lesson - Ellington Arts Block Blog - Ellington Arts Museum2024-03-29T00:49:45Zhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/feed/tag/lessonIn the Classroom: Celebrating Culture Through Dance Compositionhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/celebrate-culture-through-dance-composition2020-10-27T15:36:29.000Z2020-10-27T15:36:29.000ZEllington Arts! Museumhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/ellington_arts_members/About<div><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/472634543?byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>Dance Composition</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Lesson Plan by Duke Ellington School of the Arts faculty alumna, Ms. Nikki Sutton-Mackey of the Dance Department</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Overview & Purpose:</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Try this fun and easy lesson with ways to celebrate or explore different cultures through dance! </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">This lesson opens students' imaginations to travel and exploring new places in the world, and celebrate and experience Hispanic heritage or any culture through objects or pictures. Students will create movement from an object or a thing found around the home or online that represents the Hispanic heritage and culture to them. Students will also choreograph a movement phrase using the words used to describe their object or thing, focusing on the element of dance BODY (parts and shapes).</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Objectives</strong>:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 1: Think about a place you would like to travel to and why.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 2: Concentrate on Hispanic culture (or whatever you're celebrating). Find an object or thing in your home that reminds you of or represents aspects of Hispanic culture that you like or interests you. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 3: Answer these questions as an assignment. </span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explain what you like about it. What got you interested?</span></li>
<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Describe what the object looks like.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">How can it move?</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 4: After answering questions and submitting assignments students can explore movement to a Hispanic culture-inspired playlist while waiting for others to finish. Ask if students have song requests.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 5: Have students explore movement to Hispanic-inspired songs of choice. Let go and enjoy the music!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 6: Each student will then share what object and song they picked and why.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 7: Give students a few days to create and video record a 30-second choreographic phrase based on the object they chose and submit the video as an assignment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 8: Finally, have students present their choreography to the class as a final presentation.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Nikki Sutton-Mackey</span><br />
<span style="font-size:14pt;">DCPS Dance & PE Educator</span><br />
<span style="font-size:14pt;">Duke Ellington School of the Arts</span></div>
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