Workshop 5 - Body Percussion

WORKSHOP #5

GUMBOOT

BODY PERCUSSION

Motif:               Circle of Life (no beginning, no end, balanced)

Music Vocab:  Contrast each animal

Teach without props first - to get the body movement

Humans sharing space with animals

Movement Vocab:  Repetition

                                 Inclusive

                                 Everyday pedestrian movement

Textiles/Fabrics:    Reverse Garbage

Movement Qualities

Elephant:           Swaying, flapping ears, rocking

                            Huge props - ears

                            Unison/Repetition

Giraffe:              Extension of arms above head, weight transference

                            Represent long legs - children gave the answers in movement

Zebra:                Prancing, trotting, walking on the savannah

                           Chest/Knees

Fish:                  Figure of 8/Propelling/Extending Arms

Buffalo:            Bending knees, buxom

                          Working on a horizontal plane

HUMANS - Inner Sanctum

ANIMALS - Outer

Movement Builds to a Crescendo with the Music

SOSE/Enquiry-Based Learning

Problem-Solving

Task Cards

 BODY PERCUSSION

Our Group Body Percussion