POPSTAR DANCE CAMP OVERVIEW

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1 POPSTAR DANCE CAMP OVERVIEW Monday: Write Introduction to self Introductions/Name Game Movie Star Relay Dance Warm-Up/Stretches Jazzercise Dance Circuit Teach Jazz Dance Sit Stand Kneel Stage Directions Game Review Allstars Got Talent Acts One Word Game Walk The Red Carpet Charades Allstars Got Talent Performance Dance Out Words Craft: CD Cover Triller Video Tuesday: Introduction/Two Truths and A Lie Warm Up/Stretch Cardio Drumming Music.ly Craft: Make an Advertisement One Word Game Sit Stand Kneel Introduce Acts Tongue Twisters Duck/Duck Goose Wednesday: Introductions/Bomb and Shield Dance Warm-Up and Stretches Make a Music Video Dance Your Name Hollywood Freeze Tag Craft: Create a Hollywood Star Lip Sync Acts Practice Acts for Allstars Got Talent Dance Circuit Thursday: Introductions/Two Headed Monster Game Dance Warm-Up and Stretches

2 15 min. POPSTAR CAMP: MONDAY INTRODUCTION/GAME Expectations: review listening and behavior expectations Give a run down on the activities for the day, foreshadow through the week Introductions/Name Game: associate an act with their name, go around in the circle and try to remember. (For example: Alyssa likes basketball and show the motion of shooting a free throw, Alyssa likes baseball and show the motion of swinging a bat, Alyssa likes ballet and show the motion of a dance step) 10 min. 30 min. Dance Warm Up/Stretch Jumping Jacks, Step Touch, Vogue, Running in Place, Hopping, Grapevine, Chasse side (include some fun dancercise moves and freestyle) Isolations Head Up/Down, Side/Side, Tilt R/Tilt L, Circle R/L Shoulders Up/Down, Forward, Back Hips Side/Side Standing Pike come down to plie and stretch back up a few times Standing Straddle start reaching side to stretch obliques, then down to toes (R/L) Lunge Straighten front leg, quad stretch (grab the back foot and bend at knee) Teach Jazz Dance Twist into seated pretzel stretch R/L, forward Seated butterfly Push R/L legs down, stretch forward and smell toes Seated Pike Pointe/Flex ankles, make circles Reach to the ceiling and stretch down towards toes (hamstring stretch) Repeat with flex toes Splits R/L & center Floor Back Stretch laying on back, bring one leg into chest and cross it over to the opposite side, stretch arm and focus towards the opposite direction of the leg Crunches 16 crunches Push Ups 5-8 pushups 15 min. White Board Stage Directions Game Explain which is which with white board: hundreds of years ago, stages were raked, which means the back of the stage was higher than the front. Since the audiences seats were usually on a flat level, the stage was raked so that everyone could see the actors more easily. Have students guess what each area of the stage was called (i.e. Upstage, Downstage, Center Stage, Stage Right, and Stage Left). Explain that the directions are always from the ACTOR S point of view. Ask a volunteer to come to the front Have the volunteer face the other students (call them the audience). Now, ask the student to take one step to Stage Left. If correct, ask student to step back to Center Stage and repeat this process with all of the directions. Consider asking more volunteers, making the directions come quicker and quicker. Invite the whole class to the stage. Give them the same exercise. Consider making it more interesting by adding an emotion or activity to the process. (i.e. Chasse downstage left as if your friend just arrived! Skip upstage as if you just received straight A s. etc.)

3 5/10 Min. 10 Min. 15 Min. One Word Game DIRECTIONS: Players sit in a circle. One person says a single word to begin a story. The person to his left says another word, then the next person says another word, continuing around the circle. The object is to tell a story that makes (10:30-10:50) Break Charades Hand out 3 slips of paper per camper. Instruct the campers to write down 3 different characters on each then fold them up an put in the bucket. One at a time have the campers pull a name out of sense, one word at a time. Write down what they come up with and read it to them when they are done! the bucket the first round they can talk (once you go through all of them, put them all back) Second Round no words, act it out Dance Out Words As a group the campers are going to spell out words using their body parts. Start with their full body spell words like apple, orange, hi, bye, dance, etc Then have them spell their names in this order: 1st Letter: Head 2nd Letter: Arm 3rd Letter: Hips 4th Letter: Knee 5th Letter: Foot (then repeat if there are more than 5 letters) You can also have them freestyle with the letters and have them use whatever body part they want. Craft: CD Cover DIRECTIONS: Hand out a scrap piece of paper for the campers to practice with they can draw whatever they want (ex. Themselves, their friends/family, an art design) Once they are done, hand them the blank CD cover page for them to finish SUPPLIES: CD Cases Markers/Coloring Pencils/ Crayons Paper Stickers/Stamps 15 mins Triller Video You will need to download on your cell phone or ask the front desk for one. Put the kids into two groups (or however many groups there are devices to use). The kids will create music videos. Have them make at least two (more if you feel like it is going well) and share with the group when their time is up. You can the videos to an office staff member so that they can share their videos with their families.

