I started Higher Dance this year with 7 dancers. I finished with 12!
We had 4 hours per week to complete Higher Dance.
The contemporary unit was completed by all.
We had a routine to
Chainsmokers…Don’t let me down.
Exercises on the floor:
- High release, curves, tilts
- Swings and transition to from floor
Exercises in Centre:
- Plies and curves
- Tendues and contractions
- Roll down and swings
Travelling
- Triplets
- Skips
- Skips
- Leaps
Swings
- Standing
- Figure of 8
- Ski
We had written essays on Jazz and Contemporary artists and created a mood board for the choreography unit. The had completed the powerpoint and worksheet to initiate the choreography unit. The girls were in the primary practicing the choreography with the children. The SMT decided at this point that they would do the Higher over two years. The class were upset and very difficult to motivate from this point. We did a new commercial Jazz routine which gained the girls enthusiasm but the want to do the Higher over two years. The observed lesson by Yvonne was the Jazz unit with the second dance musical theat
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