to move spontaneously, without prior planning

a feeling you experience in response to different situations, people or events - these can be positive or negative

being conscious of your environment, actions, thoughts and feelings

Improvising actions to represent emotions 1

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Improvising actions to represent emotions 2

Choreograph a sequence to express a feeling

Dance: can you use improvisation to articulate your feelings?

Physical education

Dance: can you use body language to express your emotions?

This unit uses a thematic approach with body language and improvisation to express emotions and feelings. Pupils develop movement ideas beyond those introduced. Open-ended tasks encourage varied responses, building creative thinking and expressive skills.

Remote learning: advanced dance

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Risk assessment required - physical activity

What is it called in dance when you move spontaneously, without prior planning?

Which of the following is not an emotion?

Which gesture might be most appropriate for portraying happiness?

copy someone else’s dance moves exactly

perform random movements without thinking about the feeling

use your own experiences of feeling different emotions

How can you link your choreography successfully to emotions?

Expressive skills are performance qualities made up of musicality, projection, extension, facial expression and what else?

Which is a good example of how to change the dynamics of a performance?

What gesture might be most suited to portray an angry emotion?

What musicality would be most suited to portray a sad emotion?

Dance: can you use improvisation to articulate your feelings?

Lesson outcome

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