Justin Fletcher has the first of two dance sessions exploring the basics of movement and co-ordination.
1. Get that beat hands and feet
This unit introduces a range of basic dance, movement and co-ordination skills - such as starting and stopping - and focuses on awareness of parts of the body, beat and rhythm. It explores how our natural body-rhythms and energy can adapt and respond to the âfeelâ of different music-rhythms and styles.
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: breath and energy.
Fingers, toes, elbow, nose: on-the-spot dances for separate parts of the body.
All the body on the move: moving about the room, holding still for individual dances as above.
Get that beat, hands and feet: keeping a beat together, and developing rhythm-patterns.
Go high, go low: making hands and whole body move up and down.
Stop, start and turn around: moving about a âtownâ space, without bumping.
Cool down: breath and energy (lying down, facing up).
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Aesop's Fables. collection
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