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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 2 - Jumping action with a partner

 Jump action
Explore different ways of jumping		 B - Two feet or one foot
S - Direction, pathways
E - Light and sudden
Jump to the rhythm of BIG, BIG, small, small, small

Try to lead with hip when you jump

 E - 2 slow, 3 quick
S - explore pathways



Find a partner
Stand apart and explore how to meet to the rhythm of Big, Big, small, small, small. 
Experiment meeting with different body parts		 S - Pathways to meet
R - Meeting and parting.  Land so that you are touching on the final small jump.  Anticipate.
R - Jumping from boulders to boulders.
Link the skipping and jumping actions to the beats of the claves. R - 2 sets of 8 skip.  One set of 8 meet and one set of 8 part.