She Cannot Dance
We looked at children’s picture books for inspiration for some of our dances in class. One particular exercise was that of the dancing camel. The camel liked to dance and was ridiculed because of it. The camel was upset at first and then decided it didn’t matter what others thought as long as she was enjoying dancing.Dancing is what I will do. I love the parade.
I’ll practice and work very hard all through the day.
She cannot dance.
She cannot dance.
She cannot dance at all.
We took a perspective, the camel, the emotions, or the audience and danced to the poem. What I really enjoyed about this poem was the message. Dancing can be a vulnerable art, and when asking students to be so vulnerable, it is important to stress the importance that it doesn’t matter what others think as long as you are having fun.
Language and dance can compliment each other, especially when depicting something abstract like emotions. Poetry is a great resource for students to use as inspiration for dance.
One website outlines a way use poetry in a dance class. It suggests beginning with word association, such as choosing certain words and dancing what those words might be. Such as “Balloons” or “Melting Ice Cream” or “Popcorn”. When analyzing the poem, steps include:
Finally, make a sequence of moves related to the words/phrases and present as a dance.
This process can also be used for vocab or spelling words!
http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/lessons/dance/poemdance/index_e.php
http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/lessons/dance/poemdance/index_e.php
Language and dance can compliment each other, especially when depicting something abstract like emotions. Poetry is a great resource for students to use as inspiration for dance.
One website outlines a way use poetry in a dance class. It suggests beginning with word association, such as choosing certain words and dancing what those words might be. Such as “Balloons” or “Melting Ice Cream” or “Popcorn”. When analyzing the poem, steps include:
1. Read the poem
2. Check for unfamiliar vocabulary & clarify new vocabulary with synonyms
3. Highlight words that suggest movement
4. Students explore various ways to express the words, individually, on cue
5. Choose a favorite three words or phrases & create a phrase (as a whole class or individually, or not at all, depending on the time)
Finally, make a sequence of moves related to the words/phrases and present as a dance.
This process can also be used for vocab or spelling words!
Children’s books about Dance:
https://delightfulchildrensbooks.com/2010/12/10/dance/Poetry for Dance:
www.phecanada.ca/programs/dance/dance-resources/poetryhttp://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/lessons/dance/poemdance/index_e.php
http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/lessons/dance/poemdance/index_e.php
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