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Hey there! Hello! Let’s Dance 2020 TEACHER’S PACK ALEXANDRA PARK & PALACE CHARITABLE TRUST, REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 281991.
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Hello!
Let’s Dance 2020 TEACHER’S PACK
ALEXANDRA PARK & PALACE CHARITABLE TRUST, REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 281991.
Dear Teachers, Para Dance UK and Alexandra Palace are delighted that you have signed up your class/school to participate in Big Schools SEND Let’s Dance 2020. Enclosed you will find your resource pack which will give you everything you need to prepare for the launch of the project on Monday 2nd November.
We would like to say a big thank you to our funders London Community Response Fund, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Haringey Council and Tottenham Grammar for making this project possible.
Enclosed in this pack you will find:
• Project overview Page 3• Weekly timetable Page 4• Factsheet Page 5• Routine Filming Page 9• Filming Guidelines Page 10• Video submission forms Page 11• Consent forms Page 12 • Evaluation Forms (Group Leader & Young people) Page 13
Please send Isobel at Alexandra Palace [email protected] your:- Completed consent forms and your 2 preferred final song choices by 23rd November.
Video submission and form by 18th December. Photographs of your groups rehearsing and working on the creative activity weekly.
In the coming few weeks we will be sending you a CPD document together with a video to support the delivery of the dance routines.
We hope that this six-week project will bring you and your class some cheer during the Autumn Term and we can’t wait to see what your talented students come up with!
If you have any further questions, please sign up to our zoom catch up meeting or otherwise contact Selina at [email protected]
Kindest Regards
Selina Johnson, East Regional Lead/Children’s Officer, Para Dance UK Isobel Aptaker, Learning Manager, Alexandra Palace
Selina Johnson & Isobel Aptaker
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Project Overview As you know we were due to hold our second Youth Dance Competition at
Alexandra Palace earlier this year which sadly had to be postponed.
It has been a really tough year so we wanted to do something special for all of the wonderful teachers and young people out there who will still face challenging times ahead. Below you will find further information about what we will provide you with in the coming
weeks and what we need from you.
What we will provide you with
Description What we need from you
Pre-recorded videos
Each Monday we will release a pre-recorded dance video with a warm-up routine and cool down. All of the artists chosen have a link to Alexandra Palace and we have provided factsheets giving some background. A full track list can be found in our week by week schedule which will enable you to pre-choose your favourite routine. Choreography scripts will also be provided with the videos.
As a school /organisation you can decide if you would like to focus on one routine or try all of them, but you will need to choose one to record and send back to us.
We hope that by pre-recording the session this will allow you to choose a convenient time within your own timetable to arrange your dance sessions.
Pre-recorded Creative Sessions
In addition to the weekly routines we will also be releasing four pre-recorded creative sessions which will focus on props, set design, make up and costume.
You can utilise the creative sessions to help give your performance that extra bit of razzle dazzle; you may decide to focus on costumes or a super backdrop or really go to town and have it all. The decisions are all yours. Ultimately, we want to provide a project that is both challenging and super fun.
Zoom catch up meeting
On Monday 30th November 16:00 – 18:00 we will be providing a Zoom catch-up for all group leaders. This will be an opportunity to voice any questions and where we can offer support and advice to help you along with the project. The Zoom session will be recorded for those unable to attend and you can always contact us with any questions you may have.
Please confirm if you are able to attend the zoom catch up meeting by emailing Selina at [email protected] The link to access the Zoom is as follows:Para Dance UK is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Big School’s SEND Let’s Dance! 2020Time: Nov 30, 2020 04:00 PM London
Meeting ID: 861 2581 7419Passcode: SENDDance
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Weekly Schedule
Release date of pre-recorded dance workshop
Genre Music
‘Bop to the Beat’Monday 2nd November 2020
Non-Genre Specific Warm Up RobynDancing on my own
Routine Lionel RichieDancing on the Ceiling
Cool Down Spice GirlsViva Forever
‘Dreams’Monday 9th November 2020
Contemporary/Lyrical Warm Up Disclosure & Sam SmithLatch
Routine Tom WalkerWait for you
Cool Down Nick CaveGalleon Ship
‘Boom-Boom’ Monday 16th November 2020
Street Dance Warm Up David Guetta (feat Sia)Titanium
Routine Black Eyed PeasBoom Boom Pow
Cool Down Dua LipaHomesick
Workshop Wednesday 18th November 2020
Creative Session 1 Props
‘Aladdin- Musical Mayhem’Monday 23rd November 2020
Musical Theatre Warm Up Panic at the Disco High Hopes
Routine Will SmithFriend like me
Cool Down One DirectionSame Mistakes
Monday 23rd November 2020
Deadline for consent forms and 2 song choice submission
Workshop Wednesday 25th November 2020
Creative Session 2
Set Design
Zoom Meeting Monday 30th November 2020
Zoom catch up Timings: 16:00 – 18:00pm. Please RVSP to Selina at [email protected]
Workshop Thursday 3rd December 2020
Creative Session 3 Costume
Workshop Thursday 10th December 2020
Creative Session 4 Make-up
Thursday 10th December 2020
Deadline for video submission
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Factsheets Week 1: Non-Genre Specific Warm up Robyn – Dancing on my own
Robyn is a Swedish singer-song writer, record producer and DJ. She performed her first headline show in the capital for more than six years at Alexandra Palace in April 2019 as part of her European Tour in support of her album Honey.
