YDance - Ignite. Photo by Andrew Ross.

Pacific Dance Adventure

From the symbolic images that can represent a country, to ceremonial performances and war dances, explore museum artefacts and let youth dance group YDance lead you on an journey through the Pacific in movement and dance.

  • Suitable for Levels 3, 4 & Senior Phase (S1‒6)
  • Thursdays by arrangement 10.15 / 11.30 / 12.45 / 14:00 (1hr)

What will my pupils do in the workshop?

Introduction and warm up

  • Exploration of Pacific artefacts: Fujian war club & Tongan flag.
  • Series of warm up movements.

Introduction to movement

  • Walk pathways combining jumps, rolls, slides and turns.
  • Pair work: creating fighting poses, contact and non contact.

War club dance

  • Use their imaginary club as a walking stick.
  • Individual dance sequence.
  • Paired dance sequence.
  • Perform their fighting poses.
  • Develop travelling movements: ‘Moments of power’.

Tongan flag movements

  • Learn frozen shapes and movements relating to images on the flag.
  • Discuss symbolic meaning of sections of the flag.
  • Work in groups to create a sequence using their frozen shapes and movements.
  • Perform their sequence in groups.

Cool down

  • Series of slow cool down movements.

This workshop may be complimented by a visit to our Performance and Lives gallery.

YDance - Primary 2

YDance: Project Y. Photo by Andrew Ross.

Curriculum areas and key learning outcomes

Expressive Arts

 

Dance

 

I have created and taken part in dance from a range of styles and cultures

EXA3-08a

 

I can select ideas from a range of stimuli to choreograph dance motifs in creative ways

EXA4-09a

 

I can participate in dance styles and activities which challenge and extend my repertoire of movement and my knowledge of the styles and cultures of dance.

EXA4-10a
Health and Wellbeing

 

Movement skills, competencies and concepts

 

As I encounter a variety of challenges and contexts for learning, I am encouraged and supported to demonstrate my ability to select and apply a wide range of complex movement skills and strategies, creatively, accurately and with consistency and control.

HWB4-21a

Cooperation and competition

While learning together and in leadership situations, I can:

  • Experience different roles and take responsibility in organizing a physical event
  • Contribute to a supportive and inclusive environment
  • Demonstrate behaviour that contributes to fair play.

HWB4-23a

Higher Dance

  • Choreography
  • Professional practice
    • Ethnic

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