4 10 min. POPSTAR CAMP: TUESDAY Introduction/Game Expectations: review listening and behavior expectations Give a run down on the activities for the day, foreshadow through the week Two Truths and a Lie: each student introduces themselves and comes up with two truths and a lie (hand out a piece of paper and a pen). Go in a circle and have each student go. 10 min. Warm Up/ Stretch Jumping Jacks, Step Touch, Vogue, Running in Place, Hopping, Grapevine, Chasse side Standing Pike/Standing Straddle Lunges R/L Seated butterfly, pike, straddle 20 min. Cardio Drumming 1. Start by walking the campers through each of these below skills: Upper Body: Top Bang both hands, individual hand Top Tippy- Tap- both hands, individual hand Side Bang- both hands, individual hand Side Tippy- Tap- both hands, individual hand L s- one hand on top, one hand on side Bucket Bang- both hands, individual hand Bucket Tippy- Tap- both hands, individual hand Leg Positions: Wide Second/Straddle Standing Pike Left/Right Lunge Marching Tuck Jump/Tour Jump 2. Put on some music and have the students follow you through the skills- this is their warm up. 3. Teach them the dance Marching, Arm Circles 3 Jumping Jacks, R Top Bang, L Top Bang (Repeat 3x) Do Wop She Do: 2 hand top bang, 2 hand side bang, 2 hand top bang, tuck jump Side Crunches Side Bangs (Double Time, Single Time), L Taps Do Wop She Do Top Tippy Tap, Side Tippy Tap Lunge Bucket Taps Walk to Friends Bucket Top R/L Bangs, Side R/L Bangs, Freestyle Walk back to original bucket Leg Tuck Crunch, Top Bangs R Top Bang w/ kick L Top Bang w/ kick Do Wop She Do 20 min. Music.ly App on ipad. Put the kids into pairs or small groups. You help them pick an appropriate song and create a music video! Let them use props, create a set, dress up, etc. You can the videos so that they can share their videos with their families via min. Craft: Make an Advertisement DIRECTIONS: 1. Before you get into what advertising is and how to create one, take pictures of the kids against a blank wall. Explain to them that they are a celebrity and the pictures will be used in an advertisement to sell a product, but they re not allowed to know what they are selling! Be sure to take their picture in front of a blank wall because they will need to cut themselves out of the picture to put into their ad. Play ONE WORD STORY while the office staff prints the photos. 2. Teach them how to create a good advertisement: Make your ad stand out! Use a powerful headline, Grab their attention! Make them an offer they can t refuse! Talk about benefits, what s in it for them? Use exciting graphics

5 5/10 Min. 3. Now it s their turn to create an exciting advertisement! You can either give them their product or write them on pieces of paper that they can draw from a hat. Item ideas include duct tape, air freshener, watermelon, eyeglasses, shoe laces, Kleenex, etc. 4. Give them a large piece of paper, their photos that were taken earlier, markers, scissors, and any other additional supplies that are available to create their ad! Have them cut themselves out of their photo to use in their ad to sell their silly products. 5. When finished, have the kids share with the group. SUPPLIES: Advertisement products (duct tape, air freshener, watermelon, eyeglasses, shoe laces, Kleenex, etc.) Large piece of paper Photos Markers/Scissors One Word Game Players sit in a circle. One person says a single word to begin a story. The person to his left says another word, then the next person says another word, continuing around the circle. The object is to tell a story that makes sense, one word at a time. Write down what they come up with and read it to them when they are done! (10:30-10:50) Break 5/10 Min. Sit Stand Kneel This is a classic drama exercise that teaches quick thinking. With everyone in a circle, one actor goes into the middle and begins singing a song or telling a story. At any time, another actor can enter the center, tap the first actor on the shoulder and start singing a song or telling a story that the first one made him think of. Introduce Acts Explain options for acts in Allstars Got Talent they can perform in pairs or by themselves Show them examples of each of the possible acts Lip Syncing coming up with a performance/choreography while lip syncing Dancing choreographing a dance to an appropriate popular song Singing can be any appropriate song Acting a scene from a movie, tv show, etc. Or they can act any scenario out Telling Jokes help them write down jokes or look up appropriate jokes that can last 10 mins Tongue Twisters Ask the students to crinkle their face as tiny as possible for 5 seconds. Then to make their face as big as possible for 5 seconds. This is to help get their face ready to tongue twist! Then introduce the tongue twister, and practice it as a group. Another great variation is to have the group stand in a circle, then ask each student to say the tongue twister in a different emotion. (Angry, sad, happy, scared, frustrated, confused, etc.) Or, begin to your right and challenge the students to begin happy but gradually get progressively more and more angry as students take turn around the circle. Unique New York Three free throws Red Leather, Yellow Leather Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers! (Repeat. Increase the tempo.) She sells seashells on the seashore. Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better. How much wood could a wood chuck; chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? The big beautiful blue balloon burst. Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters. Shave a single shingle thin. Stick strictly six sticks stumps. Cinnamon aluminum linoleum. New York is unanimously universally unique.

