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Anderson, Kendra / Dance / Grade 10, 11, 12


Unit Title Tap, Hip Hop & Contemporary Jazz Content For the 1st Quarter, Students are introduced to proper tap techniques. Through watching films such as "Tap", and "Stormy Weather", students will gain an understanding of rhythm, percussion, timing, and non-verbal communication. Through tap students will learn how express emotion through their feet as well as gain an understanding of improvisation, syncopation, Jazz Music, and history. Through hip hop and Contemporary Jazz students gain an opportunity to strengthen their bodies, improve body posture, and get a great work out through various warm-up techniques and stretches. Skills Tap: Time Steps, flaps, shuffles, Hoofer's Circle (Communicating through tap), rhythmic patterns, and mini-combinations. Hip Hop: The history of the art form, rhythm, isolations, floor work, and social dance skills. Contemporary Jazz: The emotional impact of dance, modern fortifications, and a general sense of body and spatial awareness. Resources Various Dance Films and instructional videos. You tube Instructional Strategies Allowing each student to reflect their own personal style and emotion through dance. Encouraging all students to explore movement both in a personal and social sense. Encouraging students to never give up even if a certain style is difficult for them to grasp. Assessment Audition techniques. Brief tests on skills learned after every unit. Outcomes
Unit Title Cultural Dance Content Belly Dancing: the history, choreography, and various types of movements. Taught by Dawn Devine-local belly dancing instructor. Argentine Tango (TBA): students will learn the basic steps for Tango Skills Resources Instructor-Dawn Devine-Belly Dancing Tango: Argentine music and video instruction Instructional Strategies Assessment The history and importance of cultural dance. Outcomes
Unit Title Dance Content Skills Resources Instructional Strategies Assessment Outcomes

Unit Title

Tap, Hip Hop & Contemporary Jazz

Content

For the 1st Quarter, Students are introduced to proper tap techniques. Through watching films such as "Tap", and "Stormy Weather", students will gain an understanding of rhythm, percussion, timing, and non-verbal communication. Through tap students will learn how express emotion through their feet as well as gain an understanding of improvisation, syncopation, Jazz Music, and history.

Through hip hop and Contemporary Jazz students gain an opportunity to strengthen their bodies, improve body posture, and get a great work out through various warm-up techniques and stretches.

Skills

Tap: Time Steps, flaps, shuffles, Hoofer's Circle (Communicating through tap), rhythmic patterns, and mini-combinations.

Hip Hop: The history of the art form, rhythm, isolations, floor work, and social dance skills.

Contemporary Jazz: The emotional impact of dance, modern fortifications, and a general sense of body and spatial awareness.

Resources

Various Dance Films and instructional videos.

You tube

Instructional Strategies

Allowing each student to reflect their own personal style and emotion through dance.

Encouraging all students to explore movement both in a personal and social sense.

Encouraging students to never give up even if a certain style is difficult for them to grasp.

Assessment

Audition techniques.

Brief tests on skills learned after every unit.

Outcomes

Unit Title

Cultural Dance

Content

Belly Dancing: the history, choreography, and various types of movements. Taught by Dawn Devine-local belly dancing instructor.

Argentine Tango (TBA): students will learn the basic steps for Tango

Skills

Resources

Instructor-Dawn Devine-Belly Dancing

Tango: Argentine music and video instruction