Thanks Lucie!
Aboriginal Music and Dance Workshop – Friday, May
6/16 (STA Pro-D)
Story telling
through movement
Instructor: Olivia Davies (Administrative Intern)
Music: Chris Derksen, Mickey Heart, Chris Cawthray
W-UP:
In a circle
START WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
/ WE ARE GUESTS ON THIS EARTH
1)
Side steps to R
& L – arm movements mimic following thoughts:
“Bring
in what you need” / “Let go of what you don’t” / “Giving what you can”
2)
Swimming forward
& backward with arms
GROUNDING FEET, PALMS, HEAD
FOR ENERGY
3)
Tip forward &
back on feet
4)
Yoga breaths / arms
reach up & come down
5)
Tilt weight in
forward lunge / arms come forward & back
6)
Gentle swings / can
drop head &/or swing arms in opposition
7)
Open door knob with
one foot forward, on ball of foot
8)
Leg swings forward
& back
9)
Shift body weight
by turning body from side to side / feet apart / add arms
“Bringing
in what you need”, etc…
10) Clear the mirror (feet in 2nd, circle
arms down then opposite way)
11) Close eyes in ballet 1st position &
SET INTENTION
12) Releve in 2nd feet position
13) Draw the arrow with lunges side to side / tilt
forward for stretch
14) Arms on stomach, circle clockwise the counter
clockwise
END
OF W-UP
15) bow to your future facing inside of circle / bow to
your past facing outside
ACROSS THE FLOOR
1)
4 walks, 2 lunges
side to side with arm sweeps
2)
Walk forward with
arms shooting up & front
3)
Step hop, run, run
/ repeat with run around to R into lunge (R foot back) /
Add step forward in
releve with arms above head
PERIPHERAL EXERCISE X X
X X
1)
3 people come to
center and hold pose
1st person
in pose will exit to other side 1st X X
X X
WHAT’S YOUR NAME GESTURE
CREATION EXERCISE (IN CIRCLE / IN PAIRS)
1)
Name
gesture (i.e. Lucie = loose / sea – mimic these words/sounds with gestures)
2)
Place of
birth gesture / share with partner
3)
Move
inside circle to showcase
Joy of Jigging with
Jeanette Kotowich - European & Metis influences
SEE
VIDEO TAKEN BY MENELAINE in the box
*Jigging is a social
dance for gatherings, harvest, feasts, etc.
1)
START
IN A CIRCLE / acknowledge the land
2)
ACROSS THE
FLOOR W-UP:
-heel
dig walk (basic step)
-add
ball change
-add
back shuffle & front shuffle (cross feet)
-ball
change on releve
-basic
skip (heel scuff, ball change)
-travelling
Charleston
-bell
kicks / alternate with 2 walks
-travelling
reject step
-heel,
toe, heel step
3)
RED RIVER
JIG (Metis National Dance)
-toe
step (touch toe to front)
-horse
steps
-old
traditional
-skip
(back & front)
-bunny
hop
4)
SOCIAL
DANCE – Dance to crochet: celebrates
abundance of harvest
(music: John Arcand)
-line
up to face partner X X
X X X
-hold
hands to go through 1st
two to start
-basic
step to go back to start X X
X X X
-others do DO-SI-DO & clap hands
-2nd time, same 2 go
through holding hands then swing partner around at other end
(swing with R arm hold, then L
arm), then swing with everyone else down the line
(will be R arm with others &
L arm with partner)
5)
7 STEP
(also name of song)
-7 steps to R&L (step touches)
-3 steps to R&L
-circle around yourself
6)
OTHER
DANCES:
- Orange
Blossom Special (she demonstrated)/ Heel toe polka / Broom Dance/Belt Dance
COOL DOWN: (Wayne Lavallee – “Buffalo
Soldier”)
-
in a
circle, touch steps to R&L / arms push away, gather into heart, shoot out
to give