6 POPSTAR CAMP: WEDNESDAY 15 min. Introduction/Game Expectations: review listening and behavior expectations/ give a run down on the activities for the day, foreshadow through the week Bomb and Shield: Have the kids stand in a circle. Ask the kids to silently choose two people in the circle and label them: 1 person as a bomb and 1 person as a shield. They should do this without letting anyone else knowing. When you say Go, the kids are to move around the room, always keeping their shield between themselves and the bomb. They must never stop moving. 20 min. Dance Warm Up/Stretch Jumping Jacks, Step Touch, Vogue, Running in Place, Hopping, Grapevine, Chasse side (include some fun dancercise moves and freestyle) Isolations Head Up/Down, Side/Side, Tilt R/Tilt L, Circle R/L Shoulders Up/Down, Forward, Back Hips Side/Side Standing Pike come down to plie and stretch back up a few times Standing Straddle start reaching side to stretch obliques, then down to toes (R/L) Lunge Straighten front leg, quad stretch (grab the back foot and bend at knee) Twist into seated pretzel stretch R/L, forward Seated butterfly Push R/L legs down, stretch forward and smell toes Seated Pike Pointe/Flex ankles, make circles Reach to the ceiling and stretch down towards toes (hamstring stretch) Repeat with flex toes Splits R/L & center Floor Back Stretch laying on back, bring one leg into chest and cross it over to the opposite side, stretch arm and focus towards the opposite direction of the leg Crunches 16 crunches Push Ups 5-8 pushups 45 mins Make a Music Video Give the students some examples of clean popular music to choose from, break them up in groups depending on what song they would like. Explain how the music video needs a story line give them a half sheet of paper to write down their storyline. 15 mins Once they have come up with their outline, they will build the set/environment. Use mats and any available equipment in the studio as well as costume pieces, wigs, etc. 10 min Use the imovie app to film their videos. They can use props, dress up, make props, etc. The music video will not have any sound besides the music you add to it, so make sure there is not a script and they are as visual as they can be. Go over with them what to do before you start filming (make sure that YOU are familiar with the app before you get to this point!) min You can the videos to an office staff member so that they can share it with their families. 15 min. Dance Your Name *Start all together as a group and have them spell out words* Apple, Dance, Jazz, Orange, Ballet, etc. Instruct the campers to start spelling out their name as a group Then have everyone stand in a circle, one by one they are to step into the circle and spell their first name in the air using their body parts. They can use their head, arms, wrists, knees, legs, ankles, fingers, etc. (10:30-10:50) Break

7 10 mins Hollywood Freeze Tag Freeze tag, (once you get tagged you freeze and stand in an X ) but to unfreeze a student has to yell a famous actor and crawl between their legs. Can also do movies, famous musicians, songs, etc. 10 Min. Lip Sync Acts Craft: Create a Hollywood Star DIRECTIONS: Use the Hollywood star logo to cut out and put in the middle of the star. Their name goes across the star above the logo. The kids will be getting inducted into the Allstars Hollywood Walk of Fame! SUPPLIES: Yellow Paper cut out in stars Markets/Crayons/Colored Pencils Stickers/Jewels 1. Introduce what Lip Sync battle is to the kids give them a list of options for clean popular songs. 2. Give the students 15 mins to come up with their choreography/costume pieces. Popular Songs: Descendants, Trolls, Moana, SING, anything Disney, Zootopia 3. Perform the acts for each other. Practice Acts for Allstars Got Talent Explain options for acts in Allstars Got Talent they can perform in pairs or by themselves Show them examples of each of the possible act Lip Syncing coming up with a performance/choreography while lip syncing Dancing choreographing a dance to an appropriate popular song Singing can be any appropriate song Acting a scene from a movie, tv show, etc. Or they can act any scenario out Telling Jokes help them write down jokes or look up appropriate jokes that can last 10 mins 10 mins Circuit Setup the stations Explain each station and demonstrate Use white boards if available by the dance skill stations to help remind them Out/In Over Dots > Toe Taps on Bean Bags > Jazz Square > Jump Over Cones Chasse around hula hoops > Grape Vine > Bosu and Stool Balance > Turn w/ scarfs > roll dice and hold stretch > Crab Kicks on A Matt

