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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. Levels USE LOW – MEDIUM – HIGH LEVELS

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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?

15. GROUPS READ THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON HAIKU
DECIDE WHAT JOB YOU WANT TO DO
PROPOSE YOUR GROUPS TO ME BY !
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