Lyrical Guidelines

Today and the rest of this week, students will be working on their own lyrical choreography.

Upcoming Dates

I had my first dream about the recital last night, so that means it's time to start getting serious for our performance! :)

Important Dates:

Spring Recital

April 8-9, 2017

Dance Captain Auditions

December 16, 2016

Small Group Auditions

December 14-16, 2016

A sign up sheet will be available at each school.

Happy Thanksgiving! (Directions for Sub)

Today, you will not be dressing out! You will meet the sub in the dance studio to complete a worksheet. This worksheet:

• is due at the end of the class period. Please turn in to the sub.
• is to be completed with full and detailed sentences.
• requires that you use your phone to find an appropriate dance video on YouTube.

Remember that if the note from the sub is negative, your class will not participate in the next food day. Please be kind and respectful.

Dance II

You may choose to either fill out the worksheet or dance with the following playlist. Please submit the worksheet at the end of class OR send me a reflection of how you and your class danced via Remind, Instagram or Snapchat.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUfZEpDzpqNTZHX82FFwshSpjtTxMTb0n

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I'll see you when we return! Don't forget to tell your family about our recitals on April 8 and 9!

Friday, November 4

Today, we will be meeting in the library lab to reflect on your first several weeks in Dance! What most people are missing are your splits pictures, so please find your class's folder of pictures below and paste yours on your portfolio.

These grades will be going into the gradebook during the second quarter, so please make sure that you have completed all of your assessments today.

Dance I - Review your checklist that I will pass out in class today. All of the highlighted areas need to be addressed. You can disregard Q2 Splits Pics reflection for now.

Dance II-III - I have gone through all of your portfolios and have inserted yellow slides for all of the assessments that you need to complete. Answer the questions and prepare to redo your Ballet Assessment in class on Monday. Each group should know exactly what needs to be focused on/practiced over the weekend.

Link to Quarter 1 Splits Pictures

• Hour 1
• Hour 2
• Hour 3
• Hour 4

Link to Quarter 2 Splits Pictures

• Hour 1
• Hour 2
• Hour 3
• Hour 4

Friday, September 16

Dance I
You will be reviewing your storytelling videos, reflecting on them, and finishing all other parts of your portfolio. By the end of the class today, you should have the following completed:

• Slide 1 - 25 images that describe you
• Slide 2 - Table of Contents
• Slide 3 - Mission Statement
• Slide 4 - 3 individual goals for this class this year
• Slide 5 - Storytelling video
• Slide 6 - Storytelling reflection
• Slide 9 - Splits Pics
• Find your splits pics below and put them on your portfolio on page 9. Don't worry about answering the questions yet!
• Hour 1
• Hour 2
• Hour 3
• Hour 4

Dance II & Dance III
Start by filling out this survey.

Make sure that you have shared your portfolio with me: rpstheatredance@gmail.com. By the end of the class today, you should have the following completed:

• Slide 1 - 25 images that describe you
• Slide 2 - Table of Contents
• Slide 3 - Mission Statement
• Slide 4 - 3 individual goals for this class this year
• Slide 5 - Advanced Storytelling video
• Slide 6 - Advanced Storytelling rubric
• Slide 6 - Storytelling reflection

Creating Digital Portfolios

Want to disable those AVG Pop Ups? Follow instructions below or watch this video.

1. Right click the AVG square at the bottom right 
2. Click Disable AVG Protection.
3. In the new window, choose Until Restart from the drop down menu.
4. Click ok.

Please fill out this SURVEY first.

Creating Digital Portfolios

1. Download Google Chrome.
2. Log into your rps30 account.
3. Click on my Dance Digital Portfolio
4. Click on File > Make a Copy.
5. Rename the document your class hour, last name and first name.
6. Share YOUR COPY of the portfolio with me by clicking the + Person icon in the top right of your portfolio. The email address to share is: rpstheatredance@gmail.com.
7. You may change the theme.

Title Slide
On the first slide, please find 25 images that represent you and put them on the first slide like a collage.

Table of Contents
Leave it just as it is for now.

Class Mission
Delete all of the class missions except for yours.

Individual Goals
Create 3 goals for yourself in dance this year. Place at least three images that represent those goals on this slide.

For Advanced Dancers who already have a portfolio

Organize your portfolio.

1. Download Google Chrome.
2. Log into your rps30 account/gmail account with the portfolio.
3. Go to your Google Drive to find your portfolio.
4. Open it and organize your slides. Make sure that everything is organized in the Table of Contents and that the theme is similar throughout the slides.
5. Either make a new portfolio or clearly label where your Advanced Dance portfolio begins.

Create individual goals.

1. Create a new slide for goals. Reflect on your goals from previous years. Did you achieve them? Did you actively work to achieve them? 
2. Then, create another slide for 2-3 individual and attainable goals for this year.

Review videos from previous years.

1. Watch all of the videos on your slides and select two videos: the dance you are the most proud of and the dance you would change the most.
2. Create two slides for a reflection of both videos. Provide a detailed reflection of 7-10 sentences about each of the videos.

We're Growing!

Since we're growing year by year, Tori and I have decided to make two instagram accounts for each school. You can see what's going on at RHHS and RHS by following us on Instagram; we'll still keep using the RPS Theatre Dance account for inspiration, recital news, and to highlight what's going on in the class!

 RHS - @rogersdance

RHHS - @rhhsdance