This position is fifth low and it should be at the end of the picture list. Sorry.
This is First position.
Second position
Third position
Forth position
Fifth high
This is first again. I'm really not so good at this bogging thing. (ps. I'm so embarrassed to put myself on these pictures. I'm going from now on draw sketches for you or take pictures of some of the cute girls I teach.)IT'S HERE!!! Our very first Tutu Tuesday! Are you ready Mommies? Are you ready Kids? Okay let's go....
Warm Ups
This is to get you moving!!! Start with some fun music. Now let’s do some bend and strait. This is called a plea. You bend your knees and straiten them again. Do 8 in a row. Now stretch up to the sky and down to your tows up to the sky and down to your tows. Start over with 8 pleas and two stretches. Now run I place together. Holding hands would be fun. Try going one way in a circle and then the other way. Do some jumps up and down. How about 8 then 8 marches in place or around the room. Again, 8 jumps then 8 marches. How about one more time with everything to make sure you are nice and warm.
This is to get you moving!!! Start with some fun music. Now let’s do some bend and strait. This is called a plea. You bend your knees and straiten them again. Do 8 in a row. Now stretch up to the sky and down to your tows up to the sky and down to your tows. Start over with 8 pleas and two stretches. Now run I place together. Holding hands would be fun. Try going one way in a circle and then the other way. Do some jumps up and down. How about 8 then 8 marches in place or around the room. Again, 8 jumps then 8 marches. How about one more time with everything to make sure you are nice and warm.
Fun Dance
This is a very important part of dancing class. It’s time to have fun and to use our imaginations. I have 4 different fun dances. Do one or all.
1. Freeze dance- This is a game that needs two people. Good thing this is a mommy and me class. Take turns pausing the music. When the music is playing you can dance around how ever you want but when the music stops you need to freeze in the position you where in when the music stopped. Stop and play for a whole song.
2. Follow the Leader-This game is fun and pretty self explanatory. Take turns being the leader. Mommy’s have fun with this. Your kids will get a kick out of you doing what they do.
3. Words- This game requires some creativity on both parts. Mommy you are in charge of coming up with some fun creative words. Nouns, verbs, and adverbs work best. Okay play some music and mommy you say a word and kids get to dance out that word. Mommy you can dance too. Example for words: Nouns- Baby, tiger, fancy girl, bug. Verbs- jump, kick, run…. Adverbs- happily, excitedly…. Adjectives- big, small, round, strait…. Also as you start to learn different dance vocabulary use those words too. A fun thing to do also is to write your words down on little strips of paper and put them in a bowl. Then draw out words throughout the dance. This way you only have to be creative once, and you can add too it every time you have another idea.
4. Imagination dance- read, tell, or make up a story, put music on and as you tell the story let your child dance/act out the story. It can be silly and allot of fun.
Try to make all of these fun dances last for a whole song.
This is a very important part of dancing class. It’s time to have fun and to use our imaginations. I have 4 different fun dances. Do one or all.
1. Freeze dance- This is a game that needs two people. Good thing this is a mommy and me class. Take turns pausing the music. When the music is playing you can dance around how ever you want but when the music stops you need to freeze in the position you where in when the music stopped. Stop and play for a whole song.
2. Follow the Leader-This game is fun and pretty self explanatory. Take turns being the leader. Mommy’s have fun with this. Your kids will get a kick out of you doing what they do.
3. Words- This game requires some creativity on both parts. Mommy you are in charge of coming up with some fun creative words. Nouns, verbs, and adverbs work best. Okay play some music and mommy you say a word and kids get to dance out that word. Mommy you can dance too. Example for words: Nouns- Baby, tiger, fancy girl, bug. Verbs- jump, kick, run…. Adverbs- happily, excitedly…. Adjectives- big, small, round, strait…. Also as you start to learn different dance vocabulary use those words too. A fun thing to do also is to write your words down on little strips of paper and put them in a bowl. Then draw out words throughout the dance. This way you only have to be creative once, and you can add too it every time you have another idea.
