I have been teaching Performing Arts for over 10 years and I have a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with you.
Most recently I was teaching in Bangkok, prior to this I was The Director of Theatrical Productions in Amman, Jordan for 2 years. Before this I was Head of Dance in a school in the UK for 4 years.
I hope you find my resources helpful and if you do please leave a review. There are a mixture of Dance, Healthy living and PSHE resources for a range of ages and curriculum.
I have been teaching Performing Arts for over 10 years and I have a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with you.
Most recently I was teaching in Bangkok, prior to this I was The Director of Theatrical Productions in Amman, Jordan for 2 years. Before this I was Head of Dance in a school in the UK for 4 years.
I hope you find my resources helpful and if you do please leave a review. There are a mixture of Dance, Healthy living and PSHE resources for a range of ages and curriculum.
I have pulled together a range of my resources to create a 69page work booklet for your GCSE dance students. Also suitable in some parts for PE: healthy diet, warm up and cool down
This could be used during your online learning, as a homework booklet or as a booklet of activities you pull out for cover lessons!
However you use it , there are bank of activities along with a tracking page at the start and the level descriptors 1-9 at the end
This is a single ppt introducing shadows and encouraging initial thoughts and interpretations from the students. It could be extended to cover 2 one hour lessons simply by encouraging longer discussion and sharing of ideas
It also provides an overview of the unit and a long term homework task. This would also be usable for your online learners.
I do not have permission to share the videos from the AQA website but you will need two of them for this lesson: the whole work video and the interview with Christopher Bruce
This PPT is a sequence of 10 lesson (2 hours lessons) for A Level Dance
It has a both information and activities for your students
It includes information on the following practitioners and there influences on the development of this style:
African Roots
European Influences
Mistral shows
Buddy Bradley and Fred Astaire
Busby Berkley
Jack Cole
Katherine Dunham
Gene Kelly (Singing in the Rain)
Jerome Robbins (West Side Story)
Bob Fosse
Matt Mattox, Luigi and Gus Giodorno
DANNY BURACZESKI
Twyla Tharp
Three Key Stage 3 Schemes of work.
This is a great bundle, and if you teach KS3 on rotation then this is your year sorted out. Each SOW is 6 weeks lessons some lesson ppts are included for each SOW to give you an idea of how I presented this to my students. I have enjoyed all of these SOW, they have been particularly engaging for boys.
SUBJECT: Dance Year 7
AREA: creating dance on a theme
ALSO SUITABLE FOR: Dance year 6, PE (Dance unit)
This is by far one of my most favourite SOW. Its engaging for boys, girls, reluctant dancers and high ability. It is fun and accessible on so many levels. I have adapted it several times over the years, please feel free to continue to adapt for your learners too.
Resources in this pack
7 week SOW including differentiation, blooms questioning and links to GCSE
PPT for Baseline lesson, Lesson 1, 2 and 4
PPT of structures in dance (you won’t need all of these for year 7 but its good to have)
The Letters (resource to print or use electronically - these are each mission). I would normally put these in envelopes for each group to open at the start of each lesson.
A workbook for non doers to work through and remain engaged in the lesson (possibly adaptable for your online learners if you are teaching a blended lesson
Check list for peer assessment
In this resource pack you will find the following:
5/6 week SOW with links to GCSE
Intro (Lesson1 ) PPT - this is doable online/ blended
Lesson 2 PPT
Lesson 3 PPT
Peer assessment sheet for lesson 4
Lesson 5 is your performance lesson (no resources needed)
Lesson 6 - self assessment (module summary) and worksheet on capoeira provided
This bundle is aimed at teachers of A Level Dance (AQA)
Included in this bundle are:
10 Practice essay questions with mark scheme and area for feedback and student respones
4 student resources for improving their essays.
29 page resource that helps to prepare your students for considering context in their essays. This resource includes; images and explanations of contextual information in relation to American Jazz Dance 1940 - 1975; teacher guidance notes; 2 sample essays using the PEED structure.
This PPT covers the basics of a healthy diet and the effects. It was designed for ASDAN and I have used it for year 7/8 but may also serve well for revision for older students that also need this information in GCSE PE or Dance
In this bundle you will get a range of resources to use when teaching section C of the written paper including:
12 mark comparison question on A Linha Curva and Emancipation of Expressionsim
Analysis of the choreographic content of Artificial Things
Comparing choreographic content of Within Her Eyes and Artificial Things
Infra: Aural setting, Lighting, Costume and set design analysis lessons
Introduction to Shadows
Production features of Shadows
23 page workbook designed with BTEC, NCFE and ASDAN Performing Arts courses in mind.
Editable for you to make more specific to your course or use as is for your students.
