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Basic 1 · Creative Arts · Appreciating and Appraising

Watching and Talking About Performances

In this topic you will use a checklist to watch and talk about music, dance and drama.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Use a checklist to watch a performance
  • Talk about costumes, music and movements
  • Say what a performance means

What you already know

  • Planning a performance

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
Performing Arts
Sub-strand
Appreciating and Appraising
Indicator
B1.2.4.6.1 – Use the agreed guidelines to examine and derive meaning from own and others' displayed performing artworks

Introduction

The Basic 2 class performed a dance. Your class watched. What did you notice? Let us learn how to talk about a performance.

1. Performance Checklist

What to look for
Look atQuestion
MovementsWere the movements neat and on the beat?
MusicWhich instruments were played?
CostumesWhat did the performers wear?
SpaceDid they use the stage well?
MessageWhat was the performance about?
A checklist with pictures of a dancer, a drum, a costume and a stage
Figure 1: Performance checklist Copy the checklist into your book.Illustration: Sirbus

2. Being a Good Audience

  • Sit quietly and watch.
  • Clap at the end.
  • Say kind things about the show.

New words

checklist
A list of things to check.
instrument
Something used to make music.
message
The idea a performance shares.
audience
The people who watch.

Summary

  • A checklist helps us watch a performance well.
  • We look at movements, music, costumes, space and message.
  • A good audience sits quietly and claps at the end.

Class activity: Watch and Tick

  1. Watch a short dance by another group.
  2. Tick the checklist as you watch.
  3. Tell the dancers one thing you liked.

You need: Locally made drum, Gourd shaker, Kente cloth sample

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. What does a good audience do at the end?

    • A. Claps
    • B. Shouts
    • C. Sleeps
    • D. Leaves early
    Show answer
    Answer: ClapsClapping shows thanks.

  2. 2. Which is on a performance checklist?

    • A. Costumes
    • B. Spoons
    • C. Desks
    • D. Sums
    Show answer
    Answer: CostumesWe check what performers wear.

  3. 3. A performance can have a message.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueIt can share an idea.

  4. 4. The audience should talk loudly during a show.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseThey should sit quietly.

  5. 5. A list of things to check is a ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: checklistThat is the meaning of checklist.

  6. 6. Name two things to look at when watching a dance.

    Show answer
    Answer: Any two: movements, music, costumes, space, message.These are on the checklist.

Homework

  1. Watch a song or dance on TV with your family. Tell them what the performers wore.