Dance at ISB is a fun and enjoyable way for students to learn important skills, like balance and coordination. Students develop strength and flexibility as they learn to express themselves through choreographed movements using a variety of musical styles for support. Students coming out of dance class leave with a sense of well-being and elation, which they carry into other classes throughout the day. In addition, students build self-confidence by performing during Share Times and other special events during the year.
ELC 2&3
Students will learn to move and dance to the music of nursery rhymes. They will learn to interpret the characters and express the appropriate movement throughout the song. For example: they will show through dance the movement of the hands on a clock or Humpty Dumpty (egg) rolling down the stairs. Below is the brief description of our program throughout this term.
Week 1 – 3
Students listen to some nursery rhymes and ask what they think about them.
Week 4 – 8
Explore some movements from the nursery rhymes and teach the students the movements or give some suggestions on what movements they would like to have to express one character from each nursery rhyme
Week 9 – 10
The students practice their dance until they are ready for performance. During some sessions, the children will be assessed in their performance skill and attitude towards peers and the given task.
- Group assessment performance. We are also looking for children’s positive behaviour even when placed in challenging situations.
- Class assessment before the assembly
Reception
In Term 3, Reception students will focus on how they learn, create, and express themselves through movement with a musical accompaniment. They will also learn the value of hard work and practice that makes for a perfect performance.
Pak Vicky will teach Reception students a modern Indonesian dance called Tang Tong Tong. It originates from West Sumatra and was performed as a welcoming dance for guests to a village. The dance is moderately fast and requires a variety of simple, repeated hand movements and exact coordination among the dancers. Pak Vicky will prepare the choreography for the dance using music with a medium to fast tempo. Students will first listen to the dance music and become familiar with it. Then they will learn a about the origins of the dance and the region from which it came.
At the end of Term 3, Reception students will be able to explain where the Tang Tong Tong dance comes from, and they will demonstrate the skills they have acquired in a Dance performance during Share Time.
Grade 1&2
Students will learn that through dance they can communicate with others. Student will learn to mimic drumming movement and climbing movement etc.Pak Vicky will be assessing their application, ability to follow instructions, sequence of movements and coordination during group performances.
Grade 3&4
The dance program this term will focus on the ‘How we Express Ourselves’ Unit of Inquiry – Universally, people express themselves through music.
As part of this Unit of Inquiry, students will learn how to create their own movements to a piece of music or rhythmic track. Students will learn how to create movements using 4 X 8 counting. Students will also be divided into groups of 2 or 4 and will share movements that they have created. The groups will then make up a dance using 8 x 8 counting. Students will practice their compositions in preparation for a performance. The performance will be the culmination of this term’s dance program.
Grade 5&6
This term students will focus on the Fourth Unit of Inquiry – “People use different forms of artistic expression to convey their uniqueness” . Children will learn how to create their own movements by following the music/ rhythm to choreograph their own 8 x 8 dance routine. They will then combine these with other students in the class to develop their own creative dance routine. Students will perform these at the Arts festival at the beginning of Term 4.
