Diversifying Locomotive Choices

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 Space and Relationship

 The kinesphere is also the container of a cube (containing all diagonal directions and dimensions) and of an icosahedron made by three bi-dimensional planes: it contains angular geometry inside a round geometry.

 Question 1

Explain in your own words the meaning of the kinesphere within the Laban's cube? 


 

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Diversifying locomotive choices when using the performance space (The Kinesphere and Laban's Cube)

Activity 1

Based on their exploration of movement within the cube, students work on creating a phrase of 8 movements.  

Then, they explore what is like to use that phrase to travel across the diagonal.


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Activity 2
  
To their previous 2 ensemble phrases, students add their new phrase.
 
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Closing 

Review & Share your phrases. 

Students share their work with the class after adding to their choreographic structure (of two movement phrases) their new phrase.

 

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