AGENDA – Dance Forms and Purposes To Get: Handout pages 49-54 and the reading from the front table. To Do: Opener – complete on the back of page 49 Dance Notes Day 2 Choreographic Forms Purposes Dance Viewing Guide

(put on the back of page 49) Opener (put on the back of page 49) Name the three elements of dance. In the following clip choose the most important element of dance for this performance and describe two aspects of this element for the dance seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5reVYChlo&list=PL52B32A79AFC095AB

Choreography Choreography is when the elements of dance are used to create visual compositions that use movement. Old lesson plan- students watched “Choreography” clip from White Christmas

Principles of Composition Remember how the definition of dance talked about the principles of composition? They are: BEGINNING MIDDLE END Dances become artistic when they include the principles of composition.

Compositional Forms AB: two-part structure; made up of two different sections which may or may not be repeated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj5qoo9kQRM Wade Robson – Ramalama ABA: three-part structure; three-part dance compositional form where the first and third parts are the same and the second is different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYrCXg9Vbr4 Mia Michaels – Look Into My Eyes

Compositional Forms Call and Response: One soloist or group performs, with the second soloist/group answering or moving in “response,” often associated with African music and dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6FLfHTC68 Fred and Ginger- “Isn’t it a Lovely Day” from Top Hat Narrative: Structure that follows a specific story line to convey information through a dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQumAKlCJUY Kayla & Kupono - Gravity Fred and Ginger- “Isn’t it a Lovely Day” from Top Hat

Types of Dancing Performance: Participation: requires an audience anyone can participate

Purposes of Dance Ceremonial: dances created or performed for rituals or celebrations e.g., dances of Native Americans and West Africans to celebrate life events such as harvest, ritual dances associated with worship

Purposes of Dance Artistic Expression: dance created with the intent to express or communicate emotion, feelings, ideas e.g., ballet, tap dance, modern dance, dance created and performed in a concert and/or theatrical setting for an audience

Purposes of Dance Recreational: dancing for entertainment, to support recreational activities e.g., ballroom, line dancing, aerobic dance, dance as a hobby

Purposes of Dance Application Objective: To demonstrate your knowledge of the purposes of dance by analyzing real life examples Assignment: Read the handout provided. For each dance described, complete the chart below your purposes notes. Note: The costumes must have color. Requirements: The entire chart must be completed with color where appropriate Time allotted: 15 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPEM3womyA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KX7gNgnzHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2e1515l7Tc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IsvGaaLi60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u1FZhMA88g

Exit Slip “The length of time a movement lasts” duration b. phrase c. time d. movement 2) “The degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving.” alignment b. force c. weight d. tension 3) “The relationship of one movement or part of a movement to another.” a) narrative b) time c) force d) theme 4) These movements usually travel in pathways through space across the floor or in the air. non-locomotor movements b) force c) locomotor movements d) action 5) In 4/4 time, draw the note that gets one beat. Also, how many counts does a whole note get?