Dance ideas in dancematters index

Dance ideas in dancematters
There are many ideas for dance lessons, performances, and projects within past issues of dancematters. Please be aware that there are some resources which may be out of date or some curriculum terminology which has now changed. However, the essence of the dance as a resource is still there to be used or developed.

Here is an index of useful dance ideas from dancematters. Click on the issue number to download it - please note that you must be a member of NDTA to access this service and you will be asked to log in before you download.

Issue 1
Using maps as a dance stimulus - All ages, page 4
Creating a dance using paper and sculpture - All ages, page 5

Issue 2
Romeo and Juliet cross curricular ideas - KS2 onwards, page 4
Power (strength) & how we use it - KS3 onwards

Issue 3
L’Enfant et Les Sortileges, 1986 ch Kyrian - KS1 & KS, page 5

Issue 4
Anne Frank & her Diaries - KS3, page 5

Issue 5
A centre page photographic stimulus of 7 South Asian dancers, pages 6 and 7

Issue 6
Ancient Egypt - KS2, page 4
Using photographs as a stimulus for dance - KS3, page 6

Issue 7
Water - KS1, page 6

Issue 8
Dance of the Tudors & Stuarts - KS2, page 5
Jazz - KS4, page 10

Issue 9
Bears on the Moon, dance inspired by the book - Early years & KS1, page 6

Issue 10
Tarantulantics - dance inspired by spiders - KS2, page 5

Issue 11
Striking a Balance - could be adapted for all ages, page 4

Issue 12
Invaders - KS2, page 9

Issue 13
Flesh & Blood, 1989 Lea Anderson - KS4 & KS5, page 4

Issue 14
Traditional country dance developed creatively - KS1, KS2, KS3, page 5
Storytelling through South Asian dance - KS1, page 6

Issue 15
Rock and Roll - KS3, page 6

Issue 16
Van Gogh’s Red Vineyard - KS2 & KS3, pages 6 - 8
Magritte’s Intermission/Entracte - KS4
Toulouse Lautrec’s Theatre of Life paintings - KS4
Poetry as a stimulus for dance - KS3 upwards

Issue 17
Using dance videos as starting points for dance - all ages, page 2
Where Angels Fear to Tread, 1995 ch VTol - KS3 upwards, page 7

Issue 18
Wild Child, 1995 ch Ludus - KS2 to KS4, page 10

Issue 19
Proverbs as a stimulus for lesson planning, page 6

Issue 20
Secret Agents - KS3 & KS4, page 12
The Egyptians - KS2, page 18

Issue 21
Swans with attitude, Swan Lake, 1995 ch Matthew Bourne - KS4, page 8

Issue 22
Men in Black inspired by Haka & Rugby, Phoenix Dance Theatre - KS3 & 4, page 8
Good Day Sunshine, using The Beatles’ song - KS1, page 16

Issue 23
Swansong, 1987 ch Bruce, The Chair, Rambert Dance Company - KS3 & KS4, page 12

Issue 24
Using a poem, Africa, as a starting point - KS2 & KS3, page 6
Feral Swans from AMP’s Swanlake - KS3 & KS4, page 10

Issue 25
Term - Time, Friends & Enemies - KS3 & KS4, page 10
Earth & Beyond, using the poem as a stimulus - KS2, page 16

Issue 26
White Man Sleeps, 1988 ch Siobhan Davies - KS4, page 10
Semaphore - KS2 & KS3, page 18

Issue 27
Lindy Hop - KS2 & special needs, page 12

Issue 28
Sulphur 16, 1998 ch Wayne McGregor/Random Dance Company - KS3 & KS4, page 10

Issue 29
Romeo & Juliet, Northern Ballet Theatre - KS3, page 4
Macbeth - KS2 & KS3, page 9
Mixed up chameleon - KS1 & KS2, page 13

Issue 30
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, 1988 ch David Bintley, BRB - all ages, page 11

