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Level 6 unit: Global dance

Overall duration: 8-10 lessons (of approximately 50 minutes each)

Curriculum links

This unit is based on the following Level 6 learning example from The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum (page 27):

  • View and practically explore dances of a variety of ethnic groups that use specific objects as integral parts of the dance (for example taiaha, a scarf, a fan, bamboo poles, castanets).
  • In a group, investigate the who, what, when, why, where, and how of one of the dances, and present findings to the class.

Achievement objectives

  • Strand PK - Developing Practical Knowledge in Dance: Students will identify and contrast the vocabularies, practices, and technologies of selected dance forms.
  • Strand UC - Understanding Dance in Context: Students will investigate dances from selected historical periods and describe the influences on their development.

Intended learning outcomes

Students will:

  • view and analyse dances from a variety of different cultures
  • explore the use and significance of specific objects that are used as integral parts of particular dance traditions
  • investigate in a group one specific dance from a particular culture, and present the findings to the class orally, through practical demonstration, and with use of visuals and sound.

Resources

Hawaiian dance

  • The Spirited Earth - Dance, Myth, and Ritual from South Asia to the South Pacific by Victoria Ginn (1990). New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc.
  • Images of Hawaii's Ancient Hula by Kim Taylor Reece (1997). Sacred Falls, Hawai'i (ISBN: 0-9660395-9-9)

Māori dance

  • The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 9 (1998). Editors A.L. Kaeppler & J.W. Love. New York and London: Australia and the Pacific Islands Garland Publishing Inc.
  • Haka! The Dance of a Noble People by Timoti Karetu (1993). Auckland: Reed Books (ISBN 0-7900-0290-6)
  • Haka - A Living Tradition by Wira Gardiner (2001). Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett (ISBN 1-86958-880-0)
  • Video: Ihi FrENZy: The Making of Dance (2003) Wellington: Learning Media, Ministry of Education

Korean dance

Perspectives on Korean Dance by Judy Van Zile (2003). Wesleyan University Press Middletown, CT, USA.

Websites

Search on the internet for information on dance from various ethnic groups, for example:

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