Dance
•Year 4
•6 Lessons
This unit develops students' ability to use dance as a narrative medium, exploring the imaginative theme of astronauts encountering aliens in space. Through creative movement and choreographic structures, students learn to express character, emotion and story whilst developing technical skills in canon, matching and sequencing. The space theme provides an engaging context for exploring contrasting dynamics, creative interpretation and collaborative performance.
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to tell the story of space exploration through dance?
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Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use canon and matching movements to tell the story of astronauts discovering aliens in space?
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Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we use movement to tell a story through contrasting characters?
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Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can dancers create meaningful relationships through movement and tell stories through character interactions?
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Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we create expressive dance sequences that tell the story of astronauts meeting aliens in space?
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Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we create a memorable performance that tells the story of when astronauts and aliens meet in space?
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