The first of three dance sessions exploring the food we eat.
1. Growing
The session begins at the vegetable patch with digging, planting and growing actions and a fun display of weird and wonderful plant shapes. We then move to the ancient Andes in South America, to sway like maize and weave an 'amazing maze' of puzzle-patterns. A famous Italian tune is the accompaniment for some fruit-picking and fruit-juggling in pairs, before relaxing with a picnic hamper in the herb-garden, among the parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
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)
Download extended music sequences for this unit (without presenter instructions)
Movement focus:
Action: Digging actions, leaning, stretching, spinning, kneeling.
Dynamics: Small and large gestures, with hands, limbs and whole body. Stepping in time to music.
Space: Floor-pathways. Changing direction. Long, pointy, round and twisty shapes. Spirals.
Relationships: Co-operating in pairs. Group circle movements. Following a leader.
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Spring plants. collection
Two dance sessions with Pete Hillier exploring plant germination and seed dispersal.
Spring in the garden. collection
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Summer camping. collection
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