Issue 31
Hip Hop - KS2 & KS3, page 9

Issue 32
Multimedia, Creating a CD Rom - KS4, page 4
Wayne McGregor & Random & Technology - all ages, page 6
The Mousehole Cat - early years & KS1, page 8
Notating arm gestures - KS5, page 10
Composers of Music for dance in education - all ages, page 14

Issue 33
Making dance dramatic - KS3 & KS4, page 10
Making dance dramatic - KS2, page 14

Issue 34
Routes into dance composition - all ages, page 6
Frantic, 2002, Chickenshed Theatre Company - inclusive KS3 & KS4, page 8
Composing a dance (chart) - all ages, page 10

Issue 35
Performing a dance (chart) - all ages, page 10
Performance with young children - KS1 & KS2, page 13
Programming a performance project - KS3 & KS4, page 14

Issue 37
Yin and Yang Myth - KS3 & KS4, page 10

Issue 37b
Appreciating The Car Man, 2000 ch Matthew Bourne - KS3 & KS4 upwards, page 6
Appreciating a dance (chart) - all ages, page 10
Developing appreciation - KS1 & KS2, page 13

Issue 39
Fictitious Promotional video for sport shoes as stimulus - KS3, page 11
Building up movement material - all ages, page 17
Developing improvisational skills - all ages, page 18

Issue 40
The Scream by Munch as a stimulus - KS4, page 10
The Blue Balloon, book by Mick Inkpen - KS1, page 12

Issue 41
Beatrix Potter Boogies On Down - KS1 & KS2, page 10
Choreographic word search - KS3 & KS4, page 19

Issue 42
Developing individual artistry in student choreography - KS4 upwards, page 6
Cartoon Capers - KS2 & KS3, page 10
Creative tasks based on Henri Oguike’s Frontline - KS4 upwards, page 12

Issue 43
Utilising ICT for non-participants - all ages, page 9
Emotions - KS1, page 10

Issue 44
Spots and Smells - KS2 & KS3, page 4
Why Not? Anti-smoking - KS2 upwards, page 10
My Name is Cocaine - KS4, page 12
AnAto:mE - KS4 & KS5, page 15
Health & Fitness Crossword - KS4, page 17

Issue 45
Dance for the Disillusioned! (hard to reach groups) - KS3 upwards, page 8
Traffic Jam - KS3, page 10
Electricity - KS1 & KS2, page 12
World War 2 - KS2, page 14
DNA, Genes & Environment - KS3 upwards, page 18

Issue 46
Exploring Identity (Oldham Festival of Tolerance) - KS4, page 6
Working Drums in The Gambia - KS1 & KS2, page 9
Share and Share Alike, Krumping - KS3, page 10
Dance Identity - KS3 & KS4, page 12
Burrows & Boundaries & Meerkats - KS3 upwards, page 19

Issue 47
Rollercoasters - KS2 & KS3, page 8
Mr Wolf’s Week - Early Years, page 10

Issue 48
Wyoming, 1988 ch Davies, a workshop - KS5, page 4
Bird Song, 2004 ch Davies, a workshop - KS4, page 9
Cyber dance - KS3, page 10
Making Breakin’Creative - KS3 upwards, page 14
Strictly Ballroom Dancing - KS3 upwards, page 16

Issue 49
Transformation, Dance Activities - KS2, page 6
Spiderman - Early Years, page 9
Clash - KS3 & KS4, page 10
Virtual Reality, Games Console - KS3, page 12

Issue 50
Top Tips for Dance Teachers - all ages, page 2
High Quality Outcomes Dance Chart - all ages, page 3
Sculpture & Dance - KS3 & KS4, page 8
Nutcracker!, 2002 ch Mathew Bourne - KS5, page 12
Rock ‘n’ roll - KS2, page 16

Issue 51
Creating Monster Rock - all ages, page 6
A Simple Man, 1987 ch Lynne - KS2, page 8
Wayne McGregor - Random Dance - KS3 upwards, page 12
Dancing to African Rhythms - all ages, page 16

