Compare and Contrast - 11 November 2016

Today was a big day! It was the first integrated lesson, and it REALLY stretched our brains. Building off of last week's Mirroring lesson, we compared and contrasted our movements with a partner. One partner would be the leader (just like with mirroring), but the follower had to contrast the leader while still following (comparing). For example, if the leader did a movement to the left, the follower would do that movement to the right; if the leader did a movement at a high level, the follower would do that movement at a low level.

 

Later on, we danced to compare and contrast different nouns. In class, they were writing compare and contrast essays about Dolphins and Whales, so together we found movement that could represent certain attributes of each. For example, dolphins have teeth (sharp) and whales have baleen (soft), but both are used to eat. So, we did the same movement for both dolphins and whales, but we did it sharply to represent the teeth dolphins have and then smoother and sustained to represent the baleen whales have. We did this again in small groups with different topics, such as Motorcycles vs. Bicycles, Helicopters vs. Airplanes, and Freshwater Fish vs. Saltwater Fish, to name a few. It was neat to see how creative they were while finding different attributes to compare and contrast through dance!