TKI - Dancemakers: Teachers' Notes for Years 11

Introduction > Structure of the resource

Structure of the resource

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The DVD is divided into chapters, sections, and subsections as follows:

Chapters	Sections	Subsections
The Production Team	The Dance Company The Dancers The Costume Designer The Lighting Designer The Musician
The Dances	Moana Nepia's Quintet	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to Quintet Performance of Quintet
	Moss Patterson's Kura	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to Kura Performance of Kura
	Deirdre Tarrant's Outside the Square	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to Outside the Square Performance of Outside the Square
	Katharina Waldner's Plumage	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to Plumage Performance of Plumage
	Jeremy Nelson's Mursh Mellow	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to Mursh Mellow Performance of Mursh Mellow
	Raewyn Hill's How Ugly Is That Duckling	Development of Choreography Deirdre Tarrant's Introduction to How Ugly Is That Duckling Performance of How Ugly Is That Duckling
Dance Phrases	Outside the Square Quintet Plumage Mursh Mellow How Ugly Is That Duckling Kura Kura	Erratum Please note that the first item in the DVD chapter Dance Phrases is incorrectly identified. This dance phrase comes from Outside the Square.
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The DVD shows:

each dance work in the phases of creation and rehearsal
interviews with the choreographers, the company, and production personnel
the finished dance works in performance
a selection of dance phrases from the dance works
a list of Footnote Dance personnel, dancers, choreographers, production technology personnel, and sound tracks.

These online teachers' notes follow the order of the sections on the DVD and provide:

an introduction to and background information on each chapter or section of the DVD
curriculum links
suggested focus questions and activities for use before and after viewing particular sections, including activity templates and photographs
lists of related resources.

We suggest that you:

preview chapters and sections of the DVD and decide how much of the footage of any chapter or section students need to view and how many times they need to view it
read the online teachers' notes relating to the selected chapter or section
select from the bank of questions and activities written for that chapter or section to suit dance students' and programme needs. (For some questions, guidance on possible responses is provided in brackets.) Note: It is not intended that you use all the questions and activities written for a chapter/section but that you choose those that suit your class programme. You may find that activities written for other chapters/sections provide additional ideas for exploring a selected dance work.

You could use the resource to:

support a dance technique focus – for example, a focus on moving with continuous flow may be supported by studying Kura, or learning Dance Phrase 1
introduce or support information about the use of dance production technologies – for example, a focus on dance lighting could be introduced by the interview with lighting designer Maia Whittet, followed by looking at how lighting is used in Plumage or Quintet to suggest mood
support improvisation or choreographic work – for example, a focus on partnering might be introduced by looking at Mursh Mellow
support work in using props – for example, a focus on using sticks or boxes might be supported by looking at Outside the Square
support NCEA standards in viewing and responding to dance – for example, Kura at Level 1, or How Ugly Is That Duckling at Levels 2 or 3.