The second of two dance sessions about Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita.
2. Monkey madness
Following a repeat performance of the cleaning sequence from the previous session, we return to the story of Rama and Sita and how Hanuman – the Monkey King – helps to rescue the princess.
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)
Lesson summary:
Warm-up: scrubbing at a low level; polishing at a medium level; travelling by sweeping with bounces in between.
Monkey madness: exploring the characteristics of a monkey; travelling by shuffling, rolling, turning, jumping.
Wild waves: in individual space, swaying with the body and rippling with the arms to suggest waves; use of different strength and speed.
Building bridges: individually, creating a bridge shape; travel in monkey-style from the edge of the room to create a linked line of bridges; the class is divided into two groups for action-reaction sequence: the waves ripple, gradually increasing to strong fast movement; meanwhile the monkeys form a bridge.
Celebration: skipping freely through the space with light, bouncy steps; waving, shaking hands and relating to others.
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