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.

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.

Updated 2024 Full 60-90 minute lesson analysing all constituent features of the section. Factual approach with some analysis examples.

Updated 2024 Full 60-90 minute lesson analysing all constituent features of the section. Factual approach with some analysis examples.

Updated 2024 Whole lesson PowerPoint covering section 4 of Rooster by Christopher Bruce. Includes analysis task and detailed information on the themes, accompaniment, set, costume, dancers and movement content. Suitable for a 60-90 min lesson.

Updated 2024 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 2024 Full 60-90 minute lesson analysing all constituent features of the section. Factual approach with some analysis examples.

Updated 2024 Full 60-90 minute lesson analysing all constituent features of the section. Factual approach with some analysis examples.