Dance 1 · Week 8 · Elements of Dance
Time and Togetherness
Groups dance a rhythmic phrase in unison and in canon and notice how shared timing builds connection.
- Students will
- Groups perform a rhythmic phrase in unison and in canon, using shared timing and counts to build ensemble connection.
- SEL skill
- Use counts and listening to coordinate timing with group members
- What it looks like
- Students practice cooperating and communicating to keep a group in time.
- Content focus
- Time and Togetherness
- Format
- Group roles share
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you build and keep healthy connections through listening, communicating, cooperating, and solving conflict. More relationship skills 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:Pr4.1.HSI: Dance, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 4 (Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Dance 1
- A Safe Space to Move Relationship skillsStudents cocreate studio agreements and practice a group warmup that welcomes every body and ability level.
- Feedback in the Studio Relationship skillsStudents give feedback on a peer's dance study using kind, specific language and revise their own study.
- Group Choreography Relationship skillsGroups collaborate on a short dance using choreographic devices and practice making sure every member's ideas appear in it.
- Trust in Partnering Relationship skillsPartners practice counterbalance and weight sharing with clear verbal check ins, building trust step by step.
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