My Dance Journal

Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________________

Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

INSPIRATION
HOW WILL I BE INSPIRED?
IMAGINE - REMEMBER - KNOW - RESPOND
CHALLENGING - INSPIRING - IMAGINING - GENERATING

EXPLORATION
HOW WILL I EXPLORE?
CREATE - INTERPRET - REPRESENT - SEQUENCE
PLANNING - FOCUSING - EXPERIMENTING - DRAF TING

EXPRESSION
HOW WILL I EXPRESS?
SHARE - PERFORM - RESPOND - EVALUATE
REVISING - REFINING - PRESENTING - REFLECTING

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INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION

 INSPIRATION
Try FINDING Try CAPTURING or RECORDING INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION

My Own:
Idea
Experience
Feeling
Belief
Culture
Music
Environment

Responding to:
Culture
Dance
Music
Visual Art
Writing
Reading
Everyday
Things

Try CREATING INSPIRATION or RESPONDING for INSPIRATION

Perspective Reflection Perspective Reflection
What is my belief? How will I be inspired? What does it mean to me? How do I feel?
What is my interest Imagine What may this mean to How am I thinking?
What do I value? Remember presenters? What do I know?
What is my response? Know What may this mean to
How do I move in this Respond others?
environment?

Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION

 RELATIONSHIPS
EXPLORATION
using relationships.
WHY?
DANCE THEN RECORD

with energy
ENERGY

HOW?

and time
WHEN?
TIME
or

through space
WHERE?
SPACE
PLAN THEN DANCE
ACTION

WHAT?

moves
A dancer
WHO?
BODY

Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

Try CREATING EXPLORATION or RESPONDING for EXPLORATION

Form Reflection Form Reflection
What will my body do? How will I explore? What are the What is my message?
What action will I make? Create elements? What will my audience
What space will I use? Interpret interpret?
What time will I take? Represent
What energy will I create? Sequence
What relationships will I use?

INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION

 EXPLORATION
PLAN YOUR DANCE or ASSESS DANCE
BODY ACTION SPACE TIME ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS

WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? HOW? WHY?

A dancer moves through space and time with energy using relationships.

Body Parts Travelling Directions Tempo Energy Body

Hip Run Up Slow Free Relationships
Leg Hop Down Medium Light On

Arm Skip Side Fast Sharp Off

Feet Slide Back Bound Far

Neck Walk Front Meter Strong Near

Knee Leap Around 4/4 March Smooth Over

Head Jump 3/4 Swing Under

Chest Gallop Size In Back

Small Rhythm In Front
Shoulder
Medium and Accent
Stationary Around
Body Shapes Pull Big Through
Angular Sink Supported
Curved Kick Place

Straight Rise Self Space

Symmetrical Melt General Space

Asymmetrical Turn
Levels
Push
Low
Float
Medium
Twist
High
Bend
Swing
Focus
Burst Direct
Reach
Indirect
Wiggle

Pathways
Curved
Zig Zag
Straight

Try CREATING EXPLORATION or RESPONDING for EXPLORATION

Form Reflection Form Reflection
What will my body do? How will I explore? What are the What is my message?
What action will I make? Create elements? What will my audience
What space will I use? Interpret interpret?
What time will I take? Represent
What energy will I create? Sequence
What relationships will I use?
Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION

 EXPRESSION
Reflect on your creative process
and how you are developing as a dancer.

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Try CREATING EXPRESSION or RESPONDING for EXPRESSION

Form / Perspective Reflection Perspective Reflection
What idea, belief, value or How will I express? What does my What does my
response am I communicating? Share dance communicate? audience think?
What feelings am I expressing? Perform What does my What do I think?
What does my audience feel, Respond audience see?
think or know? Evaluate
Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION

 DANCE ASSESSMENT FOR CREATING
Ideas inspired by Saskatchewan Online Curriculum and CODE Ontario. Created by Natasha Hutchins at www.prodivame.com

CREATING BEGINNING DEVELOPING ACHIEVING EXCELLING

Elements I created body I created body I created body I created body

of Dance shapes with shapes with shapes with shapes with
movement. movement through movement through movement through
space. space using space and time
relationships. with energy using
relationships.

Expression I followed I expressed an I expressed and I choreographed a

Through Dance movements to idea, feeling, communicated an performance that
express an idea, experience, idea, feeling, expressed and
feeling, experience, relationship or experience, communicated an
relationship or narrative. relationship or idea, feeling,
narrative. narrative. experience,
relationship or
narrative.

Music and I followed I created I choreographed I choreographed

Movement movement to movement to a movement to music movement to music
various tempos or I tempo and rhythm. interpreting the interpreting the
created movement feeling. feeling and
to a tempo. expressed it.

Choreography I created one I designed a I designed a dance I performed an

movement dance-phrase with with a beginning, original a dance
or extended a a beginning, middle and ending. with a beginning,
dance-phrase with middle and ending. middle and ending.
additional
movements.

Performance I shared my dance I shared my dance I practiced and I practiced and

with a partner. with an audience. performed my performed my
dance with dance with
confidence. confidence
conveying the
purpose of the
choreography.

Group Work and I participated by I worked I worked to develop I analysed and

Creative Process following the lead cooperatively to the idea’s of others integrated the
or ideas of others create dance, during the creative reflections of
within my group. taking an active process. others into the
part in the creative creative process
process. when evaluating
and improving my
dance.

Assessment by: Self / Peer / Teacher / Audience

INSPIRATION - EXPLORATION - EXPRESSION