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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.

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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.

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TOP SECRET! Year 7 Dance SOW
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TOP SECRET! Year 7 Dance SOW

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SUBJECT: Dance Year 7 AREA: creating dance on a theme ALSO SUITABLE FOR: Dance year 6, PE (Dance unit) This is by far one of my most favourite SOW. Its engaging for boys, girls, reluctant dancers and high ability. It is fun and accessible on so many levels. I have adapted it several times over the years, please feel free to continue to adapt for your learners too. Resources in this pack 7 week SOW including differentiation, blooms questioning and links to GCSE PPT for Baseline lesson, Lesson 1, 2 and 4 PPT of structures in dance (you won’t need all of these for year 7 but its good to have) The Letters (resource to print or use electronically - these are each mission). I would normally put these in envelopes for each group to open at the start of each lesson. A workbook for non doers to work through and remain engaged in the lesson (possibly adaptable for your online learners if you are teaching a blended lesson Check list for peer assessment
KS3 Dance: FLAMENCO
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KS3 Dance: FLAMENCO

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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.
GCSE dance Homework / online workbook
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GCSE dance Homework / online workbook

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I have pulled together a range of my resources to create a 69page work booklet for your GCSE dance students. Also suitable in some parts for PE: healthy diet, warm up and cool down This could be used during your online learning, as a homework booklet or as a booklet of activities you pull out for cover lessons! However you use it , there are bank of activities along with a tracking page at the start and the level descriptors 1-9 at the end
Origins of Jazz SOW
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Origins of Jazz SOW

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This PPT is a sequence of 10 lesson (2 hours lessons) for A Level Dance It has a both information and activities for your students It includes information on the following practitioners and there influences on the development of this style: African Roots European Influences Mistral shows Buddy Bradley and Fred Astaire Busby Berkley Jack Cole Katherine Dunham Gene Kelly (Singing in the Rain) Jerome Robbins (West Side Story) Bob Fosse Matt Mattox, Luigi and Gus Giodorno DANNY BURACZESKI Twyla Tharp
Introduction to Shadows - GCSE Dance
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Introduction to Shadows - GCSE Dance

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This is a single ppt introducing shadows and encouraging initial thoughts and interpretations from the students. It could be extended to cover 2 one hour lessons simply by encouraging longer discussion and sharing of ideas It also provides an overview of the unit and a long term homework task. This would also be usable for your online learners. I do not have permission to share the videos from the AQA website but you will need two of them for this lesson: the whole work video and the interview with Christopher Bruce
INFRA - Analysis of lighting
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INFRA - Analysis of lighting

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In this lesson students will: Describe the lighting in Infra Understand why the lighting has been used by Wayne McGregor Be able to answer exam questions based on lighting. This free lesson guides you through the criteria for writing a 12 mark essay question on: Explaining how lighting enhances our understanding of Infra. If you like this lesson you can buy the bundle of 6 lessons including this one plus two on costume, one on aural setting and one on set design
Dance: History of Ballet
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Dance: History of Ballet

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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
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KS3 Dance SOW
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KS3 Dance SOW

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Three Key Stage 3 Schemes of work. This is a great bundle, and if you teach KS3 on rotation then this is your year sorted out. Each SOW is 6 weeks lessons some lesson ppts are included for each SOW to give you an idea of how I presented this to my students. I have enjoyed all of these SOW, they have been particularly engaging for boys.
Dance GCSE: Analysis of Within Her Eyes choreographic content
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Dance GCSE: Analysis of Within Her Eyes choreographic content

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This ppt covers 2 lessons that break down the choreographic devices, relationships and key movement phrases in the focus sections (Kneeling, Flow two and Floor). This resources 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 and 12 mark questions.
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A level Dance - Essay writing
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A level Dance - Essay writing

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This bundle is aimed at teachers of A Level Dance (AQA) Included in this bundle are: 10 Practice essay questions with mark scheme and area for feedback and student respones 4 student resources for improving their essays. 29 page resource that helps to prepare your students for considering context in their essays. This resource includes; images and explanations of contextual information in relation to American Jazz Dance 1940 - 1975; teacher guidance notes; 2 sample essays using the PEED structure.
DANCE - KS3 - CAPOEIRA SOW
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DANCE - KS3 - CAPOEIRA SOW

