Today the Year 5&6's had a dance workshop with Lucy from The Royal NZ Ballet. First we warmed up and then worked on the opening sequence. Just before lunch we shared what we created and then went for a walk to the Botanical Gardens. After lunch we worked on the final sequence and nearly timed it with the music :-). It was a full on day but a lot of fun! We really got cracking and choreographed about half of our dance! Whew!
The process we followed to choreograph was:
- Look at vocabulary describing our scene/characters/feelings.
- Turn those words into moves.
- Create 8 count phrases from the moves.
- Layer entries/exits/freezes and unisons into the mix.
Don't forget Levels, facials and gestures and you have a great movement sequence!
Ka Pai everyone! Now we just have to remember it and practice it, create costumes/props and we're done.... (not a big ask really is it!)
Looking forward to our Sunday practices starting this week!
Thanks Lucy! You are awesome :-)
Here is a snippet of our work today. I didn't video the rest of it but will do on Sunday!
