Year 8 Dance
Name: ___________________
Group: _________
Teacher: __________________
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Dance Quiz
1. What does action mean?
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2. What does dynamic mean?
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3. What does unison mean?
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4. What does canon mean?
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5. What is a motif?
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Expectations
What should you wear for Dance?
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What are the behaviour consequences?
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2. _______________________________________________________
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Dance Levels
• Level 4A = you remember all of the dance in your performance. You can create
actions and begin to think about the dynamics of these actions.
• Level 5C = you have a few dynamics in your performance and you are quite
confident. You can have quite creative ideas when making a motif.
• Level 5B = you now have more dynamics changes in your performance and your
confidence is good. You have creative ideas when making a motif.
• Level 5A = you have a variety of dynamics in your performance, you are a
confident performer and extend the majority of your actions. You have lots of
creative and original ideas when making a motif.
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Scheme of work 1:
Christopher Bruce’s ‘Ghost Dances’
The dance was choreographed in __________.
It was based upon _______________ oppression and dictatorship
in South _______________.
They used pedestrian gestures in Ghost Dances. What does
pedestrian mean?
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There are _____ Ghost dancers.
There are _____ Dead/Village dancers.
How many sections are there in the dance? 3 7 11
What type of music is used for the dance?
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The characteristics of the Ghost dancers are:
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Theme of Ghost Dances:
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New Dance Term:
Space =
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Give an example of the space used in Ghost Dance:
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Analysis Task: Watch the clip and make as many notes on the following.
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Actions Dynamics
Physical Setting of Ghost Dances
Circle the words you feel matches the set design and lighting of Ghost Dances.
Happy Eerie Cold Minimal
Dark Bright Joyous Spooky
Describe the costumes of the Ghost Dancers:
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What have you learnt today?
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Homework Task: Create a poster or fact sheet based on ‘Ghost Dances’. It
can be about the Ghost Dances or the actions and dynamics you wrote about.
Use images and colour to your work.
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Ghost Dances Word Search
XXJPZFKEYWKEGN
WWXISVMXGEIXDP
TMSLEFURHJZXXP
BUCITSILAMINAQ
LLRWWJWPLBRCGS
TSINSKRADBSHET
VUNGNITNUAHMEC
EEGHOSTDANCERS
CNOITAMROFRGPA
NNBATHLETICORS
AELCANONDDIJLU
LZAHBJEERIEUJL
ABWOLSKFASTMGU
BIHJJKOXOCBPOD
animalistic formation
athletic Ghost dancers
balance haunting
canon jump
dark roll
eerie slow
fast turn
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Create your own Ghost Dances motif.
What do you need to think about when creating your own motif?
Starting and ending position is a must! Use your own original actions
but use key actions from Ghost Dances. Dynamics are also important,
think about the theme of Ghost Dances… Haunting, eerie, dark and
intense.
Task: complete the table – this will help you see if you have added all
the ingredients into your motif.
Ingredients to your Have you got this? If so what and how
motif many?
Actions
Dynamics
Theme
Formations
Canon
Starting and Ending
What level was your motif working at? _________
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Self-Review
• Level 4A = You remember the whole dance and now have some dynamics in your performance. You
can create actions and begin to think about the dynamics of these actions.
• Level 5C = More dynamics appear in your performance and you are quite confident performing in
front of your peers. You can respond imaginatively to a task such as levels and repetition.
• Level 5B = You show different types of dynamics in your performance and you are confident when
performing in front of your peers. You are using a variety of devices to create a motif such as
canon and reversing.
What assessment level do you want to achieve in your assessment?
4B 4A 5C 5B 5A
What are your strengths in the scheme of work?
What are the areas which you could improve on in the scheme of work?
What have you learnt in this scheme of work?
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Give a target which you would like to work on for the next scheme of work:
Actual Level: _______
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