Year 8 - Physical education
Hip Hop: the basic movement language
Dance: crossing continents
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Unit Summary
The unit explores a stylistic approach that outlines the different application of Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to four contrasting but inter-related dance styles enabling the learners to draw comparisons and consider why and how wider societal factors affected their evolution.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to arrange Hip Hop actions into a group choreography.
Key Notes
- Move: communicating personal style in a dance is an example of projection.
- Think: learning coordinated actions requires concentration.
- Feel: repeated practice to improve performance involves self-discipline.
- Connect: collaborating to create group choreography requires empathy.
Vocabulary To Learn
- flava: the application of personal style
- isolation: where only one body part moves at a time
- battle: a Hip Hop dance competition
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Hip Hop is a dance style
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: communicating personal style in a dance is an example of projection. Think: learning coordinated actions requires concentration.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'flava'
the application of personal style.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Hip Hop is a dance style. Correction: Hip Hop is a generic term for a number of dance styles that are heavily influenced by street culture (DJing, graffiti, rapping). There are a large number of subdivisions which vary according to time and place of origin.
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