Warming up: a teacher directed routine  (Page 2/3)

6. The Pelvis

• Place your hands on your hips.
• Press the pelvis back as far as you can.
• Change the position of your hands and press the pelvis forwards as far as possible.
• Try to isolate the movement in the pelvis keeping the knees and torso in position.
• Repeat 8 times focussing on relaxing the thighs and buttocks in order to make the movement possible.

7. The Hip Roll

• Relax the head and the back.
• Get into the hanging position (exercise 3).
• Come up to the vertical, sustaining a relaxed quality in the pelvis.
• Start to move the pelvis gradually and carefully in a circular motion.
• Imagine that you are pushing something away from you in all directions as the pelvis rotates.
• Gradually ease into a rhythm of movement keeping your eyes closed and allowing the associations to come.

8. Arms and Shoulders

• Stand with you feet hip-width apart – arms hanging down the sides.
• With the eyes closed, focus the mind on the right arm.
• Endow it with a sense of lightness.
• After a few seconds your arm will begin to rise as though lifted by a cushion of air.
• Concentration is imperative.
• The arm will rise to shoulder level and above.
• Allow the arm to return to your side.
• Transfer your focus to the other arm and repeat the process.

Activity 2:

To incorporate dramatic elements in group improvisation: human rights

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• Being young is so cool! Not only do you have your entire lives ahead of you to mould and live as you choose, dreams to fulfil and futures filled with as much amazement and wonder as you wish, but you also have laws that protect you so that you can do all these wondrous things!
• You have your own rights. On 1 June 1979 the United Nations unveiled a document called the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which lists various children’s rights. In South Africa we’ve got special documents protecting your rights. The constitution, African Charter and the United Nations Convention of the Child keep us informed on how to protect children under the age of 18.

Here are some of the rights and responsibilities in South Africa’s constitution:

Before attempting the next activity think about the following and how you can create an improvisation depicting one of these themes:

The right to choose life

• It’s your right to say no to sex if you feel unsure or pressured to do it.
• No sex is the safest sex, so exercise your right to choose a life free of sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancies and the killer HIV/Aids.