In this lesson we did two variations of the brain dance as a warm up.
The first variation was seated on the floor and that presented
the students with some challenges about how they can move through
those patterns while remaining on the low level.
And two, up.
And two.
Good.
Now, what was the next one?
Anyone remember?
- Yes, Khalid. - Cut the body in half.
Cut your body in half [inaudible].
Whoosh.
Just [inaudible]
Whoosh.
Stretch, make it as crazy as you can.
You can make sound effects like Julia.
- Do you remember the last one is Judy? - Spinning.
- We're going to spin on our bums.
Six spins, round and round and round.
Wee.
And then the second variation we did is a mirroring activity
where one student was the leader for one movement pattern
and the next student was the leader for the next movement pattern
and they had to try to remain in-sync with their partners as much as possible.
Continue with the mirroring activity, where one student is the leader
and the other students is facing them and trying to mirror their movements
as accurately as possible.
We're going to keep doing a little more mirroring
but this time you're going to listen to the music, okay.
So, you're going to move sharply when the music is sharp
and you're going to move smoothly when the music is smooth, okay.
But the same time we're going to try to mirror your partner.
So, Ava is going to stand up.
So, Ava is going to do something smooth for me.
And I'm going to try to copy it as closely as I can so that if I'm looking at it,
it's really hard to tell who the leader is and who the follower is, right?
Encourage students to begin using slow and simple movements
so that their partner has the best chance at success.
As partners become better at this activity,
their movements can become faster and more complex.
♪ (music) ♪
So just smooth.
If it's smoothly, you move smoothly.
Now, smooth.
Think about Tai Chi maybe.
Tai Chi is much slower.
♪ (music) ♪
Ooh, I like that Trace, nice.
Good, and whoever is the leader is going to change pretty soon.
Nice, [inaudible]
Think about that you don't have to do everything standing up,
you can crouch down lower to the ground.
You can take a leg back.
Oh, this is really nice, Mirrabelle and [inaudible].
Good, now you're going to move sharp.
Sharp.
So, whoever is the boss now is going to move sharply, sharp.
Sharp, very nice, you two.
Can you do that with your legs?
Highlight the work of pairs who were moving very successfully
in the mirroring relationship or who's movement was very interesting
and unusual and share that with the class.
I'm going to turn the music back on and Alya and Eliana are going
to just quickly show some of the sharp stuff they were doing.
♪ (music) ♪
Good, that was really great.
I really like that because they were using not just they-- a lot of you were using
your whole arm which was also really good but they were getting into using
their fingers and their wrists.
Highlight a pair who learned that it was easier to move together
when there was a pattern to their movement.
So, for instance when the leader did one movement four more times
and another movement four times, it was easier for their partner
to mirror that movement accurately.