Year 8 Dance Module 5 Content: Choreography in Rock and Roll and Music Video style - Michael

Jackson

Assessment objective To create 2 dances of different styles using steps learnt in class 1: Rock and

Roll style 2: Michael Jackson style

Modular Content Why

Understanding the features

of rock and roll and the

different styles that rock and

roll covers

By understanding the features of rock and roll dance we will be able

to use our choreography skills to make a good rock and roll dance

showing the correct style

Testing and learning variety

of rock and roll steps for solo

and partner work

Through trying out different steps we will learn new movement

vocabulary which we can adapt to make our dances

Revisiting choreographic

devices learnt in year 7

formation, dynamics, tempo

By using the tools we learnt in our previous choreography module

we will be able to create more interesting and longer dances

Understanding the features of

music videos

By studying the features of music videos we can create our own

dance for a music video

Learning sections from

Michael Jacksons Thriller

Learning some sections of Michael Jacksons Thriller music video will

help us make our own version

Practical Assessment: Rock and Roll: You will be taught a set of rock and roll steps and arrange these

into a dance sequence in rock and roll style. Music Video: You will be taught sections from Michael

Jacksons thriller and use these to create your own opening sequence

Written Assessment: You will be asked 6 short answer questions on Rock and Roll types, steps and

style and how you choreograph