Art Form: Dance

Supplies Needed

-Be You! book

Vocabulary

Movement - how you use your body to do a dance or action

Choreographer - the person who designs or creates a dance piece

Sequence - order of events in a story; order of shapes or movements in a dance

Body Shape - refers to an interesting and interrelated arrangement of body parts of one dancer; the visual makeup or molding of the body parts of a singular dancer; the overall visible appearance of a group of dancers

Gesture - an expressive movement of the body or limbs

Instructions

1.  Read the book Be You!. As you read, notice the book’s message: to be yourself. Begin thinking about all of the things that make you, you!

2.  After you’ve read the book, use body shapes to spell out your name! For each letter, you can:

• Make the shape of the letter with your body (Ex: “T” with arms
  out wide),
• Make a body shape that represents something that you like
  starting with that letter (Ex: “D” for “dog”
  – crouching on all
  fours).
• Make body movements that reflect what the book encourages
  you to be.

3.  Practice posing the shapes of your name in order.

• Freeze in each body shape for a few seconds/beats.

Extensions

Write a sentence that explains why you chose each movement in your sequence. Be sure to describe the size of your movement.

Teach your sequence to someone else.