Recently in performing arts lessons we've been working on our Jazz assignment. First we got an introduction to what we need to do to be able to achieve the grade that we want. Jazz dance is a range of different dance styles. There are many different interpritations of jazz dance, there is no specific rules to jazz dance. With this it set us up to work on our tasks in groups for our practical and independently on our written work. We split up into 3 groups; Lyrical Jazz, Hip Hop Jazz and Rock n Roll Jazz. In each group we choreographed a routine in that style of dance and then we were told that we were to teach it to the rest of the groups and it would be videod for evidence which our teacher Miss Dolan did for us.
Me, Shannon and Chloe Stockman taught the rest of our class our Hip Hop Jazz routine. We choreographed a section each and then tied it all together. We chose the song Deuces by Chris Brown to dance the routine to. This is because the song had a flow rhythm to it and so does the dance. As the rest of the class are not major street dancers, we choreographed the dance to suit them and made it more lyrical. This meant that it wasn't too alien to them but there were still jazz and hip hop elements in it which is what we were aiming for from the beginning of the choreography stage.
We introduced ourselves to the camera in our group and began teaching, which started with Chloe teaching her section. Even though Chloe was teaching this section it didn't mean that Shannon and I couldn't help others if they had questions. Shannon taught the second sections of the dance and I taught the 3rd and final section. Our dance consisted of flow movements and then ended in sharp beats which fit well with the music. It took about 45 minutes to teach the whole dance and make sure that everyone was clear on what to do. It was good experience for us to teach the group our dance, however we were used to it from teaching routines at rock challenge and previous dances that we've done in b-tec.
Here is the link to the video evidence of me teaching the hip hop jazz section. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTegibkJS6c&feature=player_embedded#!
Kelly, Myriam and Alice taught us the lyrical jazz routine that they had choreographed. Their dance was to the song Beautiful by Christina Agularia. Each movement was flowy but then in parts of the movements there was snappy and sharp elements. It didn't take long to learn the routine as the girls made it clear when they taught the group the dance. The song fit in well with the choreography and it was a really nice dance to learn!
Chloe G, Ellie, Laura-Anne, Louise and Shauna taught us the rock n roll jazz routine that they had choreographed. It was fun and full of energy which is why it took longer to learn as the room started to become very hot as we were constantly putting energy into the fast movements that was in the routine. The dance reminded me a little bit of hairspray which is why it was my favourite to learn even though it was the hardest to learn.
I've enjoyed doing this jazz practical because I got to dance the different dance styles that are involved with jazz which is something different.
Well done on blogging this Katie. It is clear what you had to do and how you achieved it. This is evidence for C14 Assignment 4 (Jazz) task 1. However, for a distinction you need to evaluate specifically how you taught the dance. You can refer to the video on the performing arts blog to help you with timings.
ReplyDeleteFrom the video from the performing arts blog, you can see how we taught the dance to the other performing arts students, however we had planned specific ways on how to teach the dance to make it clear and easy for them to be able to understand how to do it. First, me Chloe and Shannon, planned what section of our dance that we would teach, this then helped us organise how we would teach our section of the dance which I found very useful as then I knew what I was doing. I taught the dance by first, showing the other students the dance and then teaching them the moves, step by step and making it clear on how the moves are linked with each other. I used a fairly slow pace to teach the dance as the student's weren't familiar with street dancing.I wasn't nerous with teaching them this dance and I was confident with what I was doing.
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