Issue 52
Birds and Flight - KS2, page 4
Faultline, 2006 ch Shobana Jeyasingh - KS4 & KS5, page 6
Dance Captures (photography and the Olympics) - KS2, page 10
Bob Fosse - KS5, page 16

Issue 53
English folk dance - KS2, page 6
Dreamcatcher, Native American dance - KS2, page 10
Summertime & Strictly Gershwin ch Deane - KS3 upwards, page 16
Belly Dance - KS3 upwards, page 20

Issue 54
Monkeys Escape - Early Years, page 8
Relative Danger, 2008 ch Filip Van Huffel, Retina Dance Company - KS4 & KS5, page 15
Supernova, 2008 ch Rosie Kay - KS4 & KS5, page 16
Facilitating creativity using structured improvisation - all ages, page 20

Issue 55
Improving Performance Skills – all ages, page 2
Dance Tek Warriors – GCSE, page 6
DansAthletic – Water based sports – KS3, page 10
Around our house – KS1&2, page 18

Issue 56
Assessing pupil progress in dance – KS3, page 5
Rosas Danst Rosas - GCSE, page 6
Using photographs as stimuli – KS4 & 5, page 10
Fundamental Fun - Early Years, page 16

Issue 57
How & why do we recycle? – KS 2 – page 8 – 11
Musical madness – Post 16 – page 14 – 15
Moving on from Hip Hop – KS3 & 4 – page 18 – 19
Overdrive – GCSE – page 22 – 23

Issue 58
La Fille Mal Gardee – KS2 – page 6 -7
EYFS dance ideas – page 11
Puppets – KS1 – KS3 – page 16 – 17
Petrushka & Rite of Spring – KS4 & 5 – page 18 – 21

Issue 59
Find it – GCSE – page 6 – 7
Ghost Dances – GCSE – page 8 – 9
PerfectED education pack – GCSE – page 10 – 11
Dance through Science – KS1 & 2 – page 14 – 15
Cross curricular links between numeracy and dance – KS2 & 3 – page 16 – 17
Myths and Legends – KS2 – page 18 – 19
Firebird – A-Level – page 20 -22

Issue 60
Ideas to inspire creative choreography – KS 2 & 3 – page 6 – 7
Still Life at the penguin café – GCSE – page 8 – 9
Improvisation – All levels – page 10 – 11
Developing creativity – KS4 – 16+ - page 14 – 15
Take one picture – KS 2 – page 16 – 17
Endeavour – KS4 – page 18 – 19

Issue 61
Artist Bank – KS2 – page 10 – 12
Tu Allan Tu Mewn – EYFS – KS1 - page 13 – 15
B-Creative – KS3 & 4 – page 16 – 17
Btec – page 18 – 19
And who shall go to the ball – GCSE – page 20 – 21

Issue 62
Carnival in the classroom – KS2 – page 8 – 9
Egyptian Myths – KS2 – page 12 – 13
Working with disabled participants – page 14 – 15
BTEC – page 23 – 25

Issue 63
Urban Journey – KS3 – page 7-10
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker – GCSE – page 14 – 17
Urban Street Jazz – KS2 – page 22 – 25
Using repertoire as a stimulus – KS2 – page 26-28
Fusing Morris & Contemporary Dance – KS3 – KS5 – page 29 - 31

Issue 64
Cubes de Construction – KS3, page 3 – 9
Communication in the Ocean – KS1, page 15 – 18
Dance really does matter! - EYFS – KS2 – pages 24 – 30
Zero Degrees – page 31 – 32
A site specific – KS4 & 5 – page 33 - 34

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Tiddalik – Years 1 – 3 – page 12 – 15
Movement & storytelling – KS3+ page 17 – 18
MotionHouse style contact – KS2 + page 19 – 24
Developing Choreographic skills – KS2 & 3 – page 25 – 28
Politically Speaking – KS3 – page 29 - 32