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Year 10

Geology: choreography

I can create choreography to project an idea effectively.

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Year 10

Geology: choreography

I can create choreography to project an idea effectively.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Move: working with others requires accuracy of placement, positioning and timing.
  2. Think: it requires imagination to find ways to translate an idea into an action.
  3. Feel: offering suggestions to a group requires self-belief.
  4. Connect: group choreography involves continued cooperation.

Keywords

  • Complementary - combining in a way that enhances the qualities of another

  • Accuracy - precision in placement, positioning and/or timing

  • Collaboration - to work jointly, to cooperate

Common misconception

It is important that the pupils listen to the music before beginning to choreograph their dances.

Engaging pupils in the active content of the lesson is likely to improve motivation and levels of engagement. By playing the music in the background they will become familiar with it and allow it to inform the work they create.


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When working with cross curricular themes, use the natural inference of the words inherent in the content, e.g. pull and push infer effort as well as opposite directions. This can bring greater interest to the work as well as making the content more memorable for the performers and audience.
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 word describes lengthening an action?
Correct answer: extension
focus
emphasis
Q2.
What are the people watching a performance known as?
the choreographer
Correct answer: the audience
the conductor
Q3.
What is the purpose of rehearsal?
to fill time
to try new ideas
Correct answer: to improve accuracy
Q4.
In dance, what is meant by ‘projection’?
Correct answer: communicating an idea
speaking loudly
being on stage

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is a synonym for ‘collaboration'?
Correct answer: cooperation
combination
choreography
Q2.
What is the precision of placement, positioning and timing called?
arabesque
attitude
Correct answer: accuracy
Q3.
Complementary shapes or actions enhance those of our partners’. What does ‘enhance’ mean?
to mirror
Correct answer: to improve
to shrink
Q4.
What is meant by the term ‘dormant’?
powerful
low level
Correct answer: sleeping

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