Stick Fight: Developing Focus and Strength

The students were able to experience direct movement generated when using a stick. The sticks were given to them to play with, just to warm up. Some chose to use the stick to illustrate actions such as fishing, plowing, rowing. Gradually, they began to use the stick in more abstract ways, moving across the room. Eeventually, they let go of the stick to then just use their arms in an event more abstract way, with a very focused sense of direction. Usually, I use light pieces of fabric to illustrate the opposite of working with the stick, but in this occasion it was just important to use a prop to teach a dance quality that is otherwise very difficult to understand by non-dancers.

"I felt a sense of focus and concentration" Kyla Samuels-Stewart

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Ballet for the Blind and Nutrition Games

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