Task overview
Here you can see at a glance a calendar of the online tasks you are expected to complete in this module and how they fit with your classwork. You should aim at completing the online activities before your lesson.
Task | Concepts | Online activities | Classwork |
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1: Key ballet concepts | Geometry, en place (centre), en dehors, en dedans | 1.1-1.2 | Work on key ballet concepts. |
2: Dance training | Truthful, correct, good Vulnerability |
2.1-2.4 Forum: vulnerability |
Discuss key aspects of training. |
3: Somatic approach | Somatic experience Somatic techniques Dance diagrams |
3.1-3.2 Mind map: somatic techniques |
Discuss collaborative mind map on somatic techniques. |
4: Visualising the body | Verticality, the line of aplomb, gravity | 4.1-4.2 | Develop an image of the 5th position and use it as a tool for your practical understanding. |
5: Moving from the five positions | Opposition, alignment | 5.1-5.3 | Work on the feeling of alignment and opposition. |
6: Exploring inside and outside space | Épaulement, tendu, éffacé, croisé, écarté | 6.1-6.4 Mind map: attending to space |
Practise the feeling of key concepts. Examine contributions to collaborative mind map on attending to space. |
7: Discussing descriptions and performance | Musicality, rhythm |
7.1-7.3 Forum: musicality |
Create tendu sequence. |
8: Understanding a battement tendu | Battement tendu | 8.1-8.4 | Refine tendu sequence. |
9: Describing through metaphors | 9.1-9.3 | Discuss students' metaphors for a tendu. | |
10: Reflecting on your practice | 10.1-10.2 Forum: quotes |
Integrate understanding as performance. |