Introducing Killa Queen

Will the Killa Queen be a greater dancer than Snow White, or will she be defeated?

Through ice breakers and fun games, all set to music, we will have an introduction to this exciting theme. 

Cardiovascular Exercise

We learn that cardiovascular exercise is any exercise that raises your heart rate.

We discuss different exercises that do this and learn what we do at Perform X that’s cardio based every week. We learn that our heart is a muscle and working it makes it stronger. 

Dance Recipe

We look at choreography and how a routine is created. We discover that it’s a bit like following a recipe where the dance steps are the ingredients and the style is the different ways of cooking.

The children are given a topic and a music track and asked to create a short routine in small groups. We watch the routines to notice how the different interpretation vary. 

Mood & Emotion

We discuss what feelings are and how your body language can vary depending on your mood. We look at different pieces of music and explore how they make us feel, before doing some improvisation work. In our improvisations, we look at how we can express ourselves differently depending on the mood of the music. We discuss how the same step feel very different if you perform them in a slightly different style. 

Exploring Space & Speed

We look at our performance space and how much ‘stage’ we have when the parents come in. We take a look at the spacing in our routine and discuss how important it is to know your ‘traffic’ as a performer. The children learn what stage directions are and we make sure we all understand basic stage terminology such as ‘stage left’ and ‘stage right’. 
 

Flexibility

We discuss how before you dance or exercise you should warm up your body and stretch your muscles. We look at how we do this in our 'Exhilarate' section. We learn what 'Flexibility' means and that activities that lengthen and stretch muscles can help you prevent injuries, back pain, and balance problems.

Imagination

We start off by talking about what imagination actually means and think about things that we've made up using our minds. We explain that all dances are made up solely from the originator’s imagination and try and make up a completely new move ourselves. 

Alignment

We explain what alignment means and that good alignment is when the body is placed in such a way that the dancer won’t hurt themselves. When we have good body alignment it allows us to dance more freely and lessens the risk of injury. If you have poor body alignment it puts too much strain on the muscles and joints. We have a go at putting what we have learnt to practise. 

Confidence

We ask the class to explain what they think confidence means. The children have a go at moving in a confident and unconfident way and we discuss how this influences our mindset. We look at how we can make our performance exude confidence by performing to the audience with style and energy. 

Rhythm & Groove 

We establish what rhythm is. The children have a go at seeing how well we can keep a rhythm as a group – we start easy and build up to really quite complex. We perform our routine and really focus on the rhythm of the music and choreography. 

Rhythm & Groove 

We establish what rhythm is. The children have a go at seeing how well we can keep a rhythm as a group – we start easy and build up to really quite complex. We perform our routine and really focus on the rhythm of the music and choreography. 

Presentation Rehearsals

With our end-of-term presentations just a week away, we spend this week going over our parts, rehearsing dance and making sure we're all feeling confident and ready for the performance.

Killa Queen

We perform our end-of-term presentations. The children get a chance to show parents, friends and family what they've been working on all term. We hope you enjoy our hip hop take on the Snow White story!