Education resources
Our Education resources have been made by professional dance teachers with expertise in the NCEA curriculum. These resources are invaluable to secondary school teachers, and loved by students.
Mass Solitude Resource
Footnote New Zealand Dance in partnership with DSANZ, is proud to present a teacher and student resource based on Mass Solitude, choreographed by Sarah Foster-Sproull, performed by Footnote New Zealand Dance and Guangdong Modern Dance Company.
Mass Solitude is a movement meditation on connection and isolation. This astounding 30min work showcases the technical mastery of detailed movement that is a signature of Chinese dance companies, with the power and physicality that New Zealand dancers are renowned for across the world.
This comprehensive resource contains:
Footage of the entire 30-minute dance
Interviews with the choreographer, sound designer and dancer
A 30-minute master class with dancer, Joshua Faleatua, where students can learn a 2-minute solo suitable for NCEA assessment
Background information about Footnote and how the dance was created
Easy-to-follow choreographic tasks used by the choreographer to create work
NCEA Assessment tasks and schedules for 1.1, 2.2, 3.3 and 3.6
A student workbook accompanied by thorough teacher notes to assist the teaching and learning of 2.7 (91211) Provide an interpretation of a dance performance with supporting evidence.
Cost $170+GST
This pack includes a 200 page wire-bound colour booklet, downloadable access to interviews and footage through Vimeo plus a digital copy of the resource.
IYKYK resource
Footnote New Zealand Dance, is proud to present a teacher and student resource based on IYKYK, a double bill choreographed by Holly Newsome and Forest Kapo.
IYKYK features Advance to Go by Holly Newsome and Premonition by Forest Kapo. These two works present a game-like lens of viewing the human condition - How do you win at the game of life? What are the rules of the end of the world?
This comprehensive resource contains:
Footage of both 30 minute dance works, Advance to Go and Premonition.
Interviews with the choreographers, lighting designer and dancers.
A 16 minute master class with dancer, Airu Matsuda, where students can learn a 1 minute solo.
Background information about Footnote and how the dance was created.
Easy to follow choreographic tasks used by the choreographers to create work.
NCEA Assessment tasks and schedules for Achievement Standard 91205 Choreograph a group dance to communicate an intention and Achievement Standard 91590 Perform a solo or duet dance.
Ideas and guidance on how to create tasks for internal NCEA assessments at Levels 1, 2 and 3.
Six minute excerpt from Advance to Go suitable to use for external Achievement Standards 91211 and 91594 (shot in wide angle).
Teaching and learning activities to support students to prepare for external Achievement Standards 91211 and 91594.
Cost $170+GST
This pack includes a 70 page wire-bound colour booklet, downloadable access to interviews and footage through Vimeo plus a digital copy of the resource.