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Exploring 2D Shapes Through Movement and Shadow Play in Dance

This activity encourages students to explore the expressive potential of posture and body shapes behind a shadow screen, integrating dance and math concepts. Students will practice holding still body shapes to represent height, width, and depth, while moving through 2D space. Using music, they will work in pairs to create and evaluate movement that embodies chosen vocabulary words. This interactive exercise promotes psychosocial confidence and artistic expression while enhancing understanding of dimensional spaces. Assessment will include oral feedback and written reflections on observed shapes.

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Exploring 2D Shapes Through Movement and Shadow Play in Dance

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  1. Exploring 2-Dimensional Shapes with a Shadow Screen

  2. Objectives • Psycho social: Allow student to freely and confidently explore the expressive potential of posture and body shape behind the cover of a shadow screen. • Dance: Explore aesthetic aspects of body shape in two-dimensional space. • Math: Experience the difference between two and three dimensional space.

  3. Warm-up: • Dimensions: discuss and hold a still body shape to show each dimension: height, width & depth. • Move in two dimensions (height and width) for 4 counts, then freeze in a two-dimensional shape for 4 counts. Repeat pattern for depth and height. Continue, alternating 1-2 minutes. • Repeat the warm-up saying selected vocabulary words (ones that may need explaining) and allowing students to move as each word directs.

  4. Procedure • With music, one to two people work behind the screen at a time and others in group evaluate • Teacher operates music device and turns it off after about 1 minute of movement exploration. • Each dancer selects one or more words to keep in mind as they move and then: • Begins with a still shape • Moves to the music in a way that demonstrates the vocabulary words chosen • Ends with another still shape

  5. DISCUSSION/ASSESSMENT • Oral assessment (after each performance) • Oral: Performer reveals the word that was demonstrated. • Audience gives a thumbs up or down to indicate whether the word was accurately demonstrated. • Written Assessment • Write one shape word that would describe what you observed and a stick figure showing the body shape.

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