Energy 2.2

The next vocabulary we introduce
is locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

When I say go,
I'm going to call out a word,

and you're going to move
all around the room using that movement,

and if you think
it's a movement that is sharp,

you're going to travel.

We call that in dance "locomotor."

Does that word make you think of anything?

It’s good to link this into words

that the students already know,
like "locomotive,"

the idea of moving through space

and staying on the spot
while still moving.

So if locomotor means traveling,
what do you think non-locomotor means?

- Yes?
- The opposite.

- The opposite, which is?
- Not traveling.

Not traveling--
staying in one spot, right?

So those are the dance words
for traveling and staying in place.

If you think the word is smooth,

if it has a smooth quality,
you're going to stay in one spot.

If you think the movement
has a sharp quality,

you're going to do that movement
all around the space.

Talk a bit about personal space.

Personal space-- the idea of the space

that you have around your body
at any given time--

varies a lot from culture to culture
and from place to place.

When we're dancing, we want to have
a safe amount of personal space around us

so that we can dance and move
without hurting anyone.

If you think it’s a smooth movement,
you do the movement in one spot.

If you think it’s a sharp movement,
you do it traveling through space.

Are you ready?

(children voices)

The first word is "crumble."

If you think it’s smooth,
do it in your spot.

If you think it’s not smooth,
do it traveling through space.

Crumbling-- how do you crumble?

♪ (music) ♪

There's some differences of opinion here.

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Now fold. If you think "fold" is smooth,
you do it in one spot.

If you think "fold" is sharp,
you do it moving through the room.

When teachers are not willing
to go down on the ground

or not willing to try
different movements,

it impairs the students' ability
to take risks.

Now melt.

If you think that melt is smooth,
you do it in your spot.

If you think that melt is sharp,
you do it moving through the room.

They feel that they can't
go down on the ground

because no one has given them
permission to do it,

and you'll often see students repeating
the same movements over and over again

because they aren't able
to take those risks

that they might feel comfortable taking

if their teacher was involved
in the movement with them.