Safe dance practice: warming up and technique
In this lesson we will focus on safe dance practice, warming up and technique.
Safe dance practice: warming up and technique
In this lesson we will focus on safe dance practice, warming up and technique.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Pupils will learn safe dance practise to demonstrate the ability to conduct a thorough and effective dance-specific warm-up.
- Pupils will learn safe dance practise to create an activity suitable for one of the dance phases.
- Pupils will learn safe dance practise to take part in technical exercises and assess individual areas of strength and limitations in relations to physical skills.
- Pupils will learn safe dance practise to devise an activity that would help show improvement in a chosen skill.
- Pupils will learn safe dance practise to focus, resilience, self-awareness and self discipline.
Equipment
Device to play music (e.g. phone or MP3 player), a 2x2m clear space, suitable clothing.
Content guidance
- Physical activity required.
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended.
Licence
This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.
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3 Questions
Q1.
A warm up physically and mentally prepares us for our activity
False
Q2.
Which main muscles/body parts are being used in the stretch performed by the dancer pictured?
Knees and Elbows
Neck and Wrists
Q3.
Tick the six items of clothing that you think would be suitable to wear for a dance class.
Denim
Necklaces
Over-sized clothing
Pencil Skirt
Sandals
3 Questions
Q1.
What is a 'plié'?
Dropping of the hips
Folding of the elbow
Q2.
Physical skills help us to improve our ability to perform:
False
Q3.
When we work improving on our technical skills we need to ensure we show:
Movement
Travelling