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See the music, hear the dance

The Arts Unit presents another exciting group composition project for students, featuring animateur Paul Rissmann and choreographer Josef Brown

Dance activities

Students will present a collaborative dance work devised through problem-solving tasks and manipulation of the elements of dance. They will explore, devise, select, refine and structure movement in response to 'The Infernal Dance of King Kastchei' from 'The Firebird Suite' by Stravinsky.

The students were required to utilise choreographic tools as a foundation of their dance work. These tools are the basis from which the communication of a concept or intention; they include:

sequence
transition
repetition
variation
contrast

The students were also required to analyse the work, their processes, and consider the socio-historical context of Stravinsky and his original composition.

Dance activities

Duration: 0:28

Video transcript - Dance activities

Program, scope and sequence

Duration: 10 weeks (2 x 60 minutes lessons per week)

Teaching materials:

worksheets,
recording of 'The Infernal Dance of King Kastchei' from 'The Firebird Suite' (1919) by Igor Stravinsky,
acrylic paint, brushes and other drawing mediums

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Assessments

The students will be assessed on evidence of their abilities to:

explore the elements of dance as the basis to communicate ideas
compose and structure movement that communicates an idea
describe and analyse dance as the communication of ideas within a context
identify and analyse the link between your performance and dance works of art
demonstrate enhanced dance technique by manipulating the elements of dance
demonstrate an understanding and application of aspects of performance quality and interpretation through performance.