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 Creative dance - Leprechaun
"When I got to the fair ground"

Music analysis sheet   Upstairs/Downstairs Music file
SECTION 1
Skipping action for dance

SECTION 2
Jumping action with partner

SECTION 3
Story and imagery ideas

SECTION 4
Faire ground rides - Turning shape and whole dance




 

 
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SECTION 1 - Basic vocabulary of action words (skipping and jump pattern) for the dance

Skipping action
"Exploring the gym show me how you skip."

 

B - Lift knees, point toes, lead with arms
S - Use whole space
E - Quick leg lift and light
R - Skip to spaces
"Same again, except experiment with changes of directions and different pathways as you skip."
S - Explore gym.  Try to go high and low.  Different directions, change pathways
"Do the same, but to the beat of the claves." R - Listen to beats of 8.  Imagine you are light and perky.