How to come up with dance sequences. How to choreograph a dance

Dance moves

Starting position for all options (unless otherwise specified):
legs in the main stance, arms in any position.

"Small swing"- children stand holding hands and shaking them slightly from side to side.

"Big swing"- the same thing, only they swing their arms strongly from side to side.

"Spring"- standing still, squat easily, often, continuously. At the same time, the knees are slightly spread to the sides. The back is straight. This movement can be performed from the 6th position of the legs (on the “narrow path”). In this case, the knees of the legs do not move apart.

Flood– standing on your left foot, rhythmically stamp your right foot, slightly springing both.

"Three Floods"(starting position “narrow path”) - step in place with the right foot, then the left and again the right, slightly stomping. Repeated from the left leg. The movement is performed rhythmically. Stomp alternately with two feet - the technique is the same, only for “one, and” - stomp with the right (left) foot, and for “two, and” - with the left (right) foot. A footstep in combination with a “point” - the heel, toe of the non-supporting leg next to the supporting leg or at a distance of a small step in front.

Squat– the technique is the same, only for “one” - squatting, for “two” - returning to the starting position. The amplitude depends on the age of the children. A full squat is performed only in preparatory group. In this case, the heels of the feet are lifted off the floor, and the knees are spread apart, the back is straight and strong.

Half squat– will be performed in combination with a “point” - the heel or toe of the right (left) foot at a distance of a small step forward. Half squat with body rotation - do a half squat, turning the body to the right (left) 90°. Turning your body straight, take the starting position.

"Picking":

1st option: right leg placed back on the toe, then brought forward on the heel and in place - three stomps.

2nd option: bend the right (left) leg at the knee and place it to the side on the toe, facing outward (heel up); At the same time, slightly bend the knee of your left (right) leg. Extending your right (left) leg straight, place it on your heel. Do a triple stomp, starting with the right (left) leg.

"Vest"- for “one” half-squat with a clap of the hands with your arms bent at the elbows in front and above. On “two” - straighten up and place your right (left) foot at the “point” in front of the right on the heel. At the same time, extend your arms diagonally: the right one to the side and down, the left to the side and up. On the 2nd beat, do the same on the other foot.

"Samovarchik"- for “one time” - half squat and clap “okay” with your arms bent at the elbows in front of your chest. On “two” - straighten up, extend your left hand to the side and up, with your right hand - slap the inside of the shin of your left leg, bent at the knee and raised up at an angle of 90°.

"Herringbone"- starting position: legs - “narrow path”, arms “shelf”, “belt”, etc.. For “one” - turn your feet (lifting your toes off the floor) to the right at an angle of 45°. On “two” - the same heels. The movement can be performed both on straight legs and on a “spring”. The back is straight.

"Big Accordion"- legs together. For “one” - spreading the toes to the sides, for “two” - spreading the heels. Then return to the starting position in the same order.

"Stompers"- starting position – legs together, slightly crouched, hands clenched into fists on the belt (akimbo). Often take turns stomping your feet in place.

"Lever"- feet on the “narrow path”. At “one time” - the right arm bends at the elbow and reaches the right shoulder with a jerk. Simultaneously with the arm, the first leg rises, bending at the knee. On “and” - to the starting position. Everything is on a spring. Turn around yourself (circling) - standing facing the audience, begin to move to the right. It’s easy to turn on your toes around yourself and stop in the starting position.

"Comb"- children stand in a checkerboard pattern. At a distance from each other, facing in the same direction. 1st option: first, the second line passes forward through the first, stopping slightly ahead. Then the first (being behind) passes forward through the second, stopping slightly ahead, etc. 2nd option: the first line goes back, at the same time the second moves forward. Passing through each other, the ranks change places. “Play with a handkerchief” - holding the handkerchief (folded diagonally) by two corners in front of you at chest level, alternately lifting one or the other corner of the handkerchief.

