Pete Hillier has the second dance session, exploring attempts to control the Fire.
2. The Great Fire spreads
Pete Hillier has the second dance session in the unit and today the dances explore attempts to control the fire - eg by pulling down buildings using 'fire-hooks' to create fire breaks.
Resources
Download the audio for this dance session as an mp3 file.
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
Lesson summary:
Warm up. Repeat from previous session. Then, follow the music to walk, skip or jog along the maze-like streets and alleyways.
Sequence 1: A strong wind blows. Hold your arms out to the sides and carefully twirl round and round on the spot. Travel freely through the spaces with quick, light steps - twisting and twirling, bending and stretching your knees as you go.
Sequence 2: The Fire spreads. On the spot, repeat the flickering-flame finger and hand movements from the previous programme - reaching high, low and all around. When you hear the wind blow, leap energetically to join someone nearby and make a bigger flickering fire together. When you hear the wind blow again, stay close to your partner and leap to join another pair nearby to make an even bigger fire. Repeat the sequence until you鈥檝e created one enormous class fire in the middle of the room.
Sequence 3: London鈥檚 Burning! (Again, performed to the nursery rhyme). Half the class remain in the middle of the room, performing the flickering-flame fire movements while the other half get into pairs around the edge of the fire to perform their 鈥榮ee-saw鈥 water-pump fire engine actions from the previous session. Swap groups and repeat.
Cool down. Walk slowly away to a space of your own. Focus on stretching and tensing, and then relaxing different muscle groups.
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