Goals 1. To teach the children fun and funky jazz moves ( hip-pop ), as well as introduce specific body isolations to them that are the basis for hip-hop. The children are not quite developmentally ready for this, but an introduction is fine. The fun and funky style of movement as well as being able to isolate a movement to a particular body part or body section will help to prepare them for their transition from hip-pop to true hip-hop. 2. To allow the children to let their inhibitions go and not care what they look like or what other people think about the way they look when they are dancing. 3. To encouragement the child s individuality by showing the children the moves they are to do, but allowing them to make the steps their own by incorporating their own style. 4. To introduce the children to a form of dance that they are most likely not already familiar with through both dance moves and videos of different styles of hip-hop. 5. To instill in the children that hip-hop is all about having fun and is not a strict form of dance. (there is no right or wrong way to do anything) 6. To learn jazz technique that will enable them to cross over to any jazz class in the future. 7. To help the children to be comfortable doing all types of movement by being able to adapt to different styles of hip-hop quickly as well as be familiar with many different styles of dance (jazz, hip-hop etc). 8. To mainly play hip-pop music in class, but to add in some fairly mellow hip-hop music-fully understanding what is appropriate for this age level.
SEPTEMBER WARM UP (15 minutes) 1. Temperature raiser 2. Heads 3. Shoulders 4. Hips 5. Lunges 6. Plies in 2nd rounded over 7. Stretches on the floor butterfly hurdler legs in front-pointes and flex reaches up open second 8. Sit ups 9. Push ups ACROSS THE FLOOR (15 minutes) 1. Normal everyday walks 2. Walks with attitude 3. 2 slides, 2 pivot turns 4. Chasses right, left, and alternating 5. Running triplets 6. 2 running triplets, 2 kick ballchange * or can substitute heel ballchange for the kick ballchange 7. Chasses side (facing the mirror) 8. Chasses side alternating (facing front first, then back) CENTER (10-15 minutes) Combination FREESTYLE (5 minutes)
OCTOBER WARM UP (15 minutes) Continue with the same warm up as last month ACROSS THE FLOOR (15 minutes) 1. Normal everyday walks 2. Walks with attitude 3. 2 slides, 2 pivot turns 4. Chasses right, left, and alternating 5. Running triplets 6. 2 running triplets, 2 kick ballchanges * or can substitute heel ballchange for the kick ballchange 7. Chasses side (facing the mirror) 8. Chasses side alternating (facing front first, then back) 9. Slide right, left knee up, slide left, right knee up feet: out in, out in, out in, out 10. Same combination as above: turn the out ins 11. Run run slide, run run slide jump apart, cross turn halfway jump apart cross turn halfway repeat the run run slides right and left jump apart, cross turn all the way around 12. Cross ballchange, cross ballchange repeat the cross ballchanges cross it in back, turn 13. Step cross battement front, step cross battement front jazz square to the right hop *repeat the battements to the side CENTER (10-15 minutes) Teach them a new hip-hop combination FREESTYLE (5 minutes)
NOVEMBER WARM UP (15 minutes) Continue with the same warm up as last month *Can vary the temperature raiser ACROSS THE FLOOR (15 minutes) 1. Slide right, left knee up, slide left, right knee up feet: out in, out in, out in, out 2. Same combination as above: turn the out ins 3. Run run slide, run run slide jump apart, cross turn halfway jump apart cross turn halfway repeat the run run slides right and left jump apart, cross turn all the way around 4. Cross ballchange, cross ballchange repeat the cross ballchanges cross it in back, turn 5. Step cross battement, step cross battement jazz square to the right hop *repeat the battements to the side 9. Kick and touch out kick and touch out kick ballchange run front right, run front left 10. (Facing the mirror) Step side, pop right foot in front 3 step turn step left-knee up, fast knees: right, left 6. Slide to the right, hop around 3x s Slide to the left, hop around 3x s Slide, slide, slide hop around 3x s 7. LA Walks step side, cross in front-slow (1-4) step side, cross in front-slow (5-8) jumping quarter turn to the right (1-2) jumping quarter turn to the back (3-4) jumping quarter turn to the left (5-6) jumping quarter turn to the front (7-8) repeat the LA walks (1-8) jump apart, jump half way to face the back (1-4) jump apart, jump half way to face the front (5-8) repeat the LA walks (1-8) jump apart, jump all the way around (1-8) 8. Run run run (turning to the right) run run run straight front step front, step back Gregg scuff step CENTER (15 minutes) Teach them a new hip-hop combination FREESTYLE (5 minutes)
DECEMBER WARM UP (15 minutes) Continue with the same warm up as last month *Can vary the temperature raiser ACROSS THE FLOOR (15 minutes) 1. Slide to the right, hop around 3x s Slide to the left, hop around 3x s Slide, slide, slide hop around 3x s 2. LA Walks step side, cross in front-slow (1-4) step side, cross in front-slow (5-8) jumping quarter turn to the right (1-2) jumping quarter turn to the back (3-4) jumping quarter turn to the left (5-6) jumping quarter turn to the front (7-8) repeat the LA walks (1-8) jump apart, jump half way to face the back (1-4) jump apart, jump half way to face the front (5-8) repeat the LA walks (1-8) jump apart, jump all the way around (1-8) 9. Pas de bouree right and left (1-4) cross right foot in front (5) cross left foot in front (6) right hitchkick (7) step left (8) repeat again 10. Chasse (facing the mirror) cross step over double tuck jump step right foot front, right foot back 3. Run run run (turning to the right) run run run straight front step front, step back Gregg scuff step 4. Kick and touch out kick and touch out kick ballchange run front right, run front left 5. Facing the mirror-step side, pop right foot in front 3 step turn step left-knee up, fast knees: right, left 6. Facing the mirror-step side, pop right foot in front jump turn step left-knee up, fast knees: right, left 7. Slide right, l knee up slide left, r knee up kick ballchange hop hop pirouette 8. Hop and outs-oscillating CENTER (10-15 minutes) Teach them a new hip-hop combination FREESTYLE (5 minutes)