4. Imagination dance- read, tell, or make up a story, put music on and as you tell the story let your child dance/act out the story. It can be silly and allot of fun.
Try to make all of these fun dances last for a whole song.
Technique
This is the part of our dance class where we will learn real dance moves, and the proper way to do them. Also we will have lessons on dance theory (such as rhythm and counting). These are the things that change every dance class. I will be providing new ones all the time. I’ve also pared each technique class with an activity to help understand the technique better.
Now that we’ve warmed up, and had a fun dance, let’s learn some technique.
Arms and Spinning:
Activity- Make instant pudding together. Let your child hold the bowl, and do some of the mixing with the spoon.
Technique-
Arms- (These are the pictures above) Think about holding a big bowl in front of you. Use both of your arms to make the imaginary bowl shape. This is (in ballet) 1st position. Now imagine your bowl grew so big you can only hold it by taking your arms out to the sides of you. Still keep them round though. This is 2nd position. 3rd position is when one arm in out to the side like in 2nd and the other is rounded in like in first. But it can be round above your head too. 4th position is when both arms are rounded like in 1st but they are never at the same level so one can be above the head and the other can be in front of your body. 5th high is when your arms form a circle with your hands above your head. It’s like making a picture frame for your face with your arms. And 5th low is the same arm position but your hands are dropped just under your belly button.
Spinning- Think about when you make pudding. You can mix the pudding by making big slow circle or fast little crazy ones. Spinning is such a fun part of dancing. Try slow controlled turns, and crazy fast ones. (Make sure there is a big enough space to fall down and not get hurt.) In dancing there is something called spotting. This is a trick dancers use to turn and not get too dizzy and to know where they are going on a stage or in a class room. It takes years of practice to be good but go ahead and give it a try. It’s when you look at something on one wall as you turn try to keep your eyes on that spot until you can’t any longer and flip your head around and find it again with your eyes.
This is the part of our dance class where we will learn real dance moves, and the proper way to do them. Also we will have lessons on dance theory (such as rhythm and counting). These are the things that change every dance class. I will be providing new ones all the time. I’ve also pared each technique class with an activity to help understand the technique better.
Now that we’ve warmed up, and had a fun dance, let’s learn some technique.
Arms and Spinning:
Activity- Make instant pudding together. Let your child hold the bowl, and do some of the mixing with the spoon.
Technique-
Arms- (These are the pictures above) Think about holding a big bowl in front of you. Use both of your arms to make the imaginary bowl shape. This is (in ballet) 1st position. Now imagine your bowl grew so big you can only hold it by taking your arms out to the sides of you. Still keep them round though. This is 2nd position. 3rd position is when one arm in out to the side like in 2nd and the other is rounded in like in first. But it can be round above your head too. 4th position is when both arms are rounded like in 1st but they are never at the same level so one can be above the head and the other can be in front of your body. 5th high is when your arms form a circle with your hands above your head. It’s like making a picture frame for your face with your arms. And 5th low is the same arm position but your hands are dropped just under your belly button.
Spinning- Think about when you make pudding. You can mix the pudding by making big slow circle or fast little crazy ones. Spinning is such a fun part of dancing. Try slow controlled turns, and crazy fast ones. (Make sure there is a big enough space to fall down and not get hurt.) In dancing there is something called spotting. This is a trick dancers use to turn and not get too dizzy and to know where they are going on a stage or in a class room. It takes years of practice to be good but go ahead and give it a try. It’s when you look at something on one wall as you turn try to keep your eyes on that spot until you can’t any longer and flip your head around and find it again with your eyes.
A game you could play is an Arm test. Call out a position and try to give the position that goes with that number. Ex: "First position" and how remembers what that one was? Oh ya that's the one I so cool like pictured twice above.
Free Dance- to finish up our mommy and me dance class let’s have a free dance. Play a song and do whatever you want. Make sure though you dance and play together. Tell your child what they are doing well. And finish with a beautiful pose.
Well done! I hope you had fun. See you next week in class.
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