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Dance: your tag, everyday art
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Unit Summary
A themed approach uses Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to react to controversial art forms. Looking at Basquiat and Banksy, pupils question if it is social comment, work of art or criminal act. Using analytical skills, infusing dance with Hip-hop influences that emerged alongside graffiti art.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to change your dynamics to communicate different qualities.
Key Notes
- Move: performing actions with different dynamics ensures a clear performance.
- Think: evaluating our own and others' work effectively will improve the quality of the performance.
- Feel: integrity enables us to be honest and helpful when supporting others.
- Connect: successfully collaborating with a partner requires respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dynamics: the combination of force and speed
- space: where an action occurs
- gallery: a place that displays art
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pretending to be an object is drama, not dance.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing actions with different dynamics ensures a clear performance. Think: evaluating our own and others' work effectively will improve the quality of the performance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dynamics'
the combination of force and speed.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pretending to be an object is drama, not dance. Correction: Pretending to be an object is often categorised as 'physical theatre'. This is where dance and drama overlap and it draws upon skills from both disciplines. A similar connection is made when dancers represent characters or scenes from a story.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Applying a range of motifs and structuring a dance Study Guide
- Breaking the code Study Guide
- Developing motifs using question and answer Study Guide
- Everyday heroes Study Guide
- Influences: Hip Hop Study Guide
- Making your mark: applying a style Study Guide
- My tag, your tag Study Guide
- Refining, rehearsing and performing a dance using a combination of relationships Study Guide
- Social comment Study Guide
- Stencilling Study Guide
- Visual metaphors Study Guide
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