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Koorie Cultural Sessions

KOORIE DANCE AND MUSIC grades 3 – 12

Goals
Understand why and how Aboriginal people use traditional dance.
Observe and perform characteristic movements of various dances – eg Emu, Kangaroo.
Introduce the Didgeridoo - techniques and sounds.

Potential Activities
Following a demonstration of movements and explanation of the significance
of dance to Aboriginal culture, students invent a dance by combining what they have learned with their own imagination.

CSF II
The Arts Performing Arts (3.1, 3.2) Dance (4.1) (4.4) (5.1) (5.4) (6.2) (6.4) Music (4.4) (5.4) (6.4)
Health & PE MPA (4.1) (5.1)