Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Folk Dance Friday: Rob Amchin & Zemer Atik

Happy Friday!

I'm here to share one of the best resources out there:  Rob Amchin's YouTube channel!

Rob Amchin is one of the best Orff process teachers around, and this channel shows him teaching his college students.  (There are so many great ideas in his channel!) In this video, he teaches one of my students' favorite dances, an Israeli dance called Zemer Atik:



Here's a short list of some concepts you can teach with this dance:
  • Expanding & contracting a circle safely
  • Duple Meter
  • AB Form
  • Whole notes & Half notes
    • A Section foot rhythm - Q - Q - Q - Q / W
    • B Section foot rhythm - H - H / Q - Q - Q - Q

Happy Dancing!


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