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Dance at Laurel Week 5!

Salsa Dance

SEL focus: Calming down

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Video: Salsa dance

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Where does salsa dance come from?

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More about Salsa

What is different about salsa from other styles we have done?

What are things we need to be more aware of while doing salsa?

How can you support your partner while dancing salsa?

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Brain Dance

Breath

Tactile

Body sides

Upper lower

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Ways to Calm Down in Dance

Calming Down: When you have a strong feeling, it’s hard for your brain to think. After you use your stop signal and name your feeling, you’re ready to calm down! You can calm down by doing some slow deep belly breathing, counting, or using positive self-talk. Think for a moment about your favorite way to calm down. Remember to use it this week if you need to. Calming down helps you think clearly!

  • Arrive in class and BREATH
  • Attune (match the movement and emotions) of your partner
  • Focus on the RHYTHM and STEPS
  • Say - “This feels hard/different/new, but I can try!”
  • “Cool Down” at the end of class and BREATH again

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How to Salsa!

  • 4 basic kinds of steps.
  • 1 - 2 - 3 hold rhythm

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  • Font and back step
  • Side step
  • Open step

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On your dot

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Elements of dance:

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  • What parts of the body are we using?
  • What actions are we doing?
  • What space are we taking up, how are we moving through space?
  • What energy are we using?
  • What is the timing?

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How to Salsa!

  • 4 basic kinds of steps.
  • 1 - 2 - 3 hold rhythm

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  • Font and back step
  • Side step
  • Open step

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Join the person on the dot next to you

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Put it together with a partner!

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Either holding hands or with a scarf between you and your partner

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Create!

Salsa dance

With your partner

  • Make your own arrangement of the salsa steps we’ve done with your partner
  • Add some salsa flare to the steps!
  • Add a SHAPE together at the end of your sequence and FREEZE

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Cool down!

We call calming down after dance a “cool down”

How can we move to support calm feelings in our bodies?

Deep breaths, rolling through different parts of the body, light stretching

What are some strategies you use to calm down?

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