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Movement Games

Movement and Music Activity 


Capoeira MandingaMovement games can help the students explore many possibilities of how humans move. By exploring their own kinesthetic experience, they can enhance their understanding of what they will see in the diverse dance styles in the concert. If possible, do these exercises before seeing the show, and then after the show. Identify with the students some of the movement qualities in each of the dance forms.

Each of the following movement qualities can be the source for several minutes of movement improvisation. Have the class move reflecting one quality at a time. While they are moving, say the descriptive words aloud to guide them. Then try them in combination!

 

Category

Time: Quick

Helpful words: sudden, fleeting, abrupt, accelerating

Sustained

Helpful words: prolonged, continuous, hovering, gradual

Flow: Free

Helpful words: fluent, loose, unrestricted, easy-going

Bound (Contained)

Helpful words: controlled, restrained, careful, precise

Focus: Direct

Helpful words: straight, aimed, unswerving, channelled

Indirect

Helpful words: roundabout, meandering, circuitous, flexible

Pressure: Strong

Helpful words: firm, powerful, solid, forceful

Light

Helpful words: delicate, airy, buoyantly resilient


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