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Movement 2
Movement 2
Places to Go (where)
Groupings
Actions
Actions can be combined into sequences and patterns
Actions can communicate words and feelings
Actions can be found in natural phenomenon
Actions can lead or follow sound
Actions can be stimulated by visual image
Props as a Starting Point
How will movements reflect the design, shape, and size of the
object?
What form will be used to “frame” simple compositions?
What texture (moving in unison, canon, individually, or in
combinations)?
Activities
Designs in Space
Walking throughout the space, exploring the floor
surface and dimension for our movement class. A leader
with a “sound signal” calls out pathways for everyone to
walk: zig-zag, spiral, straight, figure eight.
by Constance Levy
Seeds, Sipping,
How they break to the light
Small as grains of sand Stretching,
Like roots of green
Conspired with the earth Anchoring
Periscopes
In deep, dark places And hankering for
Sneaking their first
Secretly sipping Up;
Look
Activities
Designs in Poetry
Process:
Read “Seed Secrets” … unison or divide into groups
Add gestures while reading to begin.
Develop accompaniment that serves as a sound carpet
Unpitched percussion
melodic ostinato
Talk about the movement possibilities in the poem:
What words/images inspire movement?
What kinds of levels?
What shapes?
What pathways?
Small groups create interpretive movement pieces.
Perform with instruments
Activities
Mirroring
Search for songs that indicate good clear phrase
structure.
In a shower of rain.
If using all four levels, keep the rhythms very simple (such as
the beat).