| PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing | Teacher & School: Rebekah Martinez-River Oak Charter School | ||||
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| Equipment Needs | CD player and CD or drums for creating own beats to dance to. | ||||
| Facility/Playground Needs | Space for group to make circle formation for movement and dance. | ||||
| Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive): |
Creative movement, aerobic exercise, rhythm, and social development. |
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| Teaching Hints: |
Try out variations for each step (trot, shuffle, hop, and jump). Stay on feet and keep to the beat. Have girls choose boys and boys choose girls. Encourage or rehearse choosing leaders quickly. |
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| Description: | |||||
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Bongo, was originally a competitive, follow-the-leader dance, originally done only by men to ward off evil spirits. This version is adapted from the traditional improvisatory form for classroom and community enjoyment. It gives children a structure within which to be creative. Formation: Dancers in one or several circles, facing leader in the center. Pattern: There are three basic steps in this version of Bongo-the trot or shuffle, the step-hop, and jump. One person trots to the middle of the circle and acts as the leader for 24-48 beats. The leader does one or all of those steps, in any order and with many variations, dancing vigorously and keeping to the steady beat of the drum. Everyone copies what the leader does. Then the leader points at or trots over to someone else, and that person becomes the next leader. As long as the drums beat, the dancers must keep moving. It helps to have a movement prepared to change leaders quickly. Styling: Dance exercises should be created from the following movements. The Trot or Shuffle: Run in place with the free foot going forward. Feet stay close to the ground with heels touching the floor. Elbows are bent close to the body, hands are relaxed in front, shoulders bounce loosely. Energy is in the feet-everything else is relaxed. Suggested variations: Dance forward, backward, sideways; turn, sway. The Hop: Hop on one foot and then the other, staying in one place. Keep feet close to the floor, elbows bent, shoulders loose. Suggested variations: Swing free foot, bend, crouch, sway, move arms, turn. The Jump: Jump with feet apart, then together, body loose and relaxed as above. Suggested variations: Cross feet, twist body, move in different directions, vary arm positions. |
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| Alternatives/Modifications |
This can be done to other African drum recordings, or to live African drumming. |
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| Reference | www.FolkStyle.com Favorite Folk Dances: Syllabus No. 1 by Sanna Longden | ||||
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