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Lesson 6 of 6
  • Year 2

Weather conditions: performing as a duet/trio

I can choreograph and perform a dance that communicates a range of weather conditions.

Lesson 6 of 6
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  • Year 2

Weather conditions: performing as a duet/trio

I can choreograph and perform a dance that communicates a range of weather conditions.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Move: performing our movement ideas together in sequence with control improves the dance.
  2. Think: choreographing a dance requires careful planning as we link our actions together using imagination.
  3. Feel: working as a duet or trio requires us to share our ideas which involves courage.
  4. Connect: watching the work of others by paying attention quietly, shows fairness and helps us to suggest improvements.

Keywords

  • Choreograph - creating a dance

  • Perform - sharing your work with others

  • Transitions - extra actions to help link sections of a dance together

Common misconception

That dance performances do not include repetition of ideas.

Repeating movement material in a dance is similar to the use of a chorus in a song, it emphasises the main idea and prevents the audience from being overwhelmed. Repetitions are usually varied or developed in some way to maintain interest.


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Encourage pupils to use other formations than working in a circle as this usually results in the performers having their back to the audience making it difficult to see.
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Equipment

Additional material: poem and suggested music

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - physical activity

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Prior knowledge starter quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is not a word that links to the ‘size’ of an action?

big
small
Correct answer: up

Q2.
What type of action would we create to communicate a light breeze?

Correct answer: small and gentle
big and strong
fast and frantic

Q3.
What can we vary to change the dance actions we create?

fairness
Correct answer: levels and direction
courage

Q4.
What skill do we use when travelling slowly?

flexibility
strength
Correct answer: control

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What do we call the people who watch a performance?

Correct answer: the audience
the performers
the choreographers

Q2.
What is a transition in dance?

pausing between actions
Correct answer: linking actions
removing actions

Q3.
What is it called when we share our thoughts on a performance with the performers?

Correct answer: feedback
feedforward
feed up

Q4.
What is ‘choreography’?

making the audience
making the feedback
Correct answer: making a dance