Using Props In Dance
1.) Read the article you have been assigned about the usage of props in dance.
Group A:
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50373671&itype=CMSID
Group B:
http://www.danceadvantage.net/object-as-performer/
Group C:
https://www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/single-post/Prop-Potential
Group D:
http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/viewFile/6661/7140
2.) Discuss the article with your group members who also read the same article and make some notes about the key points of the article.
3.) Choose one person from each group to share out with the class what the article was about.
4.) As a class, make a Pro's and Con's list of Prop usage in dances on the board.
Pros: Why should props be used in dance choreography and performance?
Cons: Why should props not be used in dance choreography and performance?
5.) As a class, make a list on the board of possible items that could be utilized as a prop in dance choreography and performance.
6.) As a class, pick 3 prop items listed on the board and discuss how they could be utilized in dance choreography.
Some questions to ask:
1.) How could this prop be used?
2.) What kind of story lines or themes would the dance have with the use of this prop?
3.) How could using this prop go wrong?