1C PE - Dance

•Use a change of direction and speed to make your dance look interesting.

•Use clear actions to help to tell the story.

 

For today's lesson we practised some simple movements to include in our performance.                                    First we were a seed all curled up on in the ground. Then we began to grow some shoots and roots and continued to grow in time with the beat of the music (on a count of 8). We then stretched up tall amd swayed in the gentle breeze until the wind picked up and we had to change the speed of our movements.

 

Next we used our bodies to imagine that we were a leaf falling from a tree. Swaying and twirling gently to the ground until a gust of wing throws us into a swirling whirling motion. Once the wind died down, we swayed back to the ground.

 

Then we put all of our movements together to create a sequenced and performed  to a piece of music. We had to listen carefully to the tempo of the music whilst moving to a count of 8 in order to porteay the different parts of the dance.

 

Creating the dance:

1. A seed curled up on the floor, growing to a tree -16 counts.
 
2. Swaying in the wind - 8 counts.
 
3. Leaf falling from the tree, including two changes of direction - 16 counts.
 
4. A big gust of wind and travelling around the space as chosen by the pupils for 16 counts.
 
5. The leaf landing on the floor to finsih.