BOOM, CLAP, STOMP! Body Percussion- Dance Thunderstorm

BOOM, CLAP, STOMP, SNAP, PAT, WHACK, SLAP

If you have walked by the Dance classroom this week, you may have been hearing lots of booming, percussive and interesting sounds! 

My dancers have been learning about Body Percussion. What is a Percussion Instrument? How can we make our body sound like Percussion instruments? Create your own Body Percussion compositions!

The creativity and knowledge of movement by the students was astounding! They created a composition sheet with their percussion movements/sounds along with symbols that represent those movements. The key assists other to read and perform the movements/sounds. 

Jump Rope for Heart!

Help support our goal at Corey Academy to reach $6,000 for Jump Rope for Heart! Click the link below to donate on my JRH page. Thank you for your support to such a wonderful cause. 


Be sure to let me know if you dedicate your donation to someone who has been touched by heart disease. We are supporting the cause to aid in research for those who are battling with this disease. 

http://jumphoops2016swa.kintera.org/coreydance

Body Percussion 4th Grade Storm Project

Watch what we are... and then LISTEN to our storm! Creating Body Percussion by exploring the sounds a storm makes? Do you hear the Drums? Cymbals?

6th Grade Projects

Take a look at a few of my 6th graders who are working on some Dance projects that involve technology, teaching and technique of DANCE!!

Arabesque and Passe- Ballet Movements

5 Ballet positions of the arms and feet

Shape Movement Sequences

In the last few weeks the 1st-4th grades have been using MATH in DANCE! To their surprise---- it is possible to do! 

Our lesson started off by doing a new warm up where the students stretch and count patterns of numbers. We have done 8,4,2,1 and then in reverse, as well as 9,6,3 in reverse too. I wanted to incorporate counting with the beat of the music during our stretch to help teach the importance of keeping with the tempo of the song. 

Each student was given one of the 3 shapes: Circle, Triangle, or a Square. We determined that a circle has no true sides, but has one continuous round edge, a Traingle has 3 side, and a Square has 4. Depending on which shape a student got, they created counts of movement EQUAL to how many sides their shape had. 

We all taught our combinations to the class and composed a dance made up of all of our movement sequences. Here are some photos and videos that show their creations!

4th Grade

4th Grade

2nd Grade

101 Dalmatians Cast List 2016

Congratulations to all of the following students who will be a part of the 2016 101 Dalmatians Musical at Corey Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language!

Alex P	Scottie
Allison W	Nanny
Amaya R	Poodle
Andrea G	Boxer 2
Asha K	Cruella
Astrid S	Dogcatcher
Avery L	Scottie
Bella B	Scottie 1
Brooklyn R	Dot
Caitlynn R	Chihuahua
Carlie G	Boxer
Chase C	Pongo
Chelsea M	Poodle
Colin T	Scottie
Daisa Mc	Poodle 1	Understudy: Sgt. Tibbs
Dallin N	Horace
Danielle R	Perdita
Emily B	Boxer 1
Emily D	Chihuahua
Emily H	Poodle
Emily S	Scottie 2
Erin B	Sgt. Tibbs	Understudy: Cruella
Ethan S	Roger	Understudy: Horace/Jasper
Giulianna B	Poodle
Hannah Mc	Boxer
Helena S	Boxer
Jaxon E	Chihuahua
Jordan K	Narrator 3
Joshua B	Boxer
Kadence T	Spot
Kaitlyn Mc	Dalmatian Puppy	Understudy: All Puppies
Kenzie F	Patch
Kiley M	Narrator 2
Lexi T	Penny	Understudy: All Narrators
Lindy S	Narrator 1
Logan H	Jasper
Lulu S	Chihuahua 2
MacKenzie H	Scottie
Madi P	Poodle
Madison E	Boxer
Madison J	Poodle 2
Makenzie G	Narrator 4
Megan P	Chihuahua 1
Mia S	Chihuahua
Mikayla E	Pepper
Naomi P	Chihuahua
Olivia M	Policewoman	Understudy: Anita
Sean M	Lucky	Understudy: Roger
Selah T	Scottie
Sydney H	Anita
Torre C	Chihuahua
Tyler S	Scottie