Real world situation: Dance Showcase
You can change what you are designing for or keep as is: Dance Showcase with three trios that need the production roles of Costume Designer, Set Designer and Hair and Make-up Designer filled.
Page 1 states the purpose of the workbook as follows:
In this workbook are activities that will contribute to your final grades this year. You will be assessed on your research document and logbook entries (Criteria 1), on your participation and contribution in rehearsal (Criteria 2), your performance and application of performance skills (Criteria 3) and finally your contribution to the production process (Criteria 4). You can be awarded pass, merit, or distinction for each of these criteria.
What does this mean?
To complete criterion 4, you must complete some design tasks. Below is a list of options, you must complete at least two of these roles. To achieve a distinction, you need to produce work that is successful as well as inspired and inventive; the work will demonstrate a concrete understanding of stimulus, choreographic intention and overall dance ideas. Be sure to read all the tasks before deciding on which 2 to complete.
Design options – you must complete at least 2
● Costume – developing and shaping ideas, e.g. mood boards, producing draft sketches, pitching ideas, making changes, refining ideas and creating final designs, e.g. drawings showing construction methods and materials
● Set – developing and shaping ideas, e.g. mood boards, producing draft sketches, pitching ideas, making changes, refining ideas and creating final designs, e.g. scale plans, 3-D models and annotated drawings
● Make-up – developing and shaping ideas, e.g. mood boards, producing draft sketches, pitching ideas, making changes, refining ideas and creating final designs, e.g. facial plans.
This is the first lesson of 8 looking at dance through the decades. In this lesson we explore the “Roaring 20s”
The lesson can be followed online by students using a range of videos or if you are in person you can also teach this fun 1920’s steps!
This lesson allows GCSE Dance students to break down 3 sections of Infra in order to analyse the set/ staging.
It ends in a practice 12 mark question: Discuss how the staging/set and the lighting in Infra contribute to our appreciation of the work.
Therefore students will need to have also studied the lighting prior to this lesson. Alternatively, you can adapt this to 6 mark question just on set/staging.
This ppt covers 2 lessons that break down the choreographic devices, relationships and key movement phrases in the focus sections (Kneeling, Flow two and Floor).
This resources is designed for students to edit together so I have used it in google slides to achieve this, however you can adapt this should that not be an option for you. The collaborative nature of the lesson allows for students to explore the set work as a team in order to build a response to 6 and 12 mark questions.
Subject: A Level Dance AQA
Area of Study: Jazz Dance
The resource provides an overview of 4 of his works (videos available on youtube) and resouce for students to complete as you deliver the information provided and watch excerpts of each piece. The works discussed are:
Fancy Free
Call Me Madam
Shall We Dance
The Cage
Subject: Dance
Curriculum: Suitable for A Level Dance and BTEC level 2 and 3 Performing Arts
Two resources to help your students studying West Side Story
Overview of “The Sharks” describing who is who
Overview of all characters in West Side Story
I found this helped my students understand the story better and later make connections between the dance elements and how they communicate character and relationships.
Created for: BTEC Level 3 unit 13 - The Healthy Dancer
Suitable for: GCSE PE (Dance specialism)
This is a 70 page ppt covering several topics to enable students to create their own fitness program .
Topics include:
Structure of human body: Skeletal System, Muscular System, Circulatory System, Nervous System, Respiratory System
Functions of the human body
Factors that affect training
The effects of training on each system covered above
Injury prevention and care
Aspects of fitness
Safe Dance Practice
Subject: Dance A Level
Area: Writing essays
One area that students struggle with in A Level dance is essay writing. In this pack you will find a few hand outs that have helped my students understand the structure of their essays. It includes a resource on:
The “isms” meaning romanticism, classicism , modernism, post modernism. This will allow your students to connect context to content when writing about key works.
Structuring your dance analysis: focus on the literary skills required for good essay writing
Analysis reminder sheet (simple version)
Peer marking assessment sheet: this is great for students as it allows them to mark each others essays by breaking them down into component parts.
This is an independant learning and devising task that explores the gang relationship between Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt.
Advisable prior knowledge: marking the moment, freezeframes, improvised dialogue, slow motion and stage fighting.
I used this as part of an enrichment day activity. I had years 7 - 9 all mixed ability. It's a fun one off or the a good starting point for a unit of work.
In this lesson students will:
Describe the lighting in Infra
Understand why the lighting has been used by Wayne McGregor
Be able to answer exam questions based on lighting.
This free lesson guides you through the criteria for writing a 12 mark essay question on: Explaining how lighting enhances our understanding of Infra. If you like this lesson you can buy the bundle of 6 lessons including this one plus two on costume, one on aural setting and one on set design