A set of two revision posters for Christopher Bruce’s Rooster tailored for AQA A-Level Dance. These posters outline the key themes for each song, provide essential background information, and highlight relevant lyrics that directly link to movement. They offer students a clear, structured resource to support effective revision and essay preparation.
Short essay exemplars that compare the features of Bruce’s works Rooster (1991) and Ghost Dances (1981) including:
Stimulus and starting points
Structure
Costume
Lighting
Physical Setting and Props
Movement Style
Aural Setting
In support of lesson delivery/revision for Section A of the written exam paper.
His key contributions to the development of Rambert Dance Company. Includes a lesson PowerPoint for 2-3 lessons, accompanying worksheet and extra reading resources.
94 slide powerpoint of full analysis of Singin’ in the Rain (incl. ASDR, constituent features, themes etc.) Youtube links to each dance section and images to support analysis are included. Other supporting documents include A3 worksheets with space to record notes on other Gene Kelly works.
These printable Movement Break Cards are designed to help students with ADHD, autism, and sensory processing needs refocus, release energy, and self-regulate. Whether you are teaching in a classroom, home school setting, or therapy space, these cards offer quick, effective movement prompts to support better learning.
What is Included:
20 unique printable movement cards
Simple, easy-to-follow action prompts
Kid-friendly illustrations with bold, non-distracting colors
Designed for early elementary learners (ages 4 and above)
Examples of movement prompts:
Hop like a rabbit 12 times
Bear crawl across the room
Spin in a circle, 2 times
Wiggle your whole body, 10 seconds
Walk like a crab
Perfect For:
Special education classrooms
Brain breaks between subjects
Home school sensory breaks
Calm down corners or behavior support plans
Occupational therapy or OT toolkits
Print, cut, and laminate to use again and again! These cards help reduce overwhelm, improve self-regulation, and bring fun, movement-based moments into the day.
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A student work booklet covering the key facts, motif, aural setting, costume, lighting and set design. See my other files for matching booklets for all 5 dance works.
A detailed, lesson-by-lesson powerpoint for the AQA GCSE Dance (new spec) professional dance work - Artificial Things. Slides include an introduction to the work, repertoire and linked activities. Also included are some choreographic tasks and exam style questions linked to choreography skills.
1 of 6 work books available for the GCSE Dance professional works dance anthology.
10 page student workbook - to include a fact-file,
RADS for choreography and Movement analysis - R(elationships) A(ctions) D(ynamics) S(pace), Motif section, STAMP for Lighting analysi - S(tory) T(ime) A(ttracts the Eye) M(ood) P(lace)
RIDOMS for music analysis - R(hythms) I(nstruments) D(ynamics) O(ther sounds) M(elody) S(peed) for music analysis
Costume section
Staging section
Easy to follow dance unit of work for Y4 teachers based on the theme ‘weather’. Covers National Curriculum objectives for PE and includes colour pictures to support learning as well as flash cards and a glossary of dance terms. Non dance specialists will be able to easily deliver high quality lessons following this plan. Music suggestions are also listed to support the lessons.
Participants will get to dive right into their own themed story adventure whilst moving their bodies. Aimed to spark imagination and improve control of movement, these dance stories will get children thoroughly engaged. the two themes are “Passing Through the Jungle” and “Journey to Space.”
This PDF contains written examplars of answers for Section C of the GCSE Dance exam paper, giving answers in relation to:
The choreographic approach
The dance style
The movement content
The structure and form
Choreographic devices
Costumes
Lighting
Aural Setting
Physical Setting
Really useful to support teacher planning, or as a resource for students to use to support their revision.
This can be used as a visual to show pupils and remind them of the 5 basic dance movements throughout the lesson introducing each one each lesson. This is more beneficial to a year 7 group just starting dance or with year 8’s to reinforce these.
AQA GCSE Dance - Artificial Things
This booklet outlines the key facts from Artificial Things focusing on setting, lighting, costume, aural setting and key motifs.
I have Powerpoints which go through the answers to accompany this. Visit my shop for more resources!
Explore our practical “Dance Movement Component Displays” – designed with students in mind. These four displays spotlight key elements: actions, space, dynamics, and relationships. We print them for our dance studio in size 150 x 113 dimensions using ‘Adverset,’ printing. Perfect for both lesson revision and sparking movement ideas, these displays make learning interactive and enjoyable.
Single PDF of ‘Movements’ poster which is optimised for A1 and A2 printing.
The poster gives examples of some ‘actions’ including Turns, Elevation, Travels and Balances.
Also available as part of a full pack of 5!
Michael Jones explains the importance of mark making in learning to write and describes a project involving four year olds in six Luton schools that also provides pointers towards helping older children with additional learning needs.
Lesson including practical approaches to teaching the anatomy and physiology of the A Level Dance course. Covers flexion, extension, rotation, abduction, circumduction, adduction. Students create a dance in which they perform these actions and say the movement and the joint in which it takes place as they perform to the rest of the class. Please leave feedback or ideas for improvement. Thank you. Significance of dances. Understanding dance.