Dance moves for boys 6-7 years old:

"Goat"- starting position – the right leg stands in front of the left, arms crossed in front of the chest. This movement is performed while jumping. Jumping on your left foot, stomp your right foot hard. On the count of “one” - the arms open in an arc to the sides and upwards (the fists are slightly clenched and raised up), on the count of “two” - they return to their original position.

"Happy Legs"- back-crouching position. The legs are often, sharply “thrown” forward one by one. Returning to the starting position, the leg rests with its toe on the floor.

"Goose Step"- starting position – in a half-squat, feet on the “narrow path”. Walk widely in a half-squat on a “spring.” Swing your arms back and forth with your elbows bent. Watch your posture. The duration of the movement is not 8 beats.

When staging a dance, you cannot do without creativity, patience and hard work! Let the music and genre of your choice be your inspiration so that all the moves can come together in an exciting sequence. It is important to be confident in the dance steps and skills of the performers. And most importantly, enjoy the process! Rehearse and deliver your performance with confidence in your own abilities.

Steps

Part 1

Think carefully about your dance routine. Perhaps you want to convey a specific idea or mood to the audience. Start jotting down your ideas and thoughts in a notepad, computer, or taking notes on your phone. As you work on the production, re-read your early notes, as they will contain your inspiration and general direction thoughts.

• Get inspired by other productions. This could be street performances, YouTube videos and classical productions. Rewatch old musicals and modern videos.

1. Consider the location of your future performance, the occasion and the audience. When choreographing a dance, it is very important to know whose eyes your production is intended for. Who will you be performing for? What type of dance is expected of you? The choreographer needs to take into account the nature of the future event and its location. Will the dancers perform on stage, in the gym or on the street? Will your dance be performed at a recital or during halftime of a school basketball game? The answers to these questions determine the nature of your dance routine.

   Decide on a style. You will have to choose from hundreds of options. You can put on a hip-hop dance or fiery flamenco. Choose a style commensurate with the talents and skills of your dancers. If you have enough courage, you can stage a group dance. Combine and Mix different styles within one program.

   • Choose a fun style that suits you and your dancers.

2. Select a song. It is important that the song complements the dance. Classic works are appropriate for ballet, but for hip-hop a more modern melody is needed. The song should stimulate you Creative skills, motivate the dance and interest the audience.

   • Don't be afraid to choose an unconventional song. In some cases, the risk is completely worth it. Listen to new artists and musicians from other countries.

3. Decide on the number of dancers. Will it be a wonderful solo or a bold duet? Perhaps you want to create an elaborate group number or a simple dance that the crowd will follow? It is important to decide how many dancers you need to convey your message to the audience.

   • Be flexible! If your dancers have volunteered to perform, you may not have the number of performers you initially desired.

4. Practice transitions. After creating the main fragments of the dance, you need to come up with transitions. They should not destroy the structure of the dance, but organically connect different fragments. Transitions won't be the highlights of the dance, but they shouldn't be boring. Create memorable transitions between fragments.

   Props, costumes and sound effects. Consider the need for props for your dance - do not leave this moment for later. Props should help the dance and expand the boundaries of movement. Costumes are also an important component of the dance. A floating skirt will always emphasize rotational movements or express emotion. Sound effects will make the production three-dimensional. Yelling, clapping, stomping and singing along will add an extra dimension to your dance. They should be used sparingly and consistently.

   • Props and costumes should convey meaning and suit the style of dance. However, they should not distract the audience’s attention from the production itself.

5. Write down the dance program. Before rehearsals, you need to prepare a written program. Include as much information about the steps as you feel is necessary. Don't be afraid to use your own abbreviations. Make a special note difficult places, which may require additional time for explanation and demonstration. Being organized and prepared is the key to success.

Part 4

Instructions

Choose music. Do not focus on styles and trends in modern dance. Let him become the main guide and guide. Just turn on the music you love. Stand in the middle of the room, close your eyes, listen. Whether this music is sad or cheerful is not important. The main thing is that you feel harmony while listening. When your body feels like it wants to move, let it do so. Give in to this impulse and start improvising. Move around the room as freely as possible. Remember that you have no one to be ashamed of. It's only you in the room. If you want to control your movements, you can dance in front of a mirror. But the best thing is not to be guided by anything and to be absolutely free.

