KS4 · Physical education · Year 11
Combining and refining Jive ideas to strive for greater partner awareness
Dance: movie moves
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Your learning goal
I can both lead and respond to my partner when performing the Jive.
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Combining and refining Jive ideas to strive for greater partner awareness: 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 both lead and respond to my partner when performing the Jive.
Key learning points
- Move: partner jumps, cues and counterbalances are key elements of the Jive dance style.
- Think: leading when improvising as a pair requires quick and decisive decision making.
- Feel: repeatedly performing the same action to improve performance draws upon resilience.
- Connect: allowing another person control over our actions and safety involves trust.
Words to know
- support
- to assist, to bear all or part of the effort
- improvise
- to perform instantaneously, without prior planning
- cue
- a signal to a performer
Common mistakes
Counterbalances are always symmetrical.
Counterbalances can involve the same action as a partner but these can be varied by level, direction of size. Counterbalances can also use contrasting body parts to connect, e.g. the hand of one dancer pressing against the shoulder of their partner.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If using arms when pulling away from a partner encourage the pupils to fully extend their limbs to prevent muscle soreness.