Today's dances are inspired by Pinocchio's many adventures.
2. The adventures of Pinocchio
In the second session Pinocchio buries coins given to him, then walks sadly away when discovering that he’s been robbed. The children fly and swoop like a pigeon, hurry about on ‘Busy Bee Island’, and each balance a bucket on their head. A ‘Playland’ sequence enables groups to devise a children’s games sequence, until they wake up as a donkey, involving trotting, ear-flapping and braying.
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Teacher's Notes
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Movement focus
Action: Dramatic exaggeration; digging and burying actions; slow, heavy walking; busy hurrying; balancing and staggering; clumsy trotting.
Dynamics: Responding to vocabulary - eg clumsy, graceful, busy, happy, relaxed, etc.
Space: Varied travelling through spaces - eg walking, ‘flying’, leaping, staggering, trotting.
Relationships: Concentrated listening in a group; dramatic partner dance; devising a group mime/action sequence.
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