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Exhibit A <br />• Involves body and spatial awareness (coordination, teamwork) <br />• Requires focus and perseverance <br />• Makes us smarter (is good for our brains/concentration) <br />• Builds confidence and anatomical awareness <br />• Is fun; is a form of play <br />Dance for Kindness Six -Session Workshop Series <br />Dance is interconnected with the same elements as athletics and physical education including <br />body, action, space, time, energy (BASTE). Each 45-minute workshop will have a set structure, <br />adapted for each age group and special needs for students, and will be developed as a <br />six -session learning sequence/unit. <br />1. Theme/Ideas <br />• Workshops 1 & 2: Caring and Communication: Body and Action <br />• Workshops 2 & 3: Trust and Trustworthiness, Resilience: Body, Action, Space <br />and Time <br />• Workshops 4 & 5: Teamwork, Responsibility and Self- Confidence: <br />Body, Action, Space, Time, and Energy <br />• Workshop 6: Respect, Empathy and Relationships: Body, Action, Space, Time <br />and Energy <br />2. Ice -breaker (i.e. name game - each student says their name and chooses a body part to <br />draw the first letter of their name) <br />3. Warm -Up - preparation to use our bodies safely; covers upper and lower body, side, <br />cross lateral parts. Sequence includes: breathing and getting heart rate up (jumping <br />jacks and other weight shifting, expanding and contracting (upper and lower body, head <br />movements), flexibility - stretching hamstrings external rotation, strengthening (core, <br />back, upper body), large range of motion in legs (lunges), vestibular (swings and double <br />bounces), balancing. <br />4. Exploration - asking students: How can you move a particular part of your body? <br />Demonstrate movement. Adapting as needed. <br />5. Skill - related to the specific workshop theme - teaching non-locomotor or axial <br />movements; space such as levels, direction, place, space - close or apart, time - rhythm, <br />counting, energy (movement quality - strong or sharp movement, light or flowing) <br />6. Create - using the skill that has been taught, the teaching artist will guide the class to <br />create their own movement sequence. Movement vocabulary. <br />7. Analyze and Reflect - group interaction; review of vocabulary <br />8. Cool down - reminding students that this is a necessary part of being an athlete and <br />staying fit - group activity of stretching and releasing <br />Dance for Kindness Interactive Assembly <br />Students will participate in a 45-minute assembly at their school presented by Backhausdance <br />company dancers to see a special contemporary dance performance that is athletic, <br />demonstrates the human connection, involves them throughout the experience and introduces <br />them to skills they will be learning in their workshops. <br />Backhausdance is committed to advancing equity, diversity and accessibility for all students <br />through its core values and policies of inclusiveness and solidarity. Integral to our mission is to <br />make a significant investment in the underserved and marginalized areas of our community to <br />provide everyone with opportunities to reach their fullest potential and to be treated with dignity, <br />respect and equality. <br />22 <br />