Diane Louise Jordan has the final session about the animals gathered to drink in the African bush.
3. Elephants and all the animals
This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African bush as animals come and go to drink and washâŠand engage in the daily battle for survival. The emphasis is on animal shapes and simple travelling sequences.
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: soaring as vultures with arms outstretched.
Elephants: one arm outstretched as trunk; slow plodding steps through the spaces.
Elephants at the waterhole: three trunk movements to shower: over shoulder, over head, between legs.
Elephants travelling / waterhole: both movements combined to create a sequence.
Elephants â pairs: pairs travel with âtailsâ joined to âtrunksâ.
Elephants â groups: joined travelling repeated in groups.
All the animals: final extended sequence of giraffes, zebras, impala, lions and elephants.
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