Listen to the selected song again. Study its structure - any musical composition has it. You can build it based on the development of the melody, think about the message you want to convey to the audience together.
Stand in front of the mirror and start moving, now focusing on the sound more consciously, for convenience, count - “one and two and three and four and... (up to eight).” Every movement that seems successful to you, born in union with music, remember and repeat several times. To do this, stop the music at any necessary moment. Gradually the composition itself will begin to line up. Connect the movements with each other in such a way that they plastically come out of one another.
Don't be afraid to pause, just stand still for a few seconds. Pulsation is important in dance because it consists of both moments of action and moments of rest. Don't forget to follow the rule highest point- in a dance, along with the beginning and the beginning, there must be a climax - the brightest moment in which you will reveal yourself one hundred percent.

Please note that dance it is much more difficult to stage for one than for a group. Simply because doing something alone in front of numerous spectators is always more difficult. So invent dance in parts, and it is not necessary to start with the first one. Group all movements into blocks and develop each block as a separate small one dance. This will make it easier to maintain the structure. Make sure that the movements you come up with are stylistically suitable for each other and logically arise from one another.
Try to avoid rough “glues” - split seconds when you are waiting for a change theme song to start a new movement. Fill in such gaps with movement.

I thought for a long time about what to compare improvisation with (sometimes I will say improvisation - it’s easier), nothing came to mind. And then it dawned on me, because the most difficult things are always simple!

I am often asked how to learn to improvise. I'll try to explain how. Improvisation in dance is the ability to move without memorized movements, without any patterns or combinations.

Improvisation can be compared to going home. You always walk along the same path, but you never end up in the place where your foot stepped yesterday. (Of course, maybe you do, but not on purpose). You don’t think about how many steps you take to reach that tent, how long they are, how deep your shoe goes into the ground, how fast you turned a corner, or how you jump over a puddle. And if you are filmed at this time and then put music on it, you will get a great dance. And every day it will be new, with a different speed or mood, each time you will walk along the path, run along the paving stones or jump over the ditch in different ways, and each time you will come out new dance. You do it intuitively, you don't think about it. Same thing - I never know where will he go foot or hand, head will turn, or I will stop. It comes from within, I just relax and try to hear the music.

Previously, when there were problems with music and rhythm, improvisation came from my head, I had my own, some special rhythm, but it was there. Now that I have begun to hear music well, my movements seem to fall on it, on the rhythm, on the sounds, even on the voice. And each music is its own unique dance.

How to learn? The most difficult question. I have a few guesses. First, buy a player or record music on your mobile phone so that music is with you more often, it will become easier for you, you will begin to feel it better! And someday try to walk your way from the metro or stop to home to the music, let your steps fall into the rhythm, turns fall into pauses, and jumps into sounds. Try changing the music in the player, and each time your path will be more interesting, it will be different. Try to change the styles and rhythm of the melodies, and the path will become faster and slower, the accents will fall on different segments.

After such training, it will seem to you that the whole world is dancing, that everything is subject to some kind of rhythm. That's right, we often encounter at least two rhythms every day. This is a watch and a heart. And each heart has its own rhythm and it is always with you. (I guess this is how I danced before - I didn’t listen to the music, but I listened to my heart). And as soon as you start playing music, it seems that everyone is dancing: someone in front falls into the rhythm of the melody, cars slow down at a traffic light during an interesting pause in your song, a traffic cop funny waved his wand in a beautiful accent, a couple of people tripped unsuccessfully, clearly falling on the change of rhythm in the composition. Just imagine and you will see one beautiful dance life-long. And everyone has their own. The main thing is to find yourself.

If everything works out for you, try to transfer all your skills to dancing. Choose a place where no one will distract you from your studies for at least an hour and a half. Turn on the music and remember your way home. Remember how you fell into rhythm with your steps, how funny you jumped over a puddle, how you slipped and tried to hold on by waving your arms. Listen to the melody, determine the rhythm of your step and start moving. Add turns, shorten distances, a little more arm movements, stops, pauses, waves. You should succeed, not right away, but then it will give results.

