Following are core tasks the children could be asked to carry out.
Task 1
Using what you know about composing a sequence, create and perform a sequence on floor and apparatus for an audience. Your sequence should include at least eight to 10 elements, eg start on the floor, move onto apparatus, finish on the floor. It must also include twisting and turning, flight, changes of direction and speed, and contrasting shapes and balances.
Task 2
Adapt the sequence you created in Task 1 so that it can be performed in a small group of three or four, using the floor and apparatus so that each person starts and finishes in a different place.
Adaptations and variations on the tasks
Ask the children to:
- make the sequences longer or shorter, eg include more balances, body shapes, ways of travelling
- make up another sequence using the same rules, eg change the order of shapes and ways of travelling
- perform the sequence with a change in dynamics, or include a second dynamic, eg perform the sequence with changes of level and speed, or changes of speed and direction
- find a way to perform the same sequence using different apparatus, or a combination of floor and apparatus
- work in larger or smaller groups, and include canon, matching and synchronised movement
- perform the sequence with a different emphasis, eg stretched shapes and movements that involve curling actions
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