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Interpretive dance - Hansel and Gretel (pt 3/3)

Interpretive dance - Hansel and Gretel (pt 3/3)
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  • Interpretive dance - Hansel and Gretel (pt 3/3)
  • Duration: 06:02
  • The third part of the Hansel and Gretel story reaches its conclusion as the witch entices the children into the house. As they enter the gingerbread house and look around them it takes a moment before what they see sinks in. The house is strung with toys and upside down dolls. The kindly old lady transforms into a witch before their eyes and before they know it she has put Hansel in a cage and got Gretel baking cake after cake to fatten him up for the pot. After time has passed the witch decides Hansel is ready to eat, but Gretel shakes off her trance and takes the witch on in a kitchen utensil fight for their lives!
  • Subject:

    Physical Education

       Topic:

    Dance Activities: Inspiring Dance Pieces

  • Keywords: fiction, children, food, hunger, family, woods, brother, sister, movement, music, acting, costume, house, witch, drama, hanselandgretel, cross-curricular, cross curricular
Ideas for use in class
  • Art - use of colour and its effect. Dance - using the sequence of the witch controlling Gretel to inspire partner work where one person has control of another (teamwork and trust). Dance - use of control and slow but deliberate movements as in the 'fighting' sequence. Literacy - adjectives comparing and contrasting their home to the sweet house. Literacy - developing captions for Part Three of the film as in Parts One and Two. Literacy - looking at the change in character between the old woman and the witch. Art - painting portraits to show emotions. The clip completes the story and illustrates to the class that the vanquishing of the evil character brings resolution to a story based on the traditional set scene - establish problem - find resolution model. The children should appreciate that the film sets the scene through the environment of the house and that writing should similarly have its establishing shot in written form. The children should appreciate the techniques used in both film and the story to allow the viewer/reader to gain empathy with Hansel and his sister. These stem not just from their predicament but the clean nature of their appearance, compared with the more gnarled witch. These could be explored in written form and in drama. The dance movements are choreographed between the witch and Gretel and children should appreciate how the art is telling the story, sometimes more powerfully and graphically than words. The use of music, especially the discordant elements in this part, lend real atmosphere to the piece. Children should appreciate and write music for themselves with appropriate mood.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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