8 POPSTAR CAMP: THURSDAY 15 min. Introduction/Game Expectations: review listening and behavior expectations/ give a run down on the activities for the day, foreshadow through the week Two Headed Monster 1. Have the students pair up (preferably to someone they don t know very well.) 2. Tell the pairs to stand back to back and to hook their elbows together. 3. Play some music with a beat. The pairs must dance to the music as a if they were a single two-headed monster. 4. After a few laughs, tell them to lock up with another pair to create a 4-headed monster dance. 5. Then an 8-headed monster dance! 6. Then have the whole class lock together to create one gigantic monster dance. 20 min. Dance Warm Up/Stretch Jumping Jacks, Step Touch, Vogue, Running in Place, Hopping, Grapevine, Chasse side (include some fun dancercise moves and freestyle) Isolations Head Up/Down, Side/Side, Tilt R/Tilt L, Circle R/L Shoulders Up/Down, Forward, Back Hips Side/Side Standing Pike come down to plie and stretch back up a few times Standing Straddle start reaching side to stretch obliques, then down to toes (R/L) Lunge Straighten front leg, quad stretch (grab the back foot and bend at knee) Twist into seated pretzel stretch R/L, forward Seated butterfly Push R/L legs down, stretch forward and smell toes Seated Pike Pointe/Flex ankles, make circles Reach to the ceiling and stretch down towards toes (hamstring stretch) Repeat with flex toes Splits R/L & center Floor Back Stretch laying on back, bring one leg into chest and cross it over to the opposite side, stretch arm and focus towards the opposite direction of the leg Crunches- 16 crunches Push Ups -5-8 pushups 10 min. Write Introduction Speech Give each camper some paper and a pen/pencil to write their opening speech. This is what would be played on America s Got Talent to get to know the upcoming performer. Name, Age, Hometown Act they re performing How long they ve been doing it Family info Friend Info Fun Facts 10 min. Movie Star Relay Split the kids into 2 groups. Each group needs a bag full of dress up items (each bag should be about the same: glasses, hat, scarf, shirt, etc.) Create an obstacle course inside the studio. One player at a time must dress up, complete the obstacle course, and pass on the items to the next player. Whichever group finishes first wins! If groups are uneven, feel free to get involved! Be silly and have fun! 25 min. Create a Commercial The commercial is just an ad for Allstars Got Talent with a plug on one sponsor (the campers can choose this sponsor Remind them how to create a good advertisement: Make your ad stand out! Use a powerful headline, Grab their attention! Make them an offer they can t refuse! Talk about benefits, what s in it for them? Use exciting graphics

9 Give them some time to come up with a script. The commercial should be brief, about 30 seconds long. You may need to help them go through the 5 elements of a good advertisement and come up with ideas. For younger groups, keep everyone together and do only one, for older groups, they can be in several small groups. When finished, record them and them to an office staff member. They will be shown on Friday at the AAGA Awards! Jazzercise Warm-up/Circuit Have the students get re-warmed up give them a 3-5 minute cardio work out then set up the circuit Explain each station and demonstrate Use white boards if available by the dance skill stations to help remind them Out/In Over Dots > Toe Taps on Bean Bags > Jazz Square > Jump Over Cones Chasse around hula hoops > Grape Vine > Bosu and Stool Balance > Turn w/ scarfs > roll dice and hold stretch > Crab Kicks on A Matt 10 mins 10 mins (10:30-10:50) Break Sit Stand Kneel This is a classic drama exercise that teaches quick thinking. With everyone in a circle, one actor goes into the middle and begins singing a song or telling a story. At any time, another actor can enter the center, tap the first actor on the shoulder and start singing a song or telling a story that the first one made him think of. Review Acts Give the students time to review their acts, have them run through it 2-3 times on their own Then have them partner up and do it for each other Then have them go one at a time in front of everyone. Give them 5-8 mins to prepare to walk the red carpet Walk The Red Carpet They are going to get to be on both sides of the Red Carpet! First, have them become the Interviewer: what celebrities would they want to see on the red carpet and what questions would they ask? If they could go to any awards show, which ones would they want to go to? If the kids seem really into it, you can actually have a mock red carpet! Have half the kids be the interviewers and the other half the celebrities, then switch. YOU be the paparazzi.. be sure to take pictures! 25 mins Allstars Got Talent Setup a table in front of the studio with chairs Introduce the judges & acts Have the students go one at a time with the fun lights on

Group Games. Glob Tag. Group Soccer. Toss and Tag

Group Games. Glob Tag. Group Soccer. Toss and Tag Group Games Glob Tag Have students spread out in the general space within the boundaries and then choose 2 students to be the globs. On the signal the remaining students try to avoid being tagged by either