Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Line Dancing

1. Compare and contrast two dances that you have learned. Address the rhythm, tempo, timing, movement patterns, and formations.

Ghostbusters:
has kicking movements
jump to 90 degrees

5,6,7,8:
have to wave your hands while jumping
go foward diagonally
lots of hand movements

Same:
grape-vine steps
have to step backwards
jumping movements

2. What type of dance did you like most and WHY?

The dance I liked the most is "5,6,7,8" because it has movement patterns of grape-vine steps and the use of having the feet touch each other while going diagonally forward.

3. What type of dance did you like least and WHY?

The dance I liked the least is the dance "Cotton Eye Joe". I did not like the dance because of the song. The song kept on repeating the same sentences which made me got annoyed. I also did not like the dance "Cotton Eye Joe" because it had too many jumping movements which makes me tired.

4. What would you change about the line dancing unit?

I would change the song to the dance Electric Slide and the song to the dance Honky Tonk Stomp Dance. I did not like the song to the dance Honky Tonk Stomp Dance because I did not like the part when the music says "Hooooooooooo!" I did not like the song to the dance Electric Slide because I do not really like rap music.