Basic Body Movements in Dance

TITLE: LESSON NOTE ON CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

SUBJECT: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE

THEME: Performing Arts and Entertainment

TERM: SECOND TERM

WEEK: WEEK 6

DATE:

CLASS: PRIMARY 4                           

AGE OF STUDENTS:

CLASS COMPOSITION: Slow and fast learners.

PERIOD:

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

TOPIC: Basic Body Movements in Dance

Units:

• Components of body movement in dance.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able to:

• Explain the meaning of natural and basic movements in dance.
• State the meaning of time, space, effort and mood in dance
• Respond to music using body movement

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

• Explanatory posters/pictures
• Explanatory Video

TEACHING AND LEARNING METHOD

• Explanation
• Discussion
• Questions and Answers

Entry Behaviour: the students have been taught about Introduction to theatre and drama.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Universal Basic Education Curriculum.
• NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
• Lagos State Scheme of work
• Unified Schemes of Work Primary Schools for Cultural and Creative Arts (MIDDLE BASIC)
• Internet Materials.
• Edudelight Cultural and Creative Arts for Primary Schools.

WORD FILE:                         

                                        CONTENT

Meaning of Natural and basic body movement

Basic body movements are the natural things or step to move our body. Like running, walking, jumping, etc.

Meaning of Time, Space, Mood and Effort in Dance

Dance can be used to entertain us or convey messages. These components will be present

1. Time: it is the period between movements or repeated gestures in a dance. Timing is very important in dance to give rhythm.
2. Space: it is the area where a person a person is dancing. It could be a king’s palace, village square, in a hall, in a boat on the river and in a moving van. Space helps the dancers to give adequate expression through movements.
3. Effort/ force:  effort is the force or energy required for the performance of the dance. When we shake, twist, bend down, jump up and jerk our body during dance. The effort we apply during dance will not be interesting.
4. Mood: it is the way the dancers feel when dancing .it could be joy, happiness, sadness, excitement, sorrow.it is done to meet the purpose of the dance.

Responding to music using Body Movements

To respond to music using body movement, the dancer notes the beat, tempo or speed of the music. When the tempo is fast, the dance should take a fast movement to meet up. If it is slow, the dancer responds slowly.

PRESENTATION

• The Teacher revises the previous lesson (Dances of the locality).
• The Teacher introduces the topic: Basic Body Movements in Dance.
• He/she explains the meaning of natural and basic movements in the dance.
• He/she State the meaning of time, space, effort and mood in dance
• The teacher leads pupils to mention the State the meaning of time, space, effort and mood in dance.
• The pupils copy and submit their note for marking.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

• Demonstrate body movements in response to music.

EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES

Instruction: Answer the following questions below.

• Define natural movement.
• Explain the meaning of the following words in dance.
• Time
• Space
• Mood
• effort

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