CREATIVEMOVEMENTMUSIC.pptVIP

CREATIVE MOVEMENT MUSIC WHAT IS CREATIVE MOVEMENT? It is communication through movement. Children move much better than they speak. It is movement is which the statement is more important than the technique. It is the language of expression using the body. It is a form of informal, structured play that is a process, not a product. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVE MOVEMENT? It simultaneously involves the inner being and the physical body. It teaches body awareness, and what their body can do. Develops coordination control of movement. It is a discipline for dealing with self-image, self-awareness, and self-control. It fosters the expressive capacities and imagination. It stimulates creative and critical thinking. DANCE CONCEPTS: SPACE: Place Size Level Direction Pathway Focus TIME: Speed (fast slow), rhythm (pulse, pattern) FORCE: Energy (sudden/sustained) Weight (strong/light) Flow (free/bound) BODY: Parts Shapes Relationships Balance MOVEMENT: Walk, run jump Bend, twist, stretch GUIDANCE FOR CREATIVE MOVEMENT: Children love the familiar repetition. Don’t show them how. It restricts creativity. Have lots of room, bare feet. Say, “Use your whole self”. “Move how it sounds or makes you feel”. “Can you. . . . ? Follow me!” Encourage each child to do it in a different way. MATERIALS: Records Tape recordings Piano Stories Instruments Rhythm sticks Tambourines Teach them how to stop when the music stops: Emphasize that to stop means not to move at all – not a muscle or a bone! Encourage children to listen carefully or else they won’t know when to stop. Make a shape with your body when you stop. Teach about personal space: Blow bubbles and them have them imagine a bubble around their body. Each bubble should be as wide as their. outstretched arms and as tall as they are. Place children far enough apart so that no one is touching their bubble. Ask one child to move among the children, being careful not to break or touch anyone’s bubble. Add more children unti