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All the Fun of the Fair

Throughout our Journey

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Creative Movement

Instructions

These resources have been designed to support thematic and holistic learning, set within the context of creative movement, dance, creative games making and creative activities.

Themes

Circus

  • Clowns
    • Slapstick: throw mud pies, action and reaction
    • Fast, furious running around in all directions
    • Exaggerated feet actions: big shoes
    • Put out fires: climb ladders, throw buckets of water
  • Jugglers
    • Imaginary throwing and catching gestures, travel from one place to another, different dynamics to convey different objects being juggled
  • Tightrope walkers
    • Walk, balance and turn around. Slowly, carefully, exaggerated wobbling and arm gestures. Narrow pathway, forwards and backwards. Travel in different ways
  • Trapeze artists
    • Lilt, travel forwards and backwards with a rhythmical motion, turning jumps at the end of the run, showboating gestures to the crowd
  • Big Top
    • Setting it up
    • Elephants helping erect the big top
  • Acrobats

Smells and Sounds

Excitement leading up to the event 

Carnival

  • Marching bands
    • Drum majorettes
    • Baton twirlers
  • Costumes
  • Cultural influences
  • Dancers
  • Floats

Travelling fair 

  • Stalls
    • Hoop over
    • Coin shove
    • Hook the duck
    • Coconut shy
  • Rides
    • Ferris wheel
    • Dodgems
    • Roundabouts
    • Ghost train

Media

  • Music

    Artist: Barnum by Original Cast Recording (Audio CD 2002)
    Album: Soundtrack Fairground Music, Gomer

    Artist: Unknown Track 1: ‘Thunder and Blazes’
    Album: Sounds of the Circus – Circus Marches Vol. 25 2003. Whitmarsh Recordings

    Artist: Scott Joplin Track 1 and 2: ‘The Entertainer’
    Album: The Very Best of Scott Joplin. 2009. Master Classics Records.

    Artist: Sky Track 6: ‘Tuba Smarties’
    Album: Anthology. 2004. Sanctuary Midline

    Artist: Christopher Benstead Track 1: ‘Here We Go’ Track 3: ‘Skippety’ Track 7: ‘Happy-go-lucky’ Track 17: ‘Welly World’
    Album: Music for Dance The Early Years Vol. 2. 2010.

  • DVD/Books/Poems

    Poems

    Brown, M., and Melmoth, J., ‘Clown’s Great Escape’ in Footsteps – More Poems for Dance (1991) Davies Sports

    Books

    Dr. Suess, If I Ran the Circus (2003) Shipton, J., Sôn am Sioe/Showtime! (2001)

    Reeves, R., et al., Superted a’r Trên Sgrech/Superted at the Funfair (1984)