Justin Fletcher has the final dance session in this unit exploring the well-known traditional story.
3. The robbers get a big fright
Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cockerel frighten away the robbers, then have a feast to celebrate. But when they are asleep, one of the robbers returns to the house to investigate. The animals give him a nasty fright and he runs away, never to return. The animals live happily ever after together in the forest. In this session children perform their travelling dance. They work on a sequence, which includes the creeping steps that they have been practising and a happy celebration dance.
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)
Audio story: The Musicians of Bremen. audio
An audio version of the story suitable for KS1 pupils.
Lesson summary:
Warm up: alternate clapping and hopping.
Donkey sets off down the road: reprise of first part of a developing step pattern sequence.
Donkey and Dog set off: reprise of second part of a developing step pattern sequence.
Donkey, Dog and Cat set off: reprise of third part of a developing step pattern sequence.
Donkey, Dog, Cat and Cockerel set off: reprise of the final part of a developing step pattern sequence.
Remembering the whole sequence: children put together the complete step sequence.
The animals creep up to the robbers鈥 house: reprise of contrasting heights and steps.
The animals climb up at the window: reprise of climbing from Episode 2.
The animals do a happy dance: revisiting the dance from the warm up.
A robber comes back: contrasting movement and stasis with the class divided into two groups.
Cool down: controlled breathing on the floor.
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