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Creation of a dance performance including English text/story-telling. Students will learn choreography, create and tell a story, and contribute their own movements which will all be combined into a final performance. There will be theater modules that emphasize acting and speaking English.
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*With the same group of students for five days, four or five 45 min sessions per day (If only four sessions are feasible, the modules will be shortened).*
Schedule At a Glance
Day One: Intro to movement and text
Module 1: Intro & games for getting comfortable and speaking English
Module 2: Discussion of different dance styles and how to combine text with movement
Module 3: Meditation, movement warm-up, learn new dance skills
Module 4: Text prompts- writing exercises
Module 5: Games
Day Two: Creating stories & text prompts
Module 1: Meditation & movement warm-up
Module 2: Practice dance skills and learn choreography
Module 3: Creating text/story for our performance
Module 4: Creating text/story for our performance, read aloud
Module 5: Games
Day Three: Theater and combining text & dance
Module 1: Meditation & movement warm-up
Module 2: Review choreography & text
Module 3: Theater exercises, acting skills, speaking activities
Module 4: Create movement to accompany text
Module 5: Games
Day Four: Creating own movements & putting it all together
Module 1: Meditation & movement warm-up
Module 2: Intro to choreography and creating movements
Module 3: In groups, create mini dances to use for final performance
Module 4: Review choreography, text, and mini dances
Module 5: Games
Day Five: Rehearse and perform
Module 1: Meditation & favorite games of the week
Module 2: Movement warm-up, begin combining everything created
Module 3: Rehearse final product
Module 4: Rehearse/Feedback session
Module 5: Performance for an audience