KS4 · Physical education · Year 11
Combining and refining dance ideas to strive for excellence in projection
Dance: movie moves
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can project character and meaning effectively.
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Combining and refining dance ideas to strive for excellence in projection: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can project character and meaning effectively.
Key learning points
- Move: using everyday actions can add authenticity to characterisation.
- Think: deciding how an action is performed results in more accurate projection.
- Feel: ensuring accuracy and authenticity requires resilience to ensure the detail is correct.
- Connect: acting on feedback from others involves trust in their observation and interpretation.
Words to know
- projection
- the communication of the dance idea
- facial expression
- movements or positions of the face
- body language
- conscious or unconscious postures or actions that communicate feelings or moods.
Common mistakes
Performers have to smile all the time.
Performers use facial expression to communicate the mood or feelings of their character. This range can include smiling if happy, weeping if sad, a furrowed brow if worried, a cleanched jaw if angry or eye-rolling if annoyed.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Select an excerpt that demonstrates a range of emotions and includes easily replicated actions. Well known musical theatre songs are likely to be useful.