the regular, repeated pulse or rhythm in music that dancers follow to stay in time

the connection or combination of movements, skills or actions performed smoothly together

Moving in time with the beat

Creating your own sequence to the beats 

Warm up

Dance: can you move in time to the beat and link your actions together?

Physical education

Dance: can you create a sequence of actions and mirror a partner?

Dance: can you perform a sequence of actions in canon and unison?

This unit will teach pupils the importance of timing, creating and performing actions to a beat. Pupils will learn how to use key compositional ideas such as canon, unison and mirroring in their sequence creation.

Remote learning: dance

a series of movements or actions performed in a specific order

performing movements in sync with the rhythm, beat or music at the correct speed and moment

Practising mirror actions

Creating a sequence of actions

performing the same movement one after the other in a pair

performing the same movement at exactly the same time as our partner

being purposeful; moving every body part with thought, precision and balance

Performing actions in unison

Performing actions in canon

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