Your dance performance Be Creative - Work together – Have Fun - Rehearse a Lot! By Lien Indigne

What do you need? PEOPLE A group of 6 A Choreographer A Creative Designer A Project Leader Dancers SEATS Use the SPACE [levels] Dance with EFFORT Actions – certain steps Stay on the beat – Tempo Formations – Floor patterns

DANCE 1 min performance Create a costume OR use a PROP Pick a song with Rhythm you can dance to. Hip Hop moves go well with rap music Jazz moves go well with popular music Decide on a FAST or SLOW rhythm (slow is easy, but can be tricky too. Sometimes music can be too fast and difficult to follow)

GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES SHARE YOUR IDEAS SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS IN YOUR GROUP RESPECT YOUR LEADERS HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT THE DANCE COULD BE LIKE OR LOOK LIKE… USE YOUR TIME WELL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROJECT

Formations & FLOOR PATTERNS choose 5 as your frame . STRAIGHT LINES CIRCLE ZIG ZAG LINE STAGGERED DIAMOND V OR X STAGGERED TOWARD CENTER AWAY FROM CENTER DIAGONAL CURVED LINES MOVE IN A CIRCLE

required actions: spins – turns – jumps – chainee – box step

Levels USE LOW – MEDIUM – HIGH LEVELS

Your Guiding paper Fill out this form while you are working on your dance. It will help you to include all the Different aspects of a Dance. Your teacher will collect it for you at the end of each class.

Creative director make the dance INTRESTING OR SPECIAL decide on the theme, the costume or prop, the music, the beginning and ending pose (or act) decide everything with the choreographer

choreographer Create the dance Brainstorm different dance steps with the team Respect and include the different ability levels Include all required items in the dance Discuss everything with the creative director

Project Is responsible for the final presentation Make sure everyone participates and practices Organizes extra meetings if needed Contact dancers who miss a practice Solve problems that arise Contact teacher when needed

dancers Learn the dance from the choreographer Listen to instructions and watches demonstrations Practices the steps and asks for help when difficult Accepts the steps and routines created by the choreographer and the creative director Accepts the different abilities of other dancers

Rehearse! WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE IDEAS BE CREATIVE TEAM WORK WILL BE ASSESSED BETTER EASY STEP AND TOGETHER, THEN DIFFICULT STEPS THAT NO BODY CAN PERFORM. THE QUALITY OF YOUR PERFORMANCE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO IT

ASSESSMENT DAILY PROJECT REPORT BY THE PROJECT LEADER GROUP ASSESSMENT ON TEAM MEMBERS CONTRIBUTIONS INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF ALL TEAM MEMBERS SELF ASSESSMENT ON DANCE SKILL HOW DO PERFORM ON STAGE? DO YOU LOOK AT OTHER DANCERS TO REMEMBER THE ROUTINE? HOW ARE YOU PERFORMING THE DANCE STEPS? DO YOU STAY ON THE BEAT?

GROUPS READ THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON HAIKU DECIDE WHAT JOB YOU WANT TO DO PROPOSE YOUR GROUPS TO ME BY EMAIL! I WILL DECIDE WHICH GROUPS ARE ACCEPTED SOME GROUPS MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE A FEW MEMBERS IN THE GROUP. WE WILL START PRACTICE ON MONDAY