Workshop 4 - Teaching Culture Through Dance

WORKSHOP #4
INDIGENOUS DANCE
ANIMALS

ABORIGINAL      --->      Ritual
AFRICAN     --->     Ceremonial (Adapted to Social)

East Africa - Grasslands
West Africa - Jungle

Zebra Dance ~ Direct Teaching
                       ~ Stylistic
                       ~ Belongs to a culture in time (body of knowledge/history)
                       ~ Reaction to what came before

Link/Integrate dance/drama into the curriculum
---> Body of work related to a theme
---> Science/Humanities/Maths
---> VELS (across domains)
---> Resources on DSO/Library
---> Traditional/Folk/Ethnic
---> Motor Skills, Flexibility, Co-Ordination

Safety & Respect for the space
Respect for the culture
Fit into context - tell the story behind the dance

KINGFISHER


ELEPHANT





RAINBOW SERPENT








Finish Off - Preps:  "When I went down to the waterhole ... " (alliteration)

Moropa --> Abolishment of Apartheid
               --> Peace Education
               --> Politics
                                                           

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