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Different dances

What kind of dancing do you like? Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet...

1. Play these games to discover some different dance styles:
   • Complete this word find
   • Unscramble these words
   • Print and complete these word finds.
2. Make a list of 10 different types of dance you have found from playing these dance games.

Email your list to ed@tki.org.nz

Making some moves

The music and the clothes (or costume) a dancer wears will help you tell what style of dancing you are watching. When you are learning a new dance you can dress in special clothes and copy another person's dance moves.

1. Learn some disco, country, and ballet moves by playing Josie Jump's Dance-athon
2. Open the document 'Different types of Dance' (Word, 26KB).
3. Use Josie Jump's Dance-athon game to help you complete the sentences about disco, country, and ballet dancing.

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Tap your toes

Meet Snook, he is going to teach you some dance moves then you can put them together to make a dance.

• You can send your Snook dance to a friend or to Ed, but remember to only use your first name, not full name on the email address form.

Email your Snook dance to ed@tki.org.nz

Street dance

When musicians like Scribe put out a new music video people copy them and new dance and fashion styles are invented. In the 70s Michael Jackson's robot dance helped to start street dances such as break dancing and hip-hop.

1. Read this information to learn more about hip-hop
2. Choose some cool music and practise some new moves.

Send a video or digital photos of your street moves to ed@tki.org.nz

Costumes for 'Culture Moves'

What special things would you wear if you were performing a dance from a Pacific Island?

1. Look closely at the variety of costumes in these photos. Click on the heading 'Sample the Show' at the top right of the page.
2. Open the document 'Head to Toe Costumes!' (Word, 45KB).
3. Complete the chart by using the information in the photos.

Send your completed chart to ed@tki.org.nz

Skateboarding and dance

To be good at sports you have to be able to control how your body moves. You may need to move fast or slow, bend and stretch, and have good balance. When you dance you use the same skills.

1. If you have broadband listen to or read what Isamaya has to say about how skateboarding and dancing are similar. Follow these instructions carefully to get to the webpage:
   • From the home page click on the photo called 'grace'.
   • Click anywhere on the blue screen.
   • A new screen will appear with sunbeams. When you point your mosue at each sunbeam a different word will pop up.
   • Find and click on the word 'gravity' and you will be taken to a new page.
   • Click 'Isamaya, skateboards and dance'.
2. Make a word document about other ways sports and dance are similar.

Email your ideas to ed@tki.org.nz

Why dance?

Wiki, Tipani, and Ed dance to keep fit and to have fun. Can you think of any other reasons why they should dance?

1. Brainstorm 5 good reasons to dance. Read this page to get some ideas.
2. Open either a Word, Front Page,or Publisher document to make a poster.
3. Using the 'draw tools' on your computer make a poster to advertise one of your reasons to dance.

Email your ideas to ed@tki.org.nz