• Dance Teacher Tidbits 15 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Action

  • Nov 16 2021
  • Length: 2 mins
  • Podcast

Dance Teacher Tidbits 15 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Action

  • Summary

  • Welcome to Dance Teacher Tidbits! I'm your host Jessica Strong, the Creative Director and Owner of Dance to Learn®!

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    The first dance concept we explore is the concept of Action! A body in action vs a body in non Action commonly referred as Locomotion (Traveling) and Non-Locomotion (Stationary).

    When teaching these concepts I try to use props to help my dancers visualize their own Action. For Locomotion I try to use Props that dancers Can travel down, through our around. Some props I’ve used:

    🟥 Floor Tape 

    🟧 Jump Ropes 

    🟨 Tunnels 

    🟩 Balance Beams (Pictured)

     🟦 Hula Hoops

    🟪 Cones 

    For Non-Locomotor (Stationary) Movements. I look to use props they can stop and balance, jump or twirl on or inside:

    🟥 Poly Dots 

    🟧 Balance Steps/Stones 

    🟨 Hula Hoops 

    🟩 Theme Shaped Foam Mats (Pictured)

    How I taught the Dance Concept:

    This week we did our Thankful Tree Lesson Plan 🌳

    🌳Locomotion: Dancers tip tied up the tree trunk. Then chose a Branch to tip toe down.

    🍁 Non-Locomotion: When they got to the leaf, they performed a First Position Plié on one and a Second Position Plié on the other.

    🌳 Locomotion: They continued to walk up the tree.

    🍁 Non-Locomotion: They got to pick up and throw leaves from 3 different hula hoops as they said what they were thankful for.

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    https://learn.dancetolearnuniversity.com/courses/lesson-plan-thankful-tree-creative-dance

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