Unit 2 Empowering singing: The development of body awareness
Introductory
Topic 1 – Experiencing body awareness through expressive movement and creativity
6 Topics
Topic 1 – 1 Warm-up Snow angel
Topic 1-2 On emotions
Topic 1 -3 Presenting Rudolf Laban’s 8 Basic Efforts
Topic 1 – 4 Improvising with the Basic Efforts
Topic 1-5 Flock of Birds
Topic 1-6 Creating a story
Topic 2 – Enhancing body awareness through experiencing movement and weight
4 Topics
Topic 2 – 1 Warm-up Snow angel
Topic 2 – 2 Supination – Pronation
Topic 2 – 3a Flexibility of the column – weight and movement
Topic 2-3b
Topic 3 – Experiencing body awareness through Traditional Dance
2 Topics
Topic 3a
Topic 1-3 Bibliography
Topic 4 Connecting movement to singing: A Dalcroze approach (D.A.)
9 Topics
Topic 4 -1 Connecting movement to music – A Dalcroze approach
Topic 4-2 Density of voices – ear training exercise
Topic 4-3 Vocal improvisation with a movement in space
Topic 4-4 Recognise different melodic patterns
Topic 4-5 Working on a new Melody
Topic 4-6 Combining parts with movement:
Topic 4-7 Embodying Harmony through gesture
Topic 4-8 Raising the level of difficulty
Topic 4 – 9 Possibilities for further training
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Topic 4-5 Working on a new Melody
Unit 2 Empowering singing: The development of body awareness
Topic 4 Connecting movement to singing: A Dalcroze approach (D.A.)
Topic 4-5 Working on a new Melody
Repeatwith “lalala” (imitation)
Sing and show the melodic contour with hands (simple
fononimia
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Sing and walk changing the direction in every phrase
Dothe same with the Alto part
Do the same with the Bass part
Explore different possibilities
Sing the same line all together
Sing different lines in groups
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