Teacher: Jennifer Landa
School: Ridgewood High School
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
Grade: 9-12
Subject: Dance
Lesson: Poem Study
One Semester Course – PEARLS Project Unit
- Limited Physicality Study
- Poem Study
- Portrait Study
- Solo Portrait Study
- Group Piece
Objective:
- Students will be introduced to the idea of using text in dance
- Students will be able to create movement from text
- Students will be able to create a short dance study illuminating a text
Duration: 4 Class periods
Materials: Music, Mirror, Poems and Graphic Depiction of Poems created by text from PEARLS Ambassador blogs
Procedure:
Intro
- Students are exposed to the idea of using text to create dance
- Students view video of various dance pieces incorporating text in different manners
- Students reflect on what they have seen
Body
- Students create a short dance study from a particular text
- Students create a movement vocabulary from their text
- Students create a solo piece designed to bring their text to life
- Students perform solos
Finish
- Students and teacher give feedback on performance on performance.
- Students reflect on the use of text in dance.
Student Outcomes/Assessment: By the end of the lesson the students will have created and performed a solo study illuminating a text source. They will be assessed through verbal and written feedback, both self-assessed and teacher assessed.