The purpose of this activity is to give students an opportunity to express their own ideas in dance. The choice will depend on the movement explorations in which the students are engaged. For information on the elements and middle years students, please see Appendix A. Have students work in groups of three to five on a dance project. Ask each group to use dance to express something that is important to its members. Have students begin with a source of inspiration, agreed on as a group.
Students can refer to their dance portfolios for ideas if they wish.
Assist students in planning their projects. Encourage them to do research, if needed. Have students develop, refine and sequence their movements into dance compositions. There may be times when students will be working individually rather than in their groups as they do this. Throughout the process, encourage students to document the progress of their project in their portfolios, including documentation of movements and movement sequences with traditional or invented notation.