pre-Creative Movement 2/26

Hope everyone had a great week. I have lots of fun stuff planned for Creative Movement tomorrow.

We'll start off with the usual yoga pose warm-up and read a book called Hop-Skip-Jump-a-roo Zoo.

Then we'll be exploring the African dance tradition! All the movements in this style of dance are mimed versions of activities we do every day, such as washing clothes or cooking food. We will explore some of the classic steps before inventing some of our own based on the things we like to do every day. We'll also learn about the instruments traditionally used and play the ones we have on hand.

Looking forward to seeing you all! :)
-Lindsey

pre-Creative Movement 2/19

Get ready to get funky! Tomorrow will be Disco Day in GCK Creative Movement. We'll learn the steps to two disco line dances, the Electric Slide and the Bus Stop. Then we'll use our new moves to freestyle to a few classic disco tunes!

Meet you in Funky Town! :)
-Lindsey

pre-Creative Movement 2/12

After our warm-up tomorrow, we'll be dancing with a Latin flair! There are a number of simple, fun dance steps to learn in the realm of Latin dance, which we'll try out together to the particular rhythms matched with the different dances:

-Cha-Cha
-Mambo
-Tango
-Merengue
-Samba
-Rumba

We'll make a game of listening to songs in these different rhythms and figuring out what dance fits best. We'll end our class with the Macarena.

Can't wait!
-Lindsey

pre-Creative Movement 2/5

This week, we'll be stylin' with some hip hop moves! Here's the breakdown:

Yoga Warm-up

Hip Hop Primer: What does the name tell us about the style of dance? What do we imagine hip hop dancing would look like? How does the music make us want to move?

Step to It!: We'll learn a few hip hop steps together.

Get ready to shake it!
-Lindsey

pre-Creative Movement 1/29

Hi all you movers and shakers! To start things off on the right foot for Creative Movement tomorrow at 10 am, we'll be exploring what I like to call Storydancing. Here's what you can expect:

Introductions: In a circle, we'll take turns introducing ourselves and demonstrating a personal dance move to help us remember each other better.

The Story: We'll be reading Caps For Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business all together. Then we'll discuss the different kinds of motion occurring in the story and the ways movements of the body can convey different messages.

Let's Get Movin': To test out our new ideas about movement, we'll put them in motion to songs of various tones and tempos.

Monkey See, Monkey Do: In this game, one person demonstrates a movement and everyone mimics what that person does. We'll take turns being the Monkey.

Look forward to seeing you!
-Lindsey