Routine Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie is an American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. His recordings with the funk and soul band Commodores and during his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s. Lionel performed at Alexandra Palace on June 11th 2015, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Jewish Care where Prince William, Duke of Cambridge was in attendance.
Cool DownSpice Girls – Viva Forever
The Spice Girls are an English Pop Girl Group whose infectious dance songs dominated the global charts in the late 1990s. The Spice Girls joined Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard in 1997 at Alexandra Palace to launch the new look, silver McLaren. Jamiroquai played for the launch party of 5,000 guests.
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Factsheets Week 2: Contemporary/ Lyrical Warm up Disclosure & Sam Smith - Latch
Disclosure are an electronic music duo and Sam Smith is an English Singer and Songwriter. They performed their catchy song Latch at Alexandra Palace as part of Disclosure’s first Headline show in 2014 to a sell-out crowd of 10,000.
Routine Tom Walker and Zoe Wees – Wait for you Tom Walker is a British Singer and Songwriter and Zoe Wees is a German singer and songwriter from Hamburg. Originally due to play alongside Fat Freddy’s Drop in May 2020 the show has now been rescheduled to July 2021 and will now take place in the grounds of Alexandra Palace with the building as an iconic backdrop.
Cool DownNick Cave – Galleon Ship
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Nick performed solo at the piano in a film shoot in June 2020 in Alexandra Palace’s West Hall. The performance was streamed globally on 23 July 2020.
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Factsheets Week 3: Street Dance
Warm up David Guetta - Titanium (feat Sia)
Disclosure are an electronic music duo and Sam Smith is an English Singer and Songwriter. They performed their catchy song Latch at Alexandra Palace as part of Disclosure’s first Headline show in 2014 to a sell-out crowd of 10,000.
Routine Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1995. David Guetta performed an explosive mash up of Black Eyed Peas set piece Boom Boom Pow at Alexandra Palace in 2012 as one of the band members Will.I.Am jumped on stage to nail the rap sessions.
Cool DownDua Lipa – Homesick
Dua Lipa is an English singer and songwriter. Dua Lipa headlined at Alexandra Palace in April 2018 which at the time was her largest ever headline show.
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Factsheets Week 4: Musical Theatre
Warm up Panic at the Disco – High Hopes
Panic at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Brent Wilson. Panic at the Disco took to the stage for the first of their two sold out shows at Alexandra Palace in 2016.
Routine Will Smith – Friend like me Friend like me is taken from the 2019 American live-action animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney pictures. In 2018 Alexandra Palace presented the magical retelling of Aladdin on ice as part of their Christmas programme.
Cool DownOne Direction – Same Mistakes
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010 on the X-Factor television series. In November 2013 Alexandra Palace opened their doors to thousands of fans as One Direction signed copies of their autobiography “Where we are”.
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Filming of the Routines As a school/organisation you will have the opportunity to try out all four routines as they are released to you each week. You can then decide which one best suits your dancers and choose one routine to record and send back to us. Once we have received all of the films back, they will be sent off to our editing team to create a compilation film which will be released publicly in the New Year to promote 2021’s competition.
Please be aware that our editing team cannot crop individual students out of the film, so all students participating in the recording will be included in the mash up film’s end product. It is important to note that every child that participates in the filming MUST have a signed consent form back from their parent or guardian, otherwise we will not be able to use the video.
Children that have not been given consent to be filmed are welcome to take part in the dance sessions and practice, but it will be your responsibility to ensure that they are not in the recording.
What you will need to do: • Send out and collect the video consent forms enclosed for each child participating in the filming.• Film your video.• Fill out the video submission form.
Reminder: Send your video and video submission forms by 18th December to Isobel Aptaker [email protected]
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Filming Guidelines Videos should be filmed in landscape (with your phone horizontal)
Some helpful tips:Good lighting is critical
Try as much as possible to shoot your video in brightly lit areas. This will help avoid unnecessary shadows and grainy areas in your video. But be careful not to point the camera directly at bright light sources (windows, lights etc). Whatever light you use it should be stable and steady.
Stay steady
Just as important is keeping the camera steady. The easiest way to do this by setting it down onto something and leaving it.
Good audio
One of the most important things is good audio. If people can’t hear you they will lose interest. Set yourself up in a quite space with minimal external noise. You will want to be close enough to your phone that you can be heard clearly, but not too close that we are looking up your nose!
Use your best camera
The camera on the reverse of you smartphone tends to be the better quality. If you have someone that can position the phone for you then great. If not, line up everything press record and then come into shot. We can always trim the start and finish of your films.
