2.10 Kenyan Folk Dance

• Classification of Kenyan folk dances: community, gender and age of participants, occasion
• Watching a folk dance for movement, song, instruments, costume, body make-up, props, mood and context
• Synopsis: title, theme, community, gender, occasion, function
• Performing a folk dance from a named Kenyan community

• classify folk dances from Kenyan communities
• perform a folk dance from a Kenyan community
• appreciate different cultures through performing folk dances from diverse Kenyan communities

“How do folk dances represent Kenyan culture?”

“What makes a good folk dance performance?”

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1. Folk dance and Kenyan culture
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Define folk dance and explain how a named community dance represents Kenyan culture.
2. Classify by community of origin
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Name Kenyan communities and sample public dances correctly, without treating one dance as all of Kenya.
3. Classify by gender and age
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Label who traditionally danced, while allowing a mixed class to learn a public version with decent movement.
4. Classify by occasion
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Match dances to work, ceremony, recreation, welcome or concert, and complete the three-label classification.
5. Watching a folk dance
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Observe movement, song, instruments, costume, make-up, props, mood and context on a live or vetted virtual performance.
6. Writing a dance synopsis
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Select one public Kenyan folk dance and write or say a synopsis: title, theme, community, gender, occasion, function.
7. Rehearsing song and step
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Learn the count, the named step and a formation so the group shares one idiom, not eight private dances.
8. Costume, make-up and props
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Prepare decent named costume, safe removable make-up and props that belong to the dance.
9. Performing and appreciating folk dance
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Perform the group dance, announce the community, and give feedback that names step and respect.
10. Giving feedback on a folk dance
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Judge your own and another group's folk dance against four criteria, and give feedback that can be acted on.