Updated 2021
90 minute lesson plan including tasks to analyse section 3 and key information on the themes, physical set, costume, aural accompaniment, music relationships and use of dancers.
Updated 2021
Full 60-90 minute lesson analysing all constituent features of the section. Factual approach with some analysis examples.
Detailed PowerPoint discussing Little Red Rooster including subject matter, actions, space, dancers, choreographic devices, costume, accompaniment, direct correlation between accompaniment and movement, lighting, set and props. Includes a completed example features table within the PowerPoint and a blank table for student analysis task.
Currently making PowerPoints for every section of Rooster in a similar format and they will be bundled at a discount price.
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x2 60-90 minute lesson PowerPoints covering the origins and context of Rooster. Starts the Rooster scheme of work and followed by individual lessons on each section of Rooster which can be bought separately. Or you can buy all 10 lessons in a bundle in my shop.
Unit of work covering the following:
Matthew Bourne’s background, style and influences
Swan Lake (Prologue, Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 4, and Act II)
The Car Man (Garage scene, Shower scene, Luca’s arrival, Engagement party, Dino’s murder scene)
The lesson PowerPoints can be used for 90 minute lessons and can even be split into further lessons depending on how much time you spend on each section. The unit comes with some extra worksheets for revision and includes starter tasks and some homework tasks, including exam style questions.
Unit of work which covers:
Akram Khan’s background, style and influences
Zero Degrees analysis (Section 1 passports, Section 3 Shadows and Sufi, Section 7 Barhant Attack and Block, Section 10 The Lady’s Husband, Section 11 Abhinaya, Section 14 Dummy Duality)
Dust analysis (full work)
The unit includes multiple PowerPoints suitable for 60-90 minute lessons with full analysis of themes and constituent features, starter tasks and practice questions. Many lessons include solid evidence examples for students. There are also additional worksheets which could be used as homework, revision or classwork.
Complete with lesson PowerPoints (which may have extra/additional slides or hidden slides so you can choose to extend the lessons or adapt the type of tasks you choose to do), work booklets for students to follow, revision resources and articles.
Glen Tetley’s background style & influences
x4 Pierrot Lunaire lessons covering the intention, starting points and consistuent features in detail with an essay practice lesson.
x2 Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain lessons focusing on set, music, themes and constituent features.
An overview of Bruce’s background and training, specific movement and choreographic style relevant to the exam, and details of 6 of his influences on his choreographic style, movement style, and directorship. Includes links to an interview with Bruce. Also has printable revision sheets embedded within.
Three 60-90 minute lessons introducing the Independent Contemporary Dance Scene in Britain, covering the following:
Some background context of dance in Britain
7 key turning points which helped transform the British Dance Scene
New Dance Movement
The founding of LCDS/LCDT
Transformation of Ballet Rambert
Balletmakers Ltd
Strider (and Richard Alston’s view of The Place)
Dartington College
The X6 Collective
The 5 New Dance Philosophies
10 key ICDSIB characteristics
Includes articles, comprehension tasks and recap quizzes.
Includes printable worksheets for students to use to follow along. These are great for those who may need extra support with note taking, or for the whole class to speed up lesson times and ensure students have detailed notes. They could also be suitable as revision worksheets for later in the year.
Updated 2024
10+ lesson PowerPoints covering the themes, style, and constituent features of all 8 sections of Christopher Bruce’s ‘Rooster’ for the AQA A-Level Dance specification. Full 60-90 minute lessons complete with starter tasks, exam questions, and examples.
Each section follows a similar lesson plan where students complete 1xA3 grid throughout the lesson, as prompted by the slides. There is also an accompanying worksheet students can complete during the lesson. These are useful for students who struggle to take detailed notes, or who are slow at taking notes, or for the whole class to use to allow you to get through more content more quickly.
Lesson PowerPoints are available as PowerPoint and PDF documents.