Tuesday, May 27, 2014

End of the Year: Lab Instructions

We've almost made it through our first year of Theatre Dance! How exciting!

Before you go, there are a few things that we need to finish:
  1. Portfolios
  2. Objectives
  3. End of year survey
  4. Final exam
    1. Solo, or
    2. Presentation
Portfolios
First, we have the portfolios. Make sure that you have completed everything. I will give you a slip of paper to let you know what is unfinished on your portofolio. That's what you should work on first.

Then, I want you to create a slide that I could show Theatre Dance students next year. This slide should have a lot of pictures and minimal words. I want it to be a reflection of the best parts of Theatre Dance this year.

Objectives
Show me your objectives! I have uploaded a document that you can fill out by working with a student who has already submitted theirs. 

End of Year Survey
Please fill out the survey about Theatre Dance so that we can make Theatre Dance I an even better class! Thank y'all so much for a wonderful year!


Final Exam
Option 1: Solo Performance
Choreograph an original solo to perform for the class on the final exam date. You can choose any style of dance to create a minimum of :45 routine. If you want to choreograph over 1:15, please let me know prior to the final exam date.

Option 2: Portfolio Presentation
Organize a speech with three main points about concepts or lessons that you can apply to your future. This speech should be between 3-6 minutes, and you should highlight different pieces from your portfolio to show the class.

Detailed rubrics to come! 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Dance Genre Project Recap

What a fun project! I was so impressed by all of these students who lead us through all sorts of genres of dance!

Each student or small group was in charge of an entire class period to teach us about the history and culture of a dance genre. Then, they used their skills and experience to teach us the basic moves and some choreography of their style of dance. We had a little sample of so many different and wonderful dances! I think we have some future dance teachers out there!! Y'all are so impressive!


Here is a word cloud of all of our genres!