KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Contact work: counter balances and supports
Dance: the power of unity
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can create and combine different types of contact work ideas safely to communicate a dance idea effectively.
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Contact work: counter balances and supports: 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 create and combine different types of contact work ideas safely to communicate a dance idea effectively.
Key learning points
- Move: accuracy requires control in what and how the actions are performed.
- Think: choreography using contact work requires careful planning and problem solving.
- Feel: contact work requires all performers to be responsible at all times.
- Connect: rehearsing to improve all aspects of performance involves collaboration from all.
Words to know
- story
- using our bodies and movements to communicate a message, feeling or event
- contact work
- a choreographic relationship involving touch
- performance
- the display of a series of actions
Common mistakes
Telling a story in dance (narrative dance) should include talking.
Whilst some dances include dialogue, in dance a story is usually communicated solely through actions and the performers are usually silent.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Focus and facial expression are likely to be very useful when performing a narrative dance based on a disagreement, by a simple action such as looking away from someone (focus) or a smile (facial expression) a performer can communicate whether they like or dislike another person.