Dance I can perform a dance (4-3-2-1) to explain the purpose of cultures. I can build or connect through dance.

Dance

I can perform a dance (4-3-2-1) to explain the purpose of cultures.

I can build or connect through dance.

Can these things bring us together…

Or tear us apart?

Culture

• What parts can make up culture?

Culture

• Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.

Dance Culture

Activity

• Choose 5 partners (cultures), take 15 seconds each to tell someone about parts of your culture.

• 1. MUSIC (4 jumps) • 2. FOOD (grapevine 8)• 3. SOCIAL HABITS (skate 8)• 4. CLOTHING hip/back/clap/roof• 5. LANGUAGE (walk back 4)

4-3-2-1

• Modern dance1. 4 jumps2. Hustle right , hustle left3. Skate 84. Hip, Back, clap, roof 5. Walk back 4

Notice the cultural language

• Raise the roof• Grapevine• All modern words to describe movements.

• These words can begin to describe modern parts of dance and your body movements are a language.