
Change directions
Repeat last step & keep going
Face backwards
Clap twice
Snap 3 times
Travel a circular path
Travel in a diagonal
Travel in a zig-zag
Move slowly
Move quickly
Move fluidly
Move sharply
GROUP C:
happy
sad
mad
silly
sleepy
curious
loved
serious
disappointed
excited
shy
mellow
mischievous
grouchy
surprised
frightened
funny
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