It seems to you that you can do everything or that you already know how, and you begin to get hung up on the same thing, and there is a lot of repetition. Easy to diversify. Draw small squares on the asphalt or floor with chalk. Move along them, you will see how difficult it is to do simple steps, getting into the squares and, of course, into the rhythm. If you're tired of this too - turn the dance around, start it on your knees or even lying down, this will immediately diversify your set of movements. Try to move to the same composition both quickly and slowly, because the same melody can have several performances. Try to translate the words of the song, because when the meaning of the song is clear, you can reflect the feelings with which a person performs it. And some moments can even be depicted with movements, and some ordinary things will turn into beautiful ones dance moves. Many Western choreographers specialize in this. This is called illustration.

Use insulation. This interesting way improvisation. It is often used by breakers who dance the robot. This is when parts of the body move clearly in turn, first the arm, then the head, then the right leg, again the head, left hand, left leg, etc. This will force you to come up with new movements with individual parts of the body. You will be forced to make your imagination work so as not to repeat yourself.

The options are endless. Imagine that your hands are tied, and you need to dance, dance with your feet, or vice versa - you are standing knee-deep in cement, but your arms, neck, and back can move freely. Mentally transport yourself to Africa, dance on the hot sand barefoot, or to the Arctic - slip on the ice. Show what you can do in a room with a low ceiling, or maybe even in a small room filled with furniture, or in zero gravity, or maybe waist-deep in water or completely immersed in it. Your dance and your possibilities are unlimited, turn on your imagination, your dance will become unique, your style will be special, express feelings and emotions through movements. After all, this is exactly what our ancestors did. They could explain sympathy, hunger or hatred only by movements. So you will plunge into this world of dance.

I remember the words of Leur (this French woman came up with her own Ragga Jam style), with whom I was lucky enough to attend a master class. She was talking about her friend from Brazil, who dances house on the ground (lots of moves close to the floor) better than anyone she knows (and she knows many in her 20 years of dancing experience). One day she asked him how he came up with so many movements below and managed to perform them so quickly. His answer stunned her, but for me it opened new dimensions. It turned out that he spends a lot of his free time at the zoo, watching monkeys!!! And it’s true, they are very mobile, they look like us and they seem to be dancing. And add technique, speed, style, rhythm, and you get excellent movements. And I was convinced of this when I saw this guy at a convention in Italy, he and his friend showed their show on the main stage.

Think about it, dance is all around us. It's easy to come up with new moves by looking at the world. This is what the heroine of the film Sweetie did when she looked at basketball players or girls with jump ropes. And what a great combination it turned out to be, using feints from streetball and the girls’ jumps. But there are other sports that can be transferred to dance, there are workers repairing the road, children who funny somersaults or play something, traffic controllers, insects, various mechanisms. Every day something new is born, you just need to learn to see it and not let it pass you by. It’s easy to come up with new movements and combinations, but showing a style and presenting a dance is another matter. You have to work hard at it, you have to dance and train a lot. For some it will be easy, but for others it will be a struggle every day. BUT the result will still come. After all, whoever gets sick from dancing is sick for life. And for many, dance becomes air and food. And there are many people like me, and when we dance, we live.

P.S. I never had a worse student than myself. And if I succeeded, it means you can do it too. And whoever needs my help, you know where to find me.

Occasionally, for a party, a performance, or for your own pleasure, you need to come up with a dance. At first it seems like an impossible task; there are no ideas in my head. But over time, the body surrenders to the tempo and melody, begins to dance, and in the process a beautiful composition is born. How to come up with dance moves?

Instructions

1. Decide on the type of dance. The whole movement has its own characteristic movements, be it flamenco, breakdancing, rock and roll or samba. Let's say for Latin American dances, sexy and playful, the defining elements are hip swaying, rotation, and smooth movement in space. Movements and steps are performed at a high tempo to fast-paced music. Breakdancing is based on acrobatic elements, cycles around your body, rotations on your arms and head. The dancer must have physical endurance and excellent coordination. Flamenco can be recognized by the performer’s characteristic beating of the tempo with heels, by the smooth free movements hands, like a fan opening and closing.

