Pete Hillier has the first part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!
1. Wild weather
In the first session of this two-part unit the children explore different types of movement associated with being explorers on a mountain in wild weather. They will be dancing to pieces of music taken from the ±«Óătv’s Ten Pieces. These are: responding imaginatively to the wild weather music, (A night on the bare mountain), swaying on the spot, then moving around the space; travelling from side to side with a partner, as though they are being lifted up by the wind; jumping up and down on the spot, and then freezing in different shapes; imagining calmer weather and moving around the space with a partner to the slower music, stopping to spin around gently together; finally, putting together the moves they have been practising to create a longer dance sequence.
Resources
Download the audio for this dance session as an mp3 file.
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
'The trolls are coming!' - dance the complete final dance with the music and narration.
Lesson summary
Respond to the music (A night on the bare mountain – fast section): Move on the spot to the wild weather music. Choose your own way of moving - responding to the music. Imagine the wind is pushing you from side to side.
Travel from side to side: Working with a partner, travel from side to side to the wild weather music. Imagine the wind is blowing you across the mountain.
Jump in the air then freeze in a shape: Jump in a variety of ways to the wild weather music. Imagine the wind is lifting you into the air.
Travel slowly and spin. (A night on the bare mountain – slow section): Working with a partner, move around the space to the slower, quieter music. Imagine the weather is calmer now.
Create a story: Put all the moves together that you’ve been practising.
More from Time to Move: Ten Pieces
The sea. 3: Storm! audio
The music includes a wide variety of pieces from the ±«Óătv's 'Ten Pieces', including 'Zadok the Priest'.
On the mountain. 2: The trolls are coming!
The second part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!
Planet Mars. 1: Ice shapes. audio
Pete Hillier presents the first of two sessions exploring the red planet through dance to the ±«Óătv's 'Ten Pieces'.
