Pete Hillier has the second of two sessions about Mars, dancing to the music 'Mars, the bringer of war' from ±«Óătv Ten Pieces.
2. Dust storms and two moons
In this session the children will continue to build a dance using themes and ideas based on the planet Mars; they will use the structure and atmosphere of the music to develop their choreographic skills.
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: Swirling actions, with isolated body parts at first, then increasing the combination and complexity to build to using the whole body.
Dust storms: Travelling around the room using leaps, creeping and sliding whilst amalgamating this with twisting and turning actions. Combining this with moments of swirling and twirling on the spot to encourage changes of direction and an awareness of others. Further developed by dividing the class into two groups so that only half are travelling at a time.
Phobos: Quick actions, sudden jumps, turns and sharp shapes. High energy work to develop control and balance. Later including travelling in circular pathways whilst maintaining the swift, energetic quality.
Deimos: Slow, steady movements in a calm, controlled manner. Maintaining a smooth quality and progressing to include the circular (but larger) pathway again.
Two moons: Working with a partner, one person adopts the role of Phobos, the other being Deimos. Taking turns they travel around their partner using the quality of their âmoonâ. The non-travelling partner adopts a strong shape (which links to the warm up in the previous podcast 1).
Consolidation: Put all the moves together that you have been practising, to make a fun fact file about Mars.
Cool down: Using the imagery of dust settling to allow the children to sink to the floor in a light and gently swirling manner.
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