JANUARY *Since we will start the recital dance this month-there will be no more time requirements for this class. Spend as much time on any section that you feel is necessary (warm up, across the floor, center). WARM UP-NEW 1. Temperature raiser 2. Heads 3. Shoulders 4. Hips 5. Lunges 6. Plies in 2nd rounded over 7. Stretches on the floor butterfly hurdler legs in front-pointes and flex reaches up open second 8. Sit ups 9. Push ups ACROSS THE FLOOR 1. Facing the mirror-step side, pop right foot in front jump turn step left-knee up, fast knees: right, left 2. Slide right, l knee up slide left, r knee up kick ballchange hop hop pirouette-continue with these this month 3. Hop and outs-oscillating 4. Pas de bouree right and left (1-4) cross right foot in front (5) cross left foot in front (6) right hitchkick (7) step left (8) repeat again 5. Chasse (facing the mirror) cross over step double tuck jump step right foot front, right foot back
6. Pas de bouree right and left-turning (1-4) cross right foot in front (5) cross left foot in front (6) right hitchkick (7) step left (8) repeat again 7. Right toe heel up-run run run to the right half fan on the left knees go in, knees go out, knees straighten *reverse to the left 8. Step right foot, battement jumping on the left (flexed) step left foot, battement jumping on the right (flexed) hip-hop pivot turn *repeat with battements going to the side CENTER Start the recital dance for the last 15 minutes
FEBRUARY WARM UP Continue with the same warm up as last month ACROSS THE FLOOR 1. Slide right, l knee up slide left, r knee up kick ballchange hop hop pirouette 2. Pas de bouree right and left-turning (1-4) cross right foot in front (5) cross left foot in front (6) right hitchkick (7) step left (8) repeat again 3. Right toe heel up-run run run to the right half fan on the left knees go in, knees go out, knees straighten *reverse to the left 4. Step right foot, battement jumping on the left step left foot, battement jumping on the right hip-hop pivot turn *repeat with battements going to the side 5. Chasse (facing the mirror) cross over step single tuck jump cross right foot front, kick out side cross left foot front, kick out side 6. Heel dig right, heel dig left, double heel dig right step right, tip left, step left, tip right (turning) 7. Run right (hold), run left (hold) chasses turning hitchkick repeat 8. Triplets running backwards right and left (knee up on 2 and 4) chasse right, step, leap, reverses to the left CENTER Continue with the recital dance for the last 15 minutes
MARCH WARM UP Continue with the same warm up as last month *You can vary the temperature raiser ACROSS THE FLOOR 1. Chasse (facing the mirror)-step cross over single tuck jump cross right foot front, kick out side cross left foot front, kick out side 2. Heel dig right, heel dig left, double heel dig right step right, tip left, step left, tip right (turning) 3. Run right (hold), run left (hold) chasse turning hitchkick repeat 4. Triplets running backwards right and left (knee up on 2 and 4) chasse right, step, leap, reverses to the left 5. (Chaines turns) Step right, step left, step right, step left-all in plie turning right foot-and in, left foot-and in in second position, body roll right to left-prep repeat 6. 3 walks, jump leg in coupe back repeat 3 walks, jump leg in coupe back leg kick front, kick back repeat to the left 7. Facing the mirror-kick right foot front, kick right foot side (1-4) step right, step left turn back on yourself (end up stepping on the left foot) (5-8) repeat above (1-8) kick right foot front, kick right foot side (1-2) kick left foot front, kick left foot side (3-4) jump together, X jump (5+6) step out to the right, step together (7-8) 8. Have them freestyle across-they can do any moves they want to get across the floor CENTER Continue working on the recital dance for the last 15 minutes of class
APRIL AND MAY These will be your two months to come up with a new warm up for the class or use an old one. These will also be your two months to review any of the skills listed that your students are having trouble with. By the end of this year, your students should have mastered all of the above listed skills. This is also the time where no new skills will be introduced. Keep the choreography in your recital dance to the above listed skills. These two months also allow you more time to work on your recital dance.
ACROSS THE FLOOR Funky walks Pivot turns Chasses-alternating Chasses side-alternating Slides Running triplets Hop around turns Hip-hop pivot turns Feet out/ins-straight and turning Two/three step turns Cross turns Triplets crossing in front Heel/kick ballchanges Front and side battements Front and side battements jumping Jazz squares Gregg scuff step LA Walks Tours: quarter, half, full Jump turns Pirouettes hopping Hop and outs Pas de bouree-straight and turning hitchkick-straight and turning Double tuck jump Single tuck jump Half fan kicks Step tip turns Leaps Chaines turn variations Jumps in coupe X jump Skills CENTER To be able to recognize and perform different styles of hip-hop dance To be able to freestyle