Learn to Dance with Mr. Francisty
The Elements of Dance: Dance Concept/ Movement Conpects
We are going to dive into our dance unit together, first learning the concepts that make up dance and from there we will be learning different dances.
I will show you how to do the concepts, you can follow along with me or you can to try it for yourself after the lesson to your own music!
The first concept in regard to Space (Where is the movement performed) is Place.
We will focus in this lesson about Place: self-space/general space (also called personal/shared)
Try to follow along in the video.
Our last lesson we learns about Space: Personal space vs Shared space. Next we are learning and practicing Levels.
Today we will still be practicing our Personal and Shared space but also introduce the concept of Levels. The three levels we will be practicing and trying are: High, Medium and Low.
Follow along with Mr. F or watch the lesson followed by trying the concept for yourself.
Dance Concepts:Direction
Cha Cha Slide
Direction is moving forward, back, left, right, up, down, diagonal.
Do your best to follow along, or watch the video and do the dance after on your own. Remember practice makes perfect, it took Mr.F five tries before learning the dance. Don't worry if you mess up, just have fun.
Dance Concept: Pathways
Building on direction we are going to look at different pathways that we can do when dancing or moving our bodies in different directions.
Some Pathways are: straight, zig zag, curved.
Dance Concept: Size
Hey Thunderbird's, today we are going to learn about size (big, medium, and small) and practice with a song called baby shark!
Dance Concept: Speed
Today we are breaking down the concept of speed. Moving fast or slow. When the music is fast we usually move our bodies fast, when the music is slow we slow down our bodies. We will be moving together listening to the speed of the music and trying to match that speed with our bodies.
Dance Concept Rhythm: Pattern, Beat
Today we are leaning to line dance!
What you need to remember for today's dance in counting to 8. Our pattern is the 8 count and we will try and stay with the beat of the song.
Today's song is Old Town Road.
Dance Concept: Body Hand Washing
Hey Thunderbird's! Last week we learned how to line dance by learning the Pattern. Today we are learning that we can dance with specific body parts. Maybe just the arms or a leg.
For today's exercise I want you to dance with your hands. We are going to do a hand wash dance video! Ill show you what I mean in my video.
Remember wash for at least 20 seconds, use some soap and washer.
Have fun!
Lets See Your Dance/Movement Videos
Review of the concepts:
1.Space: Self-space, dancing in one spot. Genera-space, moving around the room and dancing.
2.Levels: Dancing low, med, high.
3.Direction: Dancing forward,back, side to side.
4.Pathways: Dancing in a straight line on a zig-zag.
5. Size: Making yourself small or big.
6. Speed: Dancing slow or fast, changing speed.
7. Rhythm: Dancing to a beat or a count.
8.Body Parts: What parts of the body are moving/dancing.
Hey Thunder birds! Time for you to make a dance/movement video.
You can copy my dance video or you can create your own.
Grade 5's I would like you to use 5 concepts in your video.
Grade 4's I would like you to use 4 concepts in your video.
Grade 3's I would like you to use 3 concepts in your video.
Grade 2's I would like you to use 2 concepts in your video.
Grade 1's I would like you yo use 1 concept in your video.
Kindergartens I want you to have fun in your video.
You can email me your video directly to: milan.francisty@abbyschools.ca
If your family is using a phone to video you they can text me directly from their cell to 604-300-0374
You can also send it to your classroom teacher on Seasaw or Google Classroom and your teacher can forward your video to me. Whatever is easiest for you.
Body Break: Circuit
Let's take a break from dance and do a fun fully body workout.
10 jumping jack, 10 burpees, 10 lunges. Take a break,
and try again. This is a great way to get the heart pumping, lungs working and muscles going.
Body Break: Part 2 Time Challenge
Lets challenge our bodies! Today lets to 2 timed challenges.
For the first one see how long you can do a wall sit.
For the second one see how long you can do a plank.
Remember you are competing with yourself, seeing how long you can hold. Keep trying until those seconds creep up.