KS4 · Physical education · Year 11
Combining and refining Salsa ideas to strive for awareness of bodily tension
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Your learning goal
I can apply tension to control my shapes and actions.
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Combining and refining Salsa ideas to strive for awareness of bodily tension: 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 apply tension to control my shapes and actions.
Key learning points
- Move: consistently applying an appropriate stance contributes to communicating the dance style.
- Think: decision making is utilised to realise how a position can be maintained during action.
- Feel: applying multiple factors at the same time requires resilience.
- Connect: a strong frame held by a partner conveys confidence and instils trust.
Words to know
- tension
- how the body is held and controlled
- stance
- the posture or position of the body
- frame
- how the upper torso, arms, hands and head are held
Common mistakes
In Salsa you have to apply tension to your whole body.
In Salsa it is the torso that is firmly held maintaining an upright stance, the arms are also fixed when in hold but change to some degree when moving between holds or when moving independently. The legs largely remain soft and fluid.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Looking at images or films of Salsa dancers can help pupils identify the application of the stance, tension and frame.