Dance 1 · Week 29 · Dance in Our Community
Every Body Dances
Students analyze how dance media portrays bodies and write affirmations about what their own bodies can do.
- Students will
- Students analyze how dance media shows bodies, using the elements of dance and context to interpret what is valued, and write affirmations about what their own bodies can do.
- SEL skill
- Notice my own thoughts about bodies and name a strength of my movement
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by noticing their thoughts about bodies and naming strengths of their own movement.
- Content focus
- Every Body Dances
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- DA:Re8.1.HSI: Dance, Responding, Anchor Standard 8 (Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Dance 1
- My Moving Story Self-awarenessStudents create a short gesture phrase from moments in their lives and reflect on how they feel about moving in front of others.
- Listening to the Body Self-awarenessStudents learn alignment basics and a body scan and notice where emotions and tension live in their bodies.
- Energy and Emotion Self-awarenessStudents analyze how movement qualities such as sharp, smooth, and heavy express emotion and try each quality in their own bodies.
- Folklórico and Family Self-awarenessStudents learn about the regional roots of ballet folklórico and reflect on the dances that live in their own families.
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