Practice makes perfect
Once you think you have a good source of light coming from behind the camera, that is set down on a steady surface with you framed centrally in the camera then have a brief test run. Watch yourself back. If you can’t see or hear everything clearly make small adjustments until you are happy.
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Video Submission Form Name of School ..........................................
Name of Teacher .......................................... Age range of children participating in the video submission
Size of group participating in the video
Number of Consent Forms attached
I confirm that I have received a consent form back from every child that has been included in our video submission.
Signed ............................. Date ...............
Reminder: Please email this form to [email protected] alongside your submitted video.
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Child and Vulnerable Adults Video and Consent Form for Filming and Photography Dear Parent / Guardian
____________________________ school has signed up to participate in Big Schools SEND Let’s Dance 2020, a collaboration between Alexandra Palace and Para Dance UK. As part of this, schools will be asked to record a video of their group/school dancing, which will be sent to Alexandra Palace to be used in a compilation film which will be released publicly both by Alexandra Palace and Para Dance UK for the New Year as promotion for 2021’s competition.
It is important for both organisations to be able to document all of the activities which happen and who takes part. We would be grateful if you fill in this form to give both organisations permission to take images of the person you are responsible for and to use these in supporting the charitable aims and purpose of the organisations*. Under the GDPR, we require your explicit consent before processing special category personal data, unless one of the other legal requirements set out in the GDPR is satisfied. By signing this form you grant Alexandra Park and Palace, and Para Dance UK the rights to process and store images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity or educational purposes.
Alexandra Palace is committed to protecting your privacy. We will use the information that we collect about you in accordance with; the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and any replacement laws, and, May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). More information can be found on our website http://www.alexandrapalace.com/privacy-policy/
This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications. Use of the images may be granted to the charities agents, stakeholders and third parties where appropriate.
I give permission for ___________________________________________________ to be filmed or photographed and this material may be subject to the above outlined usage and confirm that I have understood this information. All young people under the age of 16 or vulnerable adults will need to obtain consent from a legal guardian. If unsure, please ask a member of staff. This consent is given in perpetuity, and does not require prior approval by me.
Name .................................. Signature.....................
Relationship .......................... Date................... *Our aims and legal purpose are defined under the Alexandra Park and Palace Act 1985, to “uphold, maintain and repair the Palace and to maintain the Park and Palace as a place of public resort and recreation and for other public purposes”
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Project Evaluation Form (Group Leader) Part 1 of 2 Name of School .......................................... Name of Teacher ..........................................
Age range of children participating in the dance sessions .............
What range of disabilities did the children participating in this project have?
Learning Mental Health Physical Sensory Prefer not to say None
Please tick all that apply:
We had fun We learnt something new We had a good workout We liked the choice of dance workshop genres We feel more informed We learnt more about inclusive dance The sessions have inspired us to keep dancing We enjoyed learning new creative skills
How useful did you find the Resource Pack?
Very useful Useful Not useful
How useful did you find the Teacher Guidance CPD resources?
Very usefulUseful Not useful
What other information would you have found useful?
Which dances did you teach to your group:
Lionel Richie Tom Walker Black-Eyed Peas Aladdin
What influenced your decision about your final dance?
What did you think of the dance instructors?
Very high quality High quality Neither high or low quality Low quality Very low quality
Additional comments:
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Project Evaluation Form (Group Leader) Part 2 of 2
How easy or difficult did you find the dance session/s?
Very easy Easy Somewhat easy Neither easy or difficult Somewhat difficult Difficult Very Difficult
Additional comments:
What did you think of the creative artists?
Very high quality High quality Neither high or low quality Low quality Very low quality
Additional comments:
How easy or difficult did you find the creative session/s?
Very easy Easy Somewhat easy Neither easy or difficult Somewhat difficult Difficult Very Difficult
Additional comments:
How did you hear about this project?
Para Dance UK email Para Dance UK group/instructor Alexandra Palace Other
Is there anything that you feel we could do to improve future projects like this?
Is there anything not covered in the above that you would like to share with us?
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Project Evaluation Form (Young People)
Which of these words describe what you feel about this activity? (Circle the ones that apply to you)
FUN GAVE ME NEW IDEAS VALUABLE WORKED AS A GROUP CREATIVE HARD WORK NEW EXCITING WANT TO DO MORE CHALLENGING
Would you do this activity again?
Yes No Don’t Know
Would you recommend it to your friends?
Yes No Don’t Know
What were your most memorable highlights?3 most memorable highlights What made them memorable?
1: 1:
2: 2:
3: 3:
What were your biggest challenges? 3 biggest challenges How did you respond?
1: 1:
2: 2:
3: 3:
Being involved in these sessions gives me:(Tick all that apply)
Skills Exercise Confidence Fun Social life Something to do
Without these sessions/ this group I’d be: (Tick all that apply)
Bored Less active At home By myself Don’t know Hang about streets
Being in this group makes me feel:(Tick all that apply)
Happy Good Proud Safe Cool Involved Appreciated Active
Finally, what would you say about this activity or group to encourage other young people to come along?
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