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Year 11

Prom night: the Jive

I can accurately perform and combine steps from the Jive.

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Year 11

Prom night: the Jive

I can accurately perform and combine steps from the Jive.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Move: applying specific style features enables you to choreograph using different dance styles.
  2. Think: arranging actions into a choreographic composition involves decision making.
  3. Feel: resilience is required when learning new, complex actions.
  4. Connect: working closely with others involves trusting that they will perform with accuracy.

Keywords

  • Style - the features, qualities or traits that indicate a specific type of dance

  • Technique - how an action is performed within a specific style, e.g. how the arms should be placed

  • Mirroring - the choreographic relationship where actions are performed reflecting the movements of another

Common misconception

Dance styles are set and never change.

Dance styles continually evolve. When studying dances from history or other places, we are able to pinpoint key attributes that were relevant at a point in time, they may remain or they may be adapted.


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Showing pupils examples of the dance style from popular films or via internet clips can give an insight into how the style is performed.
Teacher tip

Equipment

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.
What is ‘choreography’ the process of?

Correct answer: composing
performing
appreciating

Q2.
What is the name for an action or sequence of actions that is performed more than once in a dance?

Correct answer: a motif
a dynamic
a repeater

Q3.
What word describes the accuracy of body position in dance?

stance
Correct answer: placement
posture

Q4.
Which of the following is an example of a style of dance?

partner work
gestures
Correct answer: the Jive

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Where did the Jive originate?

Chicago
Detroit
Correct answer: New York

Q2.
What dynamic quality is associated with the Jive?

Correct answer: bouncy
smooth
robotic

Q3.
Besides mirroring, what other choreographic relationship is frequently used in the Jive?

counterpoint
Correct answer: contact work
canon

Q4.
In dance, when is the ‘spotting’ technique applied?

jumping
stillness
Correct answer: turning

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