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Arts in Education Grant-Spring 2014-15 McDougie Elementary School PTA <br /> '�r'�►*�r'�►'�►'\.'�►►'M�r�r�r'�r►'`►�s'��►'�.'\.�4�*�.'�1r'�.'wc'�,►��v*k►*�r'�►"�►"�►'�r'�r�r�s�r*Mv�'0.'�.'4'�►'�r*�ir�j <br /> Dance Brainstorm and Crosswalk �► <br /> This is a good warm-up activity to take place before the show,if you have 10- <br /> 15 minutes to spare. it also could be divided into two parts,with the 1' <br /> brainstorming before the show,and the crosswalk afterwards. if you do the <br /> entire exercise before the performance,you can revisit it afterwards,to see if <br /> the students would like to make some modifications based on what they 1► <br /> learned at the show. 1' <br /> Brainstorming: Ask the students to call out different types of music,and write <br /> these in one column on the board or flipchart. They may think of current <br /> popular distinctions (e.g.hip-hop,rap),and if so, you can suggest they also <br /> think of"older" styles of music to get a wider range (e.g.classical,blues). j <br /> S Ask the students to next call out different styles of dance,and write these in <br /> another column to the right of the first one. Again, students may think initially 1, <br /> of current dance styles, but encourage them to think more broadly. r <br /> Crosswalk: Ask the students to match up the types of music most associated <br /> with the types of dance, drawing lines between the two columns, as shown in 1, <br /> the example below. You might give them an easy example first,such as 1 <br /> classical music matched with ballet. j <br /> Example of Brainstorm Crosswalk <br /> Music <br /> Dance <br /> There are no right or wrong <br /> SPopular `� Tap answers. Not all forms of music will 1 <br /> Ballet be closely identified by your t <br /> C'c7uiltry students with a particular form of <br /> 3 <br /> Classical X, dance, and some students might 1 <br /> consider that any dance can be 1 <br /> Jazz 'Clogging done with any music. NCYTE <br /> dances include music of many 1' <br /> Bluegrass -Swing genres that some might not � <br /> associate with tap (e.g.bluegrass, <br /> classical). The crosswalk exercise 1 <br /> Ilk <br /> may help students to recognize this,as well as point out that all types of <br /> music are fair game for a tap treatment. 1 <br /> h)dhms of life <br /> 1 <br /> Rhythm is all around us every day,and tap dancers have taken some of their j <br /> inspirations from the sounds they noticed as part of their everyday lives. Ask <br /> North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble-Guide for teachers 9 <br /> r 1 <br /> 'err. .r .rv�.rr .+► ►.rr�rr�., , ►« ,rv.e�.r*v� ►.v� .�.t . .rJ <br /> Page 20 of 23 <br />