Becoming FANTASTIC!

Grade Two students have been challenging themselves to improve their dancing this year.  We have been focusing on three different parts of creative movement.

1)  Fantastic Shapes

Dancing is all about moving and stopping. When a dancer stops, she wants to make an interesting shape.  How do dancers make a fantastic shape?  How can a dancer express her own personality?

-Move your feet.
-Move your arms.
-Move your torso.
-Move your head and change your expression.

Your daughter should feel confident creating these poses.

2)  Axiel Movement

When dancers move on one spot, it is called an "axial movement."  Students have learned a lot of new words, such as explode, compress, inflate, sway, etc.

3) Locomotor Movement

Locomotor Movement goes from one place to another.  Grade Two students are skipping, leaping, jumping, galloping, and more!

Finally, students put these three ideas together into a partner dance with a Fantastic Shape, Axiel Movement, and Locomotor Movement.  It has ABCBA form.