Now that the students have danced through the entire sequence,
we're going to give them some elements to focus on
and discuss how that's going to become our criteria
as we watch each other do the movement.
What helps tell the story if all we can use is our body.
If I'm really hauling in heavy lobster trap--
if I do this,
does that work?
- No - What's missing?
You really got to show that it's so heavy.
Okay, but you're showing it that it's so heavy with your voice.
How else can you show it?
- In your face. - Show me with your face.
That's excellent.
Everybody show me it's a really heavy trap with your face, go.
As the students are performing their own individual ideas
but doing it in a group, we want to bring back
that idea from the warm-up of moving with an idea
of our own personal space and having respect for the people
that we dance with on stage.
Alright, come join our audience.
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Are they standing tall for the national anthem?
This is the east.
East.
This is the South.
And march.
This is the west.
Now tell me with your voice and show me.
North.
East.
South.
West.
Again.
North.
East.
South.
West.
Spin on your maps.
Spin in the middle of your compass.
Pick a direction.
Show.
Spin.
Pick a direction and show.
Alright, get into your climbing position.
Up the mountain.
Good, now ski.
Good. Climb up the mountain.
Reach. Reach.
And ski.
Okay, find your lighthouse.
Show the audience your lighthouse.
Alright, rowers steer your boat.
Good grab a trap. Show us.
Good. Row.
Grab a trap.
Now that the students have performed for each other,
ask them to reflect on what they've seen.
What elements of pathway or shape or energy
did they see their friends using as they were performing the dance?