'Let's Dance': February 2012

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Traditional Polish Dance

Polonez - Polish traditional dance - version without music The polonaise (Polish: polonez) is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish" The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin. Polonaise is a widespread dance in carnival parties. Polonaise is always a first dance at a studniówka ("hundred-days"), the Polish equivalent of the senior prom that occurs approximately 100 days before exams. This is a simplified version. Trojak - Polish folk dance Trojak ("threesome", "trio", in Polish) is a Silesian folk dance. It is a double partner dance and performed in groups of three: one male dancer and two female dancers. The music of the dance has two parts: a slow one in 3/4 metre and a fast one in 2/4 metre. These parts are repeated several times, one after another. Owczareczek

About the project

Aims:

To share culture and diversity with many European countries. To learn about own culture through dance and then to teach the dance to another country and in doing so learn to perform and appreciate.

Work process:

In September each country will learn a traditional dance of their country. By the end of November each country will hang the video of their dance on a blog. In December, through video conference, each country will be given one country and they have to learn that country´s dance. By May each country should hang the learnt dance´s video to be voted.

Expected results:

Different classes from each school will choose a dance to perform. They will research the appropriate music and make costumes. In May 2012 there will be a competition 'Let's Dance' and a panel of judges made up of pupils from each country will vote on the best learned dance.