Dancing Rocks! 5.2

Now, we'll move on to work on our dance,

and, at first, we are going to focus again
on the metamorphic section,

and today I'm going to give them
the opportunity to choreograph

or create a little bit of movement
that they can add into this section.

Just like in the warmup

I need you to make up a team rhythm.

Your team rhythm has to have--
listen-- this many beats.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

The students will now return
to their two tectonic plate groups,

and we are giving them
the challenge of creating

their own 8-count individual
movement sequence.

So it will be an 8-count rhythm,

and if they can move whatever way
they choose as a team

within those 8 counts.

I think the more the students
can invest their ideas into the dance,

the more connected they'll feel to it

and the more they'll want
to succeed as they perform it.

Now adding in their movement
with our sequence,

they're going to march on the spot
saying "metamorphic" two times.

Then they have 8 counts
to complete their team rhythm,

and then 16 counts to show that pressure
tectonic plate pushing pose.

Once they understand the sequence
and they've practiced it,

have each group show
their different movement,

and then have the whole team
practice together

as we did last week, moving towards
each other through space,

showing their marching, their rhythms,
and their pressure pose.

5, 6, 5, 6, march it up.

- Metamorphic, metamorphic.
- (instructor) Rhythm.

Metamorphic, metamorphic.

(instructor) Push!

2, 3, holding, keep holding,
keep holding, ready to march closer.

- Metamorphic, metamorphic.
- (instructor) Do your rhythm.

Metamorphic, metamorphic.

Push and push,

and push, keep pushing, keep on pushing,
focus on your pushing

- 4, 5, 6, 7, sing!
- Metamorphic, metamorphic,

metamorphic, metamorphic.

Push, push, push,
keep pushing, keep reaching,

you're going to push them over,
7 and 8, last march.

- Metamorphic, metamorphic.
- Rhythm.

Metamorphic, metamorphic.

(instructor) Mountain,
mountain, mountain, 4,

ready, explode all the way
to the floor, explode!

Now we've completed all the choreography
for the dance, which is excellent,

so we're going to do a quick review
of all the material,

and the way we did that
was almost in a reverse order.

So we first started with the metamorphic,
we just practiced that section,

now we are going to move backwards
one section and practice

the igneous section and the metamorphic.

♪ (music) ♪

(instructor) Magma flows.

And if that team is confident,
we'll move back one more

and then do sedimentary, igneous,
and then metamorphic.

That's just sometimes a wonderful
way to review is to move backwards

to forwards through the piece.

Sedimentary rock.

Sedimentary rock.

♪ (music) ♪

Lava!

Lava, lava!

Metamorphic! Metamorphic!

Metamorphic! Metamorphic!

♪ (music) ♪

If the students demonstrate confidence
and clarity in their review,

then it's time to move on to performing
the routine for each other.