4 Steps: Beginner Musical Theater Dance - Part 1

Learn 4 musical theater steps from our Ordway teaching artists. At the end of the video are 5 different combinations of the steps that you can learn or make up your very own! Share your creations with us using #OrdwaySchooled
For students grades 4-8
For dancers with some experience grades 2-6


MN State Standards
Dance:
1.0.3.5.2 - Move safely in space to cues.
1.0.4.7.1 - Identify movements using dance terminology.
1.0.4.7.2 - Identify dance movements from a specific dance.
1.1.2.2.2 - Connect a series of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
1.1.3.5.1 - Demonstrate a range of actions that move in and through space.
1.1.3.5.2 - Move safely in space through a range of activities, alone and with a partner.
1.2.3.5.1 - Demonstrate a range of actions and movement sequences in and through space.
1.2.3.5.2 - Move safely in a variety of spatial relationships and formations, alone and with a partner.
1.3.2.2.2 - Create a movement phrase or improvisation using the elements of dance.
1.3.2.3.1 - Create a dance or improvisation with a simple structure.
1.3.3.5.1 - Demonstrate dance skills and movement qualities in a dance phrase.
1.4.2.3.1 - Use choreographic devices to create simple movement patters and dance structures.
1.4.3.5.1 - Demonstrate a sequence of movements with spatial awareness, body alignment, and core support.
1.4.3.5.2 - Practice personal body awareness while dancing alone and with others.
1.5.2.2.2 - Choreograph a movement phrase using the elements of dance.
1.5.3.5.2 - Demonstrate personal body awareness while dancing alone and with others.
1.6.2.2.1 - Select ideas from a variety of stimuli to generate movement that supports artistic intent.
1.6.2.3.1 - Choose a choreographic device or dance structure to develop an original dance study.
1.6.3.5.1 - Apply technical dance skills to accurately execute dance phrases.
1.6.3.5.2 - Apply basic anatomical knowledge, proprioceptive feedback, and spatial awareness when dancing.


FEATURING
Kelli Foster Warder
Tony Vierling
Reese Britts
Andrea Mislan
Gabrielle Dominique


Video editing by Gus Wiltse


Major support for Arts Education at the Ordway is provided by the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation and Flint Hills Resources.


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