Learning Objectives
- Understand the use of upper and lower torso in dance.
- Understand the geometric shapes the body creates.
- Confidently express emotions.
- Correlate dance with sculpture.
- Understand hastas in sculpture.
Dance And Sculpture
Learning Objectives
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Revision Notes & Summary
TopDance and Geometry
Materials
- Bowl 1: Nine emotional states
- Happiness
- Sadness
- Anger
- Surprise
- Fear
- Excitement
- Calm
- Confused
- Proud
- Bowl 2: Daily activities
- Brushing teeth
- Dressing
- Going to school
- Eating lunch
- Doing homework
- Doing yoga
Instructions
- Each child picks a chit from bowl 1 and bowl 2.
- The child enacts the daily activity they picked, performing it along with the emotional state from the other chit.
- Include hand gestures for effective enactment.
- Example: If you pick 'confused' from bowl 1 and 'do homework' from bowl 2, enact as if you are willing to do homework but don't want to do it right now (e.g., scratch your head, leave your pen, hold it again, close the book and open it).
Body Postures in Dance
Upper Torso Shapes
- Samabhang
- Dwibhang
- Abhang
- Tribhang
- Atibhang
Lower Torso Shapes
- Activity 10.1: My Body in Various Shapes with Knee Bends
- Combine upper torso, lower torso, and arms to make various shapes and postures.
- Let friends identify the shapes: squares, triangles, rectangles, parallels, or rhombuses.
| Posture Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Standing on both feet | Equal weight |
| Half-bent from the knees | Heels near each other |
| Stand with feet apart | Making a square shape |
| Place the feet at maximum width |
Hand Gestures
Asamyuta Hastas (Single Hand Gestures)
- Pataka
- Tripataka
- Ardhapataka
- Kartarimukha
- Mayura
- Ardhachandra
- Arala
- Shukatunda
- Mushti
- Shikhara
- Kapittha
- Katakamukha
- Suchi
- Chandrakala
- Padmakosha
- Sarpashirsha
- Mrigashirsha
- Simhamukham
- Kangula
- Alapadma
- Chatura
- Bhramara
- Hamsaya
- Hamsapaksha
- Samdamsha
- Mukula
- Tamrachuda
- Trishula
Diagram Descriptions
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Fleming's Right-Hand Rule: Hand gesture with thumb, index, and middle fingers extended perpendicular to each other.
- Thumb: Direction of motion of the conductor.
- Index Finger: Direction of the magnetic field.
- Middle Finger: Direction of induced current.
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Classroom Setting: Depicts students performing dance poses, a teacher interacting with a student, and students placing paper into bowls.
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