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Year 6 - Physical education

Contact work: counter balances and supports

Dance: the power of unity

Unit Summary

A narrative approach develops a wider range of creative responses to issue based work employing Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships in a cohesive manner. Pupils express individuality through character-based work, reflecting on social issues. Pupils create dances using binary and ternary forms.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to create and combine different types of contact work ideas safely to communicate a dance idea effectively.

Key Notes

  • Move: accuracy requires control in what and how the actions are performed.
  • Think: choreography using contact work requires careful planning and problem solving.
  • Feel: contact work requires all performers to be responsible at all times.
  • Connect: rehearsing to improve all aspects of performance involves collaboration from all.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • story: using our bodies and movements to communicate a message, feeling or event
  • contact work: a choreographic relationship involving touch
  • performance: the display of a series of actions

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Telling a story in dance (narrative dance) should include talking.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: accuracy requires control in what and how the actions are performed. Think: choreography using contact work requires careful planning and problem solving.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'story'

using our bodies and movements to communicate a message, feeling or event.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Telling a story in dance (narrative dance) should include talking. Correction: Whilst some dances include dialogue, in dance a story is usually communicated solely through actions and the performers are usually silent.

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