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In this resource pack you will find the following: 5/6 week SOW with links to GCSE Intro (Lesson1 ) PPT - this is doable online/ blended Lesson 2 PPT Lesson 3 PPT Peer assessment sheet for lesson 4 Lesson 5 is your performance lesson (no resources needed) Lesson 6 - self assessment (module summary) and worksheet on capoeira provided
Dance: Musical theatre exploring Jerome Robbins West Side Story
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Dance: Musical theatre exploring Jerome Robbins West Side Story

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This is a 3 part lesson exploring ways to build tension and tell stories through dance. The lesson is focused on the work of Jerome Robbins “West Side Story” Lesson 1: Learn some stylised actions (videos provided for the non-specialist). Students explore the impact of the infamous walks and clicks and choreograph their own short sequences using this idea. Lesson 2: Focused more on the stylised actions and using them to develop the work from the previous lesson in their groups Lesson 3: Focus on expressive skills and preparing for performance of their work. Students will perform and then watch an excerpt from the musical to reflect on demonstrating critical thinking and appreciation of Jerome Robbins choreography. There are teacher guidance notes throughout, feel free to adapt and change slides according to your students needs.
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Dance Theory GCSE
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Dance Theory GCSE

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In this bundle you will get a range of resources to use when teaching section C of the written paper including: 12 mark comparison question on A Linha Curva and Emancipation of Expressionsim Analysis of the choreographic content of Artificial Things Comparing choreographic content of Within Her Eyes and Artificial Things Infra: Aural setting, Lighting, Costume and set design analysis lessons Introduction to Shadows Production features of Shadows
Jerome Robbins - Comparison of works
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Jerome Robbins - Comparison of works

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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
The Healthy Dancer
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The Healthy Dancer

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Created for: BTEC Level 3 unit 13 - The Healthy Dancer Suitable for: GCSE PE (Dance specialism) This is a 70 page ppt covering several topics to enable students to create their own fitness program . Topics include: Structure of human body: Skeletal System, Muscular System, Circulatory System, Nervous System, Respiratory System Functions of the human body Factors that affect training The effects of training on each system covered above Injury prevention and care Aspects of fitness Safe Dance Practice
Online/ in person Heroes and Villains Dance SOW
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Online/ in person Heroes and Villains Dance SOW

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SUBJECT: Dance KS2/ 3 In this pack you will find 3 resources: SOW suitable for KS2 and 3 dance (year 6/7) based on the idea of Heroes and Villains. This is a great scheme for keeping boys engages and easily adapted to suit in person and online teaching. Two full lesson PPT: Describing a dance idea from a stimulus (all theory/ written) and then creating a solo motif and developing it. If you are using flipgrid or google classroom these can be filmed by the students and sent to you.
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KS3 Dance Lessons
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KS3 Dance Lessons

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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.
DANCE KS3- written task
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DANCE KS3- written task

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Attached is an end of year written test for KS3 dance in the style of the GCSE Dance paper. Feel free to use what is useful to you from it. I have done this with year 7-9 as an end of year test. But you could easily use this for Online lessons.
Dance: Musical theatre Jerome Robbins West Side story
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Dance: Musical theatre Jerome Robbins West Side story

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This free resource is the first of three lesson workshops exploring how Jerome Robbins builds tension and tells stories through dance. In this lesson students can learn some stylised actions (videos provided) and develop a short group sequence as “The Jets”. This lesson was written for year 8 but can be adapted for older and younger dancers. The final task can also be extended into a second lesson of refining their work ready to perform it. Look out for the next two lessons if you enjoyed this one!
Dance lesson: Capoeira for KS3
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Dance lesson: Capoeira for KS3

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This is the introduction lesson to my Capoeira scheme of work. In this lesson students will learn the basic actions (images and video linked in resource). Please note it is best that you learn these actions yourself prior to delivering the class so you can demonstrate them. Students then create their own short sequence as a soloist and then develop this in pairs. At the end of the lesson students watch an excerpt from A Linha Curva to reflect on how Itziki Galili incorporated this in his work (Links to GCSE). The full scheme of work and resources are available in my shop should you like this lesson.