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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students define/discuss pattern and the many areas where it exists, observe patterns in their own lives, engage in short activities focusing on pattern, and create/practice personal and class movement patterns; students view a ballet video and recognize Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students conduct Internet research on the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico. They complete a worksheet answering questions about the Ballet Folklorico, and create an award and write a speech to present to the class. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore ballet, music and movement through Tchaikovsky's, The Nutcracker Suite. They listen to music, read about ballet, analyze how muscles work, examine artwork by Edgar Degas, and create a still life. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students watch a video highlighting men in ballet. They complete further research on the topic using online and print resources. They create a short skit with the basic elements of dance. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore "The Nutcracker" ballet. They conduct Internet research, watch "The Nutcracker" performed by the Royal Ballet, tell the story to a younger child, and write a letter to the person who first reviewed "The Nutcracker" in 1892. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students identify word families and demonstrate a variety of ballet moves. They listen to the book "Angelina on Stage," and observe and demonstrate three ballet moves. Students then match a family word with other rhyming words, matching the correct paper cutout tutu and gluing it on the ballerina paper doll. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the basic vocabulary of ballet, modern, and jazz dance through observation and experience. This lesson correlates with the DanceSense Enhanced DVD. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students look at the role of mime within ballet and particularly in the ballet, Giselle. They use mime as a starting point for creating abstract movement. Students talk about ways of abstracting movement, e.g. make it bigger, smaller, faster, slower, lighter, heavier, travel, turn it upside down, sideways, use different body parts. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine and study Degas and his focus on dancers. They view the movie "Degas and the Dancer" and then utilize pastels and cray pas to demonstrate an example of Degas style and subject and create a work of art based on a dancer. Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students discuss the Nutcracker Ballet. They listen as the teacher reads "The Tale of the Nutcracker and the History of the Ballet," (included with the lesson). Students discuss dreams they have had. They listen to a portion of The Waltz of the Flowers. Students move around the room pretending to be flowers. They create a miniature pine cone tree and decorate it. Full Review »