Disco Dance

Author: ffitzgerald

Created: 2016-05-09 02:49pm

Edited: 2016-05-24 10:13pm

Description:

This learning design enables students to explore and choreograph freestyle and disco themed dances with correct timing and technique, using a variety of different movements. In groups students will be engaged in choreographing their own short dance sequences using the principles of dance and basic dance movements. Throughout the design students will use the online learning platform schoology, along with digital video recording devices to analyse and evaluate their own performance, so that they are able to adapt and refine skills and compositional ideas effectively to resolve choreographical problems in creative ways. To conclude students will be involved in individual self assessment and reflection of their learning. This design is underpinned by the concepts of cooperative and experiential learning, in this learning is student directed and engaging.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

  • Discuss and explore different dance formations using the 6 principles of dance
  • Analyse their own & others performances, identifying strengths & weaknesses; compare & contrast similarities & differences
  • Make decisions/suggestions about what to do to improve their performance & the performance of others
  • Implement practices/changes to improve their performance
  • Create different dance movement formations within specific dance themes (disco)
  • Use the principles of dance to help create movement that expresses ideas, feeling, concepts or emotions to an audience
  • Collaboration, decision making and reflective skills
Resources Tasks Supports

Dance Introduction

Familiarisation: In groups, students use the elements of dance to change a set choreographed dance.

Teacher lead discussion and dance

You Tube Clip
“The Sid Shuffle – Ice Age: Continental Drift”

You Tube video to support teacher lead dance

6 Elements of dance provided

Group collaboration

Video of each dance on either student or teacher video recording device

Teacher and video feedback

Schoology Site - ongoing resource throughout unit.
https://www.schoology.com/

Teacher computer or iPad connected to projector, speaker

Disco dance move examples provided

Choreograph: Groups develop their own Disco themed dance

Teacher facilitator and demonstrate disco dance moves

Disco Dance template

Music choice given to students

Group Discussions/collaboration

Shared video on individual devices or schoology

Improvement and Analysis - Strengths and areas to improve before performance

Teacher as facilitator of feedback

Question sheet or online document to guide analysis task

Group discussions on strengths and areas to improve

Teacher or student helper record each dance

Performance

Student and teacher observation

Teacher facilitate each groups performances

Self assessment quiz posted on schoology

Reflection and Self Assessment

Self assessment completed by students individually

Probing reflective questions

Video of performances posted on schoology

Teacher facilitate group discussions