The group playing this game needs to be fully capable of reading the cards. In order to make the heads up game I had to make flash cards with dance terms on them as pictured above and below.
Having a stack of dance cards inspired so many more fun games. My favorite and my students favorite is charades. This is so great because it works with any age but I found it particularly helpful for the younger ballet dances to learn terminology. To play this game, I have all of the students spread out facing the front of the class room. I sit at the front with the stack of cards face down. I pick a students to join me at the front. The student draws a card from the stack.
The student will read the card, if the student cannot read it I will whisper it in their ear. After the student knows what dance move or position is on the card, they will then act for the other students. The other students will shout out the term they believe is on the card. The first person to correctly guess the card wins. The winner of that round will be the next person to pick a card and act it out of the class.
I repeat this process until I am out of cards. Sometimes with this strategy the same few students will be the only ones getting to act out the cards, in this instance I would start picking who goes next instead of it just being the winner of each round.
When playing the game, I prefer to be able to do it where the winner gets to go to the front. Doing it that way causes them to get competitive with each other making them more eager to learn their terminology. However, if there are some students that don't know the words on the cards, making sure they also get a turn is a good way to make sue they're learning. Pick a Card, Any Card. This game is good little ones. They then return to the circle after their work time to perform their movements for one another.
Who love to show off? Who gets anxious dancing alone? Who seems comfortable creating their own movement? Who seems shy or nervous? Watching one another, especially with the expectation of being a respectful audience, reinforces the idea that all dancers are important and valued in our class community. It also keeps the class moving and gets them nice and warm! Starting a new dance class or rehearsal process?
The primary objective of this game is to explore locomotor movement as a class, while learning new things about one another and discovering common interests. The map can be as simple as breaking the room into quadrants, or as complex as an approximate rendering of your town or county.
This game is played in several rounds. For each round, assign places on the map. The dancers will move to the quadrant with the flavor they like best. You can designate a movement for all of the dancers to do as they travel to the quadrant of their choice, or allow them to choose their own movement.
After the dancers have made it to their chosen points on the map, have them return to the neutral territory to begin again with a new set of criteria. Some fun options are:. Be sensitive as to the backgrounds and needs of the dancers in your group when determining which questions to ask.
Direct them to say their names while clapping to the rhythm of the syllables. The students will create a movement phrase to the rhythm of their name. For example, my movement phrase would have 5 beats total.
It emphasizes on leg and hand coordination. All you need is a few balloons to start the game. More than fun, this dance game lets the kids mingle with each other. All you need is a paper and a pencil. Turn a sport into a dance that boosts the physical activity and brings out laughter. All you need are some clean gunny bags. No, we are not talking about the royal ball dance. This is a fun ball dance game that your kids can play at parties or picnics.
All you need is a ball, a timer, and a dance floor to get started. An emoji-style dance brings out their creativity. All you need are a few large emoji flashcards with expressions like angry, sad, happy, etc. This dance game is a great way to connect the children and improve their interaction skills.
A group of kids is all you need to get started. Children are full of bubbling energy, so jumping to the beats will keep them physically active and excited. Pick up a few peppy numbers to set the mood and get a blackboard and chalk ready to get this game started.
Each couple must dance only in a designated spot. The best way to do this is to tape large circles onto the floor and have dancers stand on them to start. Play music and have them dance together without stepping off of the circles. When you speed up the music, they must speed up their dance. To make this game more challenging, you can start with large circles and replace them with smaller ones as the dancing progresses.
Assign one player to stand in the middle of the dance floor and hold a flag. Have the remaining dancers form pairs and begin to dance around the flag holder. At random times, the flag holder will toss the flag in the air. When the flag goes up, everyone switches partners. The flag holder must also try to find a partner. The person left standing alone becomes the new flag holder. Play music and have the kids dance randomly. Stand alongside the dance floor and randomly call out different dance styles, such as disco, square dance, ballroom, hip-hop or ballet.
Whenever a new dance style is called, players must switch their dance moves to suit that style. Forget the macarena or the cha-cha slide. Get kids to invent dance moves. Have them line up as they would for line dancing. One at a time, have a player step forward and perform a move.
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