1. The Christmas Grump

2. Outline I. Experience 1. Ballet - The Christmas Grump II. Introduction
1. What is Ballet?
III. Enrichment
1. Teaching Audience Etiquette
2. Word Walls
3. Online Resources
IV. Projects
1. Playbill/Program for a Ballet
a. Procedures & Objectives
b. Contents of 8-page booklet
2. Pipe Cleaner Dancers
3. Shapes
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3. The Christmas Grump Experience- Join Imagination Fort Worth &
For their annual performance of
The Christmas Grump
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4. Experience –The Christmas Grump
Ballet Concerto’s The Christmas Grump will be presented at the historic Will Rogers Auditorium.
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5. Introduction-What is Ballet?
Ballet dance is a very formal and strict type of performance dance. Ballet dance originated in 16th and 17th century French courts, and was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form.
Early ballet dancers were not as highly skilled as they are now, as ballet has become a highly technical form of dance with its very own French vocabulary.
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6. Introduction-What is Ballet?
Ballet dance is typically performed to classical music. It is taught in ballet schools and studios around the world, with students ranging in age from toddlers to adults.
In order to become proficient at ballet dance, one must be extremely dedicated to the art and diligent in regard to practice and rehearsal time.
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7. Introduction-Audience Etiquette
What is the difference between a live performance and a recorded performance?
Explain inappropriate audience etiquette (i.e. gum chewing, talking, unwrapping candies, fidgeting, using inappropriate sitting posture).
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8. Enrichment- Audience Etiquette
The class can create a set of criteria for appropriate audience etiquette. Create an informational poster to post in the classroom.
Sample Criteria Set
1. Listen quietly during the performance. 
2. Sit up straight.
3. Look at the stage.
4. Sit calmly and quietly.
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9. Enrichment-Use these words for your dance Word Wall
slither, gallop, shuffle, roll, crawl, stretching, curling, arch, reaching, twisting, turning, strong, gentle , heavy, floppy, happy, excited, sad, between, thru, above, near, far, in and out, on the spot, beginning, middle, end, ski, jump, hop, bounce, spring, turn, spin, freeze, statue, curved, zigzag, lead, follow and copy, struggle, strain, sweat, labor, toil, repeat, plug away, strive, hustle, leap, bound, soar, dive, fly, unroll, spread, wiggle, squirm, jolt, waddle, jiggle, stomp, skip, step, hurdle
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10. Enrichment-Movement & Dance
Watch & dance along to Sesame Street dance videos:
Dance Vocabulary Word List:
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11. Project-Playbill/Program
Students will observe dancers in a formal audience setting, and build a vocabulary for describing dance and its effects. From this experience, students should create a playbill or program to describe and show what a dance looks like and how dancers move using descriptive and informative language learned from the Ballet Concerto experience that they attended.
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12. Project-Playbill/Program Procedures
The students will learn the importance of close observation and how language can capture the details they see and inferences they make as keen observers.
Students will gather information to write a children’s playbill/program designed to interest other students in attending dance performances.
The students will focus on using accurate description, powerful verbs and figurative language to make the dance come alive.
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13. Project-Playbill: Objectives
By exploring dance vocabulary, students will learn precise action verbs and metaphors for movement to use in future writing.
By observing closely, the students will recall the details and sequences of the dances performed to later share in the playbill/program they create.
The students will listen carefully and observe closely to recall the emotions, textures, colors, and sounds that were part of the performance.
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14. Project-Playbill: Description
By creating a children’s playbill/program, students will use descriptive, informative writing to summarize the dance program, describe a favorite part, and report why it is interesting to see a dance performance.
To create the student playbill/ program each student will need two sheets of paper folded in half to form the 8 pages we will be filling with ballet words and images.
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15. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Your playbill/program needs to have an eye-catching cover page. Use the first page in your booklet to create this cover.
Focus on the dancers you are learning about and the holiday theme of the performance. You can use cut outs or draw your own dancers.
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16. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
On the inside cover of your playbill/ program (page 2) have students write out the “question words” - who, what, where, when, and why. Fill out the information together in regards to this performance.
This informative section of the program is explained in the first section of this presentation. Review those pages with the students to help them fill out this section.
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17. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Movement Vocabulary
Pass around pictures of dancers and have the students discuss what the dancers might be “saying” with movement. Have students choose their favorite dance words for page 3 of their booklet, then have them draw pictures that correspond to their favorite words.
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18. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Have students study body movements and limbs using their new vocabulary.
Learn the basic ballet positions:
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Then have students use page 4 of their booklet to draw those positions so they can keep practicing the ballet positions at home or during play time.
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19. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Discuss with students how much hard work it takes for dancers to practice effectively. Highlight how practice is focused on getting particular movements “right”. Ask students to describe a time they have practiced to get it “just right” (e.g. free throw in basketball).
Use page 5 to write the steps of something the students practice at to get better. The activity can be any activity the student enjoys and wants to do better.
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20. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Have students discuss what they like best from what they have learned about ballet, both from the performance and the learning from videos, books, etc.
Use page 6 to illustrate or write about the best part of the ballet. Students may want to write or draw costumes, sets, movement, the music, etc.
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21. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
Dance is full of emotion. All different types of dance impact us emotionally. Use page 7 to express the emotion of dance. Students should write down some notes about how watching dance made them feel or what it made them think about.
They can also write about other forms of dance and how it makes them feel. For example, when they dance to salsa music, does it make them feel the same as learning to dance ballet?
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22. Project-Playbill/Program Pages
For the back cover of your playbill/ program have students tell you more about their own interest in dance. This page should have the student’s name, as well as images (collaged and/or drawn) that show how they feel about dance, the ballet, and the performance they watched.
This page is all about self-expression and should be a culmination of the lessons, performance, and students’ feelings.
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23. Project-Pipe Cleaner Dancers
Provide several pipe cleaners to each child, asking them to re-create a dancer’s shape from the performance. Kids move them as they remember the dancers moving.
Then have the students describe the dance poses they captured with their pipe cleaners. Refer students to your Word Wall, and encourage them to use precise and engaging vocabulary.
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24. Project-Pipe Cleaner Dancers
Tell them to close their eyes and let their minds create an image of a dancer who weightlessly floats across the stage. With their eyes still closed, have them draw a picture of a dancer whose feet stomped and pounded out a hard driving beat.
Have them brainstorm examples:
Twisted like a…
She was as slow as a …
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25. Project-Shapes
Think about the shapes you saw in the costumes and set design. Did you see SQUARES, CIRCLES, TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES? Cut out these shapes and create a collaged image of your favorite part of the performance.
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26. About Us: Imagination Fort Worth
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27. About Us: Imagination Fort Worth
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29. The Christmas Grump