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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 3 - Story and imagery ideas

Little leprechaun in Ireland, going off to the Faire.  Saved money all year.
Faire down in valley.  Rolling hills with boulders.

Play Music and do actions with fingers to phases of the music.

 

Leprechaun shape
Skip to music, then jump to meet partner (boulders) and separate with jumps.
B - Angles of body
R - Relation to tree, boulder.  Protect money. Work to beat.
S - Levels
E - Freeze.
  Repeat dance to music E - Light and perky
R - Aware of partner