Dance Instructors:

MariaPriya

Equipment

• TV• DVD• Mats• Dance shoes• Water• Energy drinks• Stereo system • Sweats

Performed in

• Dance RoomDance room requirements• Floor to ceiling mirrors• Springy wood floor

Safety Concerns

• Stretch • Can pull a muscle • break a bone/ sprain joint in elaborate moves

• Dance shoes- no socks (you might slip and hurt yourself)

Set up

• Check heart rate (should be normal 70-90 BPM)

• Lay out mats and stretch to loosen musclesBe sure to stretch legs, arms, neck, and back to avoid tight muscles after dancing

• Turn up music (Play Dance CD’s)

Warm Up

• Stretching (hamstrings, quads, back, abdomen, shoulders, neck, for e.g., butterfly stretches- you become more flexible) 2 minutes

• 15 Jumping Jacks• 15 Sit ups/ pushups

Dance

• In this class, we are targeting to choreograph music to a certain song by getting ideas from groups and preforming them out

• Through the practice and creativity, we will exercise and reach a desired heart rate to reach a certain level of fitness (moderate)

Dancing

• Divide in groups of three• Devise choreographed routines to music

(Moves like Jagger)• Decide what routine looks best • Teach the rest of the groups how to go

through routine• Practice till heart rate reaches desired target

(220-age x 0.7)

Cool Down (10 minutes)

• Do a small, slow dance routines that requires more stretching than energy. (5 minutes)

• Yoga- lie on the floor, with the light turned off, and slowly relax each muscle in the body starting from toe to the head. Stay in that position for 5 minutes.Heart rate should be about normal by the end

Links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8&ob=av3n

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IbRqtXF1Zs&feature=related