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.

In this workshop lesson your students will explore codified actions that we all use and how this idea has been used in ballets to aid the storytelling. Task include: Watching excerpts from Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa Creating your own mimed conversation with emphasis on dance terminology like actions and dynamics Performing to peers and appreciating each others ideas Reflecting and improving your work through rehearsal Reflecting and reviewing an a section of Sleeping Beauty to demonstrate critical appreciation skills This lesson has teacher guidance on some slides for non-specialists and has a strong drama element to it as well.

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.

In the lesson I designed this ppt for the student learn the dance by the Ghosts as a technical study. This is a fun lesson and a good starting point for a scheme of work.