2. Study the main elements of the selected dance direction and performance technique. All compositions include the basic elements of this genre, poses, steps, gestures. To do this, you can watch dance clips, videos, and training programs. Your task to begin with is to explore the base of the dance. This will be the strong foundation for further steps.

3. Choose music. All dances have their own characteristic sound, melody, and tempo. Let's say the salsa time signature is four quarters. The dance is performed at a fast pace with a difficult rhythmic pattern. In some countries this genre We call it “music of the tropics.” You can easily find the necessary songs by the name of the dance.

4. While listening to the melody, try to perform the basic elements of the dance. If the pace does not fit the chosen movement, do the combination more leisurely or, on the contrary, more quickly. Change the basic elements. At first, the dance will look like a set of basic movements replacing each other.

5. After studying the basic elements and grammar of dance, listen to music and try to improvise. At this stage you are allowed to add your own movements and show creativity. To make it easier to improvise, come up with a plot. Let's say your hands are tied and you can only move your legs. At the same time, execution basic movements will be slightly changed. Or the dancer portrays a hero, one who has just broken up with his girlfriend, and characteristic emotions are invisible on his face, expressed through the body certain feelings. At the same time, do not think, but simply express your internal state. Based on the plot, the steps can be either small or huge. Add objects and accessories to the dance. Change your location in space. These techniques will somewhat “dilute” the memorized basic elements, but will retain the basis and characteristic movements by which the dance is recognized.

Very often, disastrous performances are the result of shoddy preparation, and not of innate terror of the audience. Therefore, if you have to give a report at a conference or give a speech at a friend’s wedding, stop worrying and get down to business.

You will need

• paper and pen (or computer), sources of information, video camera

Instructions

1. Decide on a topic if you haven't been asked one. If possible, choose one in which you are well versed.

2. Answer yourself the question: “What do I want to convey to my listeners?” If you don't set any goal for yourself, performance obviously failed. Options could be: let the commission know that you are a wonderful expert who prepared cool plan, you need to give the highest rating; inform the guests that the groom is the right friend, the one who will never let you down; talk about the sparkling prospects of your business plan, so that you will be given money to implement it.

3. Analyze your potential audience. How to communicate with them and what to talk about? Factory workers will be attracted by some words and examples, while big businessmen will be attracted by others. Students have their own interests, and housewives have theirs. It is also necessary to consider the specifics of the event. There are different atmospheres at a birthday party and at a student seminar. Consider that in any audience there may be a person more competent than you, so you should not abuse the facts and put yourself above others.

4. Gather materials for your presentation. The topic must be covered from at least 2 points of view. Then yours performance will become more voluminous and exciting. But don't forget about the goal you are pursuing. You should really use 3-4 sources of information. And analyze all data religiously. Otherwise, there will be a list of facts that are not supported by personal understanding.

5. Make a plan for your speech and write it down. It should consist of 3 parts. In the introduction, you must interest the audience and tell them what you will talk about. The main part should lead listeners to the solution you need. Facts, statistical data, and excerpts from the media (if any) must appear here. At the end, you provide a summary, make recommendations, and again push the listeners to a decision.

6. Rehearse performance. Your task is to find out how much you master the topic, whether you are capable of improvisation, whether there are objections in the speech, whether there are any difficulties with time (everything is told too briefly or too long). Film yourself. Looking at performance from the outside, you will find many unforeseen prophetic ones.

7. Take a break for a day or two. Appreciate with fresh eyes performance and make its final version, removing all that is unnecessary and, perhaps, adding what is necessary.

Helpful advice
In a speech, facts and figures should be alternated with striking examples, jokes or stories from personal skills (or the skills of friends). This way, you give the audience a chance to relax and at the same time make the performance memorable. There should be no rush in selecting stories. Every example must be chosen very carefully.