The dances might involve ideas such as independence, or the students could reflect on shared experiences that they have had as they have been growing up. Help students avoid mimicking by having them apply the elements of dance and principles of composition when developing their movement ideas. Students' poems and stories about growing up Encourage students to experiment with various choreographic forms for their dances. Ask students to record their dance-making ideas and processes in their dance journals. Ask them to reflect on their dance-making processes and the finished compositions.
Choreographers explore and select movements that best represent their ideas.
To do this, some choreographers create original movements and other choreographers use or adapt well-known movements such as ballet steps. Usually choreographers do not use movements in their dances which imitate exactly movements seen in every day life. However, sometimes choreographers change or abstract movements they observe in daily life. Dance journals View excerpts from the work of two Canadian choreographers. Compare the styles of the choreographers.