Year 2 - Physical education
American line dancing
Dance: my world, how we dance
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Unit Summary
A stylistic approach applies Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships in combination to cultural, historic and geographic factors. Pupils learn key features of different dance genres e.g. stance and formations as a stimulus for devising motifs and developing awareness of commonality between cultures.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a simple Line Dancing motif and apply changes in direction.
Key Notes
- Move: performing a Line Dance motif requires us to perform actions in a set order with changes in direction.
- Move: performing actions at the same time, in unison, requires careful timing and control.
- Think: creating a motif requires thinking about a range of ideas before selecting the best ones to perform.
- Feel: remembering actions in a set order involves resilience to keep trying.
- Connect: working in unison with others requires trust to perform with accurate timings.
Vocabulary To Learn
- motif: a pattern of movements that can be repeated, changed or developed
- direction: where we face or travel
- unison: performing the same action at the same time
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Line dancing must use the feet.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing a Line Dance motif requires us to perform actions in a set order with changes in direction. Move: performing actions at the same time, in unison, requires careful timing and control.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'motif'
a pattern of movements that can be repeated, changed or developed.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Line dancing must use the feet. Correction: Whilst it is typically performed with an emphasis on footwork, this can easily be adapted to use the arms or any other body part. The emphasis is on the use of a repeating pattern, with a change of direction through 90'.
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