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Students Grades 6-8 will get up and creatively challenge their minds using "Step" movements and body percussion techniques in this 5min Brain Break. Using their minds in new ways, this interlude helps to create new connections that translate into their studies. Your students will thank you for this fun break from their studies.
Your grade 9-12 students will get up and creatively challenge their minds using "Step" movements and body percussion techniques. This interlude in the middle of the day encourages a connection to left and right brain thinking. Recharge your students before returning to their studies.
Brain Breaks are brief presentations encouraging students to get up and move, refresh their bodies, and ready themselves for learning! Your students will get up and creatively challenge their minds using "Step" movements and body percussion techniques.
Your grades 4 - 5 students will enjoy "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" with the DCDC Dance artists in this Brain Break. Give your students a 4 minute break from their day to twist, reach and inhale with this quick sequence.
Your 6th-8th grade students will enjoy "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" with the DCDC Dance artists in this Brain Break. This interlude from their studies is the energetic pick-me-up they need to make it through the rest of their day. This quick sequence walks your students through healthy habits for when they feel overwhelmed.
In this Brain Break, your 9th-12th grade students will enjoy "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" with the DCDC Dance artists. This quick sequence walks your students through healthy habits for when they feel overwhelmed and have been sitting in chairs all day.
Grades 4-5 will enjoy this active Brain Break, "Reenergize." Students will stomp, clap with the dance artists in this creative interlude. As they challenge their mind-body connection, your students will be ready to return to their studies with a new focus. Everyone can join in either seated or standing.
"Reenergize" your 6th-8th graders with this 3 minute Brain Break. Focusing on quick thinking, your students will move through a rhythmic exercise which can be done seated or standing. Students will find this the perfect pick me up in the middle of their studies.
"Reenergize" in this Brain Break for 9th-12th Graders. Students will be able to take a 3-minute break from their studies to have fun with movement. Using their bodies, they will follow the dance artists and create rhythms either seated or standing.
"Get Up and Move" in this Brain Break for 2nd - 3rd Graders. Students will learn a lively series of movements encouraging their creativity and motor connections. With a duration of just under 3 minutes this is the perfect mid-afternoon activity.
"Get Up and Move" in this Brain Break for PreK - 1st Graders. Students will learn a lively series of movements encouraging their creativity and motor connections. With a duration of 3 minutes, this is the perfect mid-afternoon activity.
In "Health is Wealth", students in grades 2-3 will explore movements to encourage an active life. This 4 minute Brain Break is a great accompaniment to physical education lessons. Encourage your students to grow with our dance artists.
PreK - 1st grade will enjoy this Brain Break: Health is Wealth. They will get up and move with the dance artists through stretches, breathing, and movement to reenergize them. The energy of the dance artists will put smiles on their faces and ready them for the next steps in their learning.
"Refocus Your Energy" grades 2 - 3 is a Brain Break where students will breathe, stretch and meditate actively for 4 minutes. Students will creatively find new ways to channel their energy and feel renewed. This short set of exercises will calm the students and ready their minds for more learning.
Grades PreK-1 will "Refocus Your Energy" in this Brain Break with our dance artists. Students will enjoy breathing, stretching, and meditating in this 4 minute exercise. Seated or standing, this is a great interlude in the middle of the school day.
Fighting for our planet. Entire ecosystems depend on climate to maintain their way of life. Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, which, over time, cause harmful disruptions to the usual balance of nature. This poses many risks to human beings and all other forms of life on Earth. Use this lesson to encourage dialogue and conversation about the impact of climate change. Using contemporary dance as a foundation this 18 min lesson is an expressive compliment to your lessons.
Stains is a conversation for advanced and collegiate levels about the history of race and racism, particularly in America. This documentary-style film uses dance, dialogue, and visuals to highlight the truth of the treatment of Black enslaved ancestors, contemporary foremothers, and forefathers after emancipation. The video explains why racial conversations are difficult for white people and proposes an angle of truth as a means of healing.
Help your grades 6 - 12 students understand and explore physical, emotional, and mental sources of energy. Join the dance artists as they demonstrate the work we can do in our everyday lives to remain present in positivity. At the same time, transform negative energy into a more blissful state. This 22-minute lesson includes interactive activities alongside the expressive movements of contemporary dance.
