I have been teaching Performing Arts for over 10 years and I have a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with you.
Most recently I was teaching in Bangkok, prior to this I was The Director of Theatrical Productions in Amman, Jordan for 2 years. Before this I was Head of Dance in a school in the UK for 4 years.
I hope you find my resources helpful and if you do please leave a review. There are a mixture of Dance, Healthy living and PSHE resources for a range of ages and curriculum.
I have been teaching Performing Arts for over 10 years and I have a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with you.
Most recently I was teaching in Bangkok, prior to this I was The Director of Theatrical Productions in Amman, Jordan for 2 years. Before this I was Head of Dance in a school in the UK for 4 years.
I hope you find my resources helpful and if you do please leave a review. There are a mixture of Dance, Healthy living and PSHE resources for a range of ages and curriculum.
Subject: A Level Dance AQA
Area of Study: Jazz Dance
The resource provides an overview of 4 of his works (videos available on youtube) and resouce for students to complete as you deliver the information provided and watch excerpts of each piece. The works discussed are:
Fancy Free
Call Me Madam
Shall We Dance
The Cage
This is single lesson on improving your jumping in dance. It can be used for both BTEC Performing arts dance and GCSE Dance
I created this because my students were struggling to really “get off the floor” so we spent one lesson really focused on it.
Subject: A level Dance (AQA)
Also suitable for: BTEC level 2 and 3 with adaptations
This lesson can be used to teach either in person or online. It is double lesson and can be extended to 3 lessons if you need more time.
Students are guided to explore the style and create their own Robbins motif and then evaluate another persons.
This is an easy to follow lesson and can be included in your A Level SOW on the optional area of study - Jazz
I have also included a resource on major jazz contributors in for reference.
Subject: A Level Dance
Area: Essay style questions
In this bundle you will find 12 essay style questions mark sheets for your students. I asked my students to always attach the sheet to the front of their work.
It allows you to mark essays consistently and provided feedback linked to the criteria.
Attached is two full lessons for online learning KS3 Dance.
Lesson 1: using a stimulus to describe a dance idea and 3 motif ideas
Lesson 2: Creating these motifs and developing Actions, Space and Dynamics
At the end of the ppt are suggestions to take this into a full 6 week lesson SOW
Subject: Dance
Level: GCSE / BTEC ballet unit/ A Level
In this resource you will find 7 detailed theory lessons (based on 2 hour lessons):
French courts (Paris 1582 – 1641)
2)18th Century developments including, Carlo Blasis, Jean-Georges Noverre
19th Century Developments - Romantic era
1855 - 1817 - Imperial Russia
Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe
Ballet in Britain
Britain vs America
Two resources mentioned in PPT: Article on British vs American style and methods of training
SUBJECT: Dance KS2 or 3
Suitable for PE lessons on Dance
This single lesson is a great way to explore the concept of “kinesphere” in dance
Suitable for year 6 and 7 students will explore space to create their own motifs.
Teacher must create for themself an 8 count phrases to teach as part of the lesson making use of a range of small and large actions for students to develop. It should be simple enough to pick up quickly
Subject: Dance
Topic: Booklet for non- participant/ SEN student to access the class
I designed this PPT booklet for a SEN student that struggled to access the class and would sometimes remove himself from practical learning. This resource was a great way for him to show his understanding and still participate. We used it to allow him the opiton of practical or theory each lesson and it worked really well. I hope you can also use it.
Suitable for A level Dance Students or Btec Level 3 Dance students studying Jerome Robbins.
Bundle includes 3 of my resources also sold separately:
Robbins - Comparison of professional works
Robbins - Stylistic Features
West Side Story - Character details
This is three lessons in 1 ppt. It is usable for online learners and contains links to resources they will need. You will need to also set up FLIPGRID in order to see their videos (or any other ways - google classroom, teams etc)
It covers the basics of Flamenco and an introduction to its origins. Students will also create their own 8 count “Zapeteado” rhythm. You can have them do this as solos or in pairs.
The 3rd lesson is working in pairs to create duets using mirroring and unsion.
This pack contains a 6 week SOW plan exploring African style movement and choreography skills. In addition is a peer assessment resource and a self review module sheet for the end of the unit. Students will explore the basics of this style and create duets and group dances. Youtube links are provided so even a dance teacher less confident with this style can still deliver this.
I have created a reusable resource that requires only you to choose a dance work to watch. It asks GCSE style questions aimed at KS3. All your students need are a link to watch any work you choose and this resource.
This sequence of PPTS was written for my year 13s.
It is a long project and is adaptable for younger students (8-12 weeks)
It lays out what unit 6 is and starts their investigation. Students will research and practically explore the dance idea “Human Rights”. This can be used as intended or adapted for other groups who want to explore this topic
It includes several teacher led choreographic tasks and leads students to develop and deliver their own workshop lesson to the class based on their research.
From each workshop, as the teacher, you then facilitate the rehearsal process to produce their pieces for final performance. When I did this my class of 12 produced a 50min production.
As part of the project you also explore Ghost Dances and the work of Christopher Bruce.
In this bundle you will find several resources that mix practical and theory for KS3.
Online written activity for critical appreciation (you choose the work to watch, so can be used multiple times)
A booklet of non practical participant tasks - I created this for injured students and with SEN students in mind that struggled to access the practical work. The tasks allow students to meet your learning objectives and use the language of dance to write about your lesson.
The KS3 written task in a KS3 friendly GCSE style exam. You can use the whole thing or parts for cover work or classwork
“Improving elevation” a lesson written for KS4 when my students were struggling to really get off the floor when they jumped
Kinesphere lesson: single lesson that can be taught online or in person
Creating a solo: two lessons that can be taught online or in person
Flamenco: 3 lessons introducing this style to KS3, the first two of which are teachable online.
If you find these to be as useful as I have in using them with my students, do leave a review.
This resource will provides links to watch the “So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 Final Show performance of dancers Matt Flint ( UK season 2 winner ) with Jess and Nick.
Your students will also watch “Stomp” and answers questions independently.
I have used this online by uploading to google classroom so I can see them work live on their document.
Students will watch the whole 30min Production (available on youtube and linked in the document).
An additional resource is also linked in the document for students to access that provides further information.
Questions are then provided to guide students to provide their initial impressions of this work.
In these two lessons, students will look at a 6 mark question on costume.
This is scaffolded to allow students to name features, describe them, interpret them and link to the choreographic intent of the work.
This resource is designed for you to present whilst students also have copy and complete the tasks.
In this double lesson students will explore the context of Max Richters composition for Infra and the relatinoships between movement and aural setting.
By the end of lesson two students will have planned and written a 6 mark question on the Aural Setting of Infra:
Using your knowledge of the aural setting used in Infra, discuss how aural setting is used to enhance our appreciation of this work. (6 marks)
This ppt follows on from “Analysis of choreographic content - Within Her Eyes” and “Analysis of choregraphic content - Artifical things” and continues to break down the choreographic devices, relationships and key movement phrases in the focus sections in order to compare them and embed the learning further.
This resource is designed for students to edit together so I have used it in google slides to achieve this, however you can adapt this should that not be an option for you. The collaborative nature of the lesson allows for students to explore the set work as a team in order to build a response to 6/12 mark questions on choreographic content and approaches.
With the run up to the Olympics this was a a really fun session. It is for a double period and the resources I have added are based specificaly around Australia.
This could easily be adapted to also suit KS2.
I have provided the task briefs that I used but again these could be adapted to suit your students.
Have fun, we did and we also created some excellent work for display!
