Dance Lesson

​Dance as a Lifetime Activity

Poll

How have you practiced dance in the past?

• Dancing for fun to music I like

• Weddings Only!

• Tik Tok Dances

• Just Dance

  (video game)

• I do not dance

Desired Result

Understand the health-related fitness benefits of dance, know the different types
of dance and determine its reliability as a lifetime activity.

The following PA standards will be addressed in this unit.

•10.3.12.D: Evaluate the benefits, risks and safety factors associated with
self-selected life-long physical activities.

•10.4.12.D: Evaluate factors that affect physical activity and exercise
preferences of adults.

• personal challenge
• physical benefits
• finances
• motivation
• access to activity
• self-improvement

•10.4.12E – Analyze the interrelationships among regular participation in
physical activity, motor skill improvement and the selection and
engagement in lifetime activities.

•10.5.12.A:Apply knowledge of movement skills, skill-related fitness and
movement concepts to identify and evaluate physical activities that
promote personal lifelong participation.

Achievement Milestone Question:
•Why do people choose the physical activities they participate in over a
lifetime?

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Open Ended

What styles/kinds of dances have you heard of?

Styles

• Hip-hop
• Country Line
• Salsa
• Ballet
• Tap

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HIP HOP

Hip-hop dance is a vibrant form of dance
that combines a variety of freestyle
movements to create a cultural piece of art.
Through its three main styles of popping,
locking, and breaking, hip-hop dance has
evolved into one of the most popular and
influential styles of dance.

Country Line

• A line dance is a choreographed dance in

which a group of people dance along to a
repeating sequence of steps while
arranged in one or more lines or rows.
These lines usually face all in the same
direction, or less commonly face each
other

Salsa

• Salsa is most easily defined by its rhythm,

based on the Latin beat called the clave.
This beat is maintained by various
percussion instruments, including wooden
sticks, also called claves, which trade
rhythms with the vocalist. Salsa is lively,
upbeat, and danceable

Ballet

•a classical dance
form demanding
grace and precision.
The steps are
intricate (difficult)
and have flowing
patterns to create
expression through
movement.

Tap dance

• tap dance, style of dance in which a

dancer wearing shoes fitted with heel and
toe taps sounds out audible beats by
rhythmically striking the floor or any other
hard surface.

Dance terms

Step: a dance is made up of a
number of movements called steps.
Each step is given a name so teacher can
tell dances to perform this step
when teaching a dance. The most
well - known is the grapevine,
which is usually a three-step
movement to the side, with the
fourth added to complete the
measure. There can be a number
of movements in one step.

Dance terms

Count: a dance will have a number
of counts, for example a 64-count dance.
This is the number of beats of music is would take to
complete one sequence of the dance. This is not
necessarily the same number of steps in the dance as
steps can be performed on an and count between two
beats, or sometimes a step holds over more than one
beats.

Dance terms

Basic: a basic is one
repetition of the main dance from the first
count to the last.

Wellness benefits of Dance

• Health-related benefits

– Cardio
– Flexibility, Agility and Coordination
– Muscular Endurance

• Intellectual Health

– Memory Recall
– Exercising= Clear Mind/Thoughts
– Strengthens Concentration

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Wellness Benefits Of Dance

• Emotional Health

– Increases endorphins that make you happy
– Greater self-confidence/self-esteem
– Way to express yourself

• Social Health

– Dance with friends/family
– Make new friends
– Team-building

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Match

Match the following health with the benefit

• Physical Health

• Intellectual Health

• Social Health

• Emotional Health

Flexibility

Strengthens Concentration

Team-Building

Releases Endorphins

• Flexibility

• Strengthens Concentration

• Team-Building

• Releases Endorphins

Open Ended

Which style of dance would you like to try at least once?

Closure

Understand the health-related fitness benefits of dance, know the
different types of dance and determine its reliability as a lifetime
activity.

Dance
•Why do people choose the physical activities they

participate in over a lifetime?

CYU
•You should now know:

–The fitness and wellness benefits of dance.

–Some of the types of dances.

–The reliability of dance as a lifetime activity.

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