6th Set of Mini- lessons: Ran and Melina

 Educational Videos


Video 1


 Hampshire College • Mettler Archive • Creative Dance for Children, pt. 1

 
Creative Dance for Children, pt. 1", 1977. Shot on 16mm film. "Creative Dance for Children" showcases a series of dance workshops for children lead by Barbara Mettler at her studio. -- Barbara Mettler, dancer, dance educator, author, and film and video producer, developed her own style of modern dance, which emphasized improvisation. Her core principles were beauty, freedom, and democracy. Dance was conceived as a fundamental human activity, of which all people are capable, as opposed to an elite, choreographed, performance art. The Barbara Mettler Archive came to Hampshire College in 2003. For more information: mettlerdance.hampshire.edu
 
 This Hampshire College's video shows the creative dance process back when no one was doing it. It illustrates Laban's movement theories.It looks and sound dated, but it is nevertheless an important reference for dance teacher looking for creative ways of teaching authentic movement. Pleas, answer the questions below:


a) Please, give your feedback about this historic video.

b) How would you adapt it in order to be used to teach children today?

 

LESSON PLANS

Ran Lampert

 Teaching Dance to Kindergartener's (DAN 385) 

Component: Movement Skills and Underlying Principles

Objectives: 

1. Recognize to the best of your ability each part of the body and how the movement and shapes works. 

2. Start by moving in a personal space, with each student distanced. 

3. Understand and explore the different basic movement skills, ie. walking, running, skipping, rolling, crawling, etc.
 

4. Start basic movements to a simple/basic beat. 

5. Learn the importance of pace; fast and slow, withvarying speeds. 

6. Once the movements and dances are taught and understood, have the student be creative and open-minded, using improv and creative movement ideas. 

7. After the students create their own movement patterns and improv movements, have them partner up and show one another their creativity and openness. Allow them to understand each other and be in sync. 

8. Create larger groups (maybe 1 big group or 2 big groups) and have them freestyle different movements, but give the class direction. Use sounds and images of your liking, and base the movements and dances on what you ask or want them to imagine/do. 

9. Cool down and relax; ask them how they felt and if they enjoyed what they learned. 

Competency: 

1. The student understands each part of the bodyand how the shapes and movements they make work. 

2. The student can have a sense of rhythm and beat, being able to move on beat. 

3. The student comprehends the different tempos and paces. 

4. The student is creative and understands the basis of dance and movement, allowing them to be creative, open-minded, and have basic improv skills. 

5. The students understand the importance of being in sync and working in groups. They can work with partners and help combine their ideas.

 6. The class as a whole can work and understand basic movements and work together, trying to work together as much as possible and not hinder each other. 

7. The class understands the importance of dance and movement, and what emotions they felt from dancing.

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Melina Asnani

DAN 385

April 7, 2021

Dance Lesson 

· Focus:

o Demonstrates nonlocomotor skills

o Use personal and general space, including level and directional changes

o Sequences slow and fast movement

o Performs a repeated pattern of locomotor or nonlocomotor movement

Lesson Plan

· Warm Up

· Hokey Pokey Video

· Teach the dance

· Have a group performance

· Cool down

Warm Up

· Go around the room and say your name with a movement

· The other students will say “hi” back with the same movement

· Emphasise exploration of levels and use of space

· Tell them to be as creative as positive

Teach the dance

· Be as clear as possible

· Explain the movements that are explained in the dance

· Practice slowly

Performance

· Either split into groups or have the whole group perform as one (depending on size of the class)

· Have fun with the performance!

Cool down

· Do some easy stretches

· Explore levels and space within cool down

· Have the class breathe slowly to calm down at the end

· During cool down, ask questions about if the students enjoyed the class, what their favourite part was, any other dances they want to learn?

 

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