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-: Hi, I'm Ciara with Moving Minds Dance.

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I believe that we can learn all things through dance,

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so today we're going to talk about how to tell a story

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and clearly communicate an idea

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without using any words at all.

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Wherever you are, to do this activity all you need

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is your body.

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We're going to look at a story together,

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and then figure out how to turn it into movement.

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The book that we're looking at today

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is called "On The Ball" by Brian Pinkney.

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While we read this story, I want you to think

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about the most important thing on every page.

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I want you to think about what the main character, Owen,

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is doing, how he's feeling, and where he is,

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the setting that the story is taking place in.

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All of those things could be the thing

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that we need to communicate to the audience.

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"On The Ball" by Brian Pinkney.

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"Owen loved playing ball.

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"But playing ball didn't always love Owen.

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"And then one fateful day, Owen took

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"his eye off the ball.

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"When it escaped, it was up to Owen

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"to track it down and get it back.

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"It floated across a racing stream.

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"Whoosh!

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"Whoosh!

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"Then Owen tracked it.

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"Through tangled bushes.

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"Pounce!

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"Bounce!

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"Then he flew.

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"All the way back on to the field

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"and into the game.

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"And from that day on, floating,

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"fierce and flying free.

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"Owen always kept his eye on the ball."

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The end.

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I love this story, because it has

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a lot of things happening.

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There are a lot of feelings, there are a lot of actions,

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and there are a lot of dance words

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hidden in the text.

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So now we're going to read through the story again

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and we're going to look at the pictures,

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and we're going to think about the words,

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and we're going to turn all of those ideas into movements,

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kind of like acting it out.

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Now, I can't hear the ideas that you have,

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so all of the movements that I do in my dance

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are going to show what I think is important,

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and what I see.

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But you might have a different idea

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of how to show what's important to you,

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and I would love for your dance to look different

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from my dance.

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I want you to be in charge of the creation

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that you make.

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So, let's start all together.

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At the first page, I'm looking at the illustration.

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I see that Owen is doing this really cool movement

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with his legs up in the air as he chases the soccer ball.

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So I can do that movement too.

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At the beginning, "Owen loved playing ball."

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I see he's falling here, I can fall too,

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in a safe way.

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"But playing ball," oh!

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"Didn't always love Owen."

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I can copy the same shape that he's making.

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"And then one fateful day," when I look

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at that picture, I can see that he is feeling disappointed.

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So I can stand up and show a disappointed walk.

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(Ciara sighs)

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"Owen took his eye off the ball.

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"And then suddenly," 
(Ciara gasps)

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A surprise, that's what I see here,

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I see his face is surprised, and he watches the ball.

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(Ciara gasps)

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"It escaped.

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"It was up to Owen to chase it down

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"and get it back."

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He's reaching out, so my dance move

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might be reaching too.

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And then on this page I see a lot of water,

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twisting and curving, and I could make

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this part of the story a water dance

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to show how the water is moving

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and why it's important.

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"It floated."

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That's a beautiful dancing word.

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We can make our bodies float too.

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You might see in the illustration

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that he has a fish tail.

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How could we move like a fish to show

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that Owen is also moving like a fish?

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Maybe you swim with your arms.

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Maybe you show your tail flicking.

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There are so many ways to do that.

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"Across a racing stream.

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"Whoosh!"

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So it's a fast stream, you can hear how fast it is.

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And you can see these swirls.

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Maybe you spin.

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Or maybe you move from one place to another place.

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That's a fun way to show that racing stream.

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"Whoosh," there's another whoosh.

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And here, we also see that Owen is coming to land.

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So maybe our whoosh stops.

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Maybe we show him carefully climbing out of the water.

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"Then Owen tracked it."

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Look at what animal he turns into.

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It's a tiger, you can think about how Owen

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would be moving like a sneaking tiger

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in this part of the dance.

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"Through tangled bushes."

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How would you weave through tangled bushes?

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Would you go one way and then the other way?

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There are so many ways to think about that.

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"Pounce!"

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And, "Bounce!"

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Those are clear dance words too.

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We could pounce and bounce with our bodies

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for that part.

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"And then he flew."

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What a lovely dance word.

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How could you make a dance that looks like a bird?

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I think about moving my arms up and down,

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I might think about leaping in the air.

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And that flying dance can happen for a long time

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without any words at all.

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"All the way back."

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And you see, he's traveling a far distance.

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We could show a far distance in our dance too.

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I also see, when I look closely,

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that he's holding the ball with his feet.

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I could copy that shape with my body,

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as if I had a ball between my feet.

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So maybe we can go far across the stage,

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or whatever room we're in.

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"On to the field," he doesn't look sad anymore,

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he looks refreshed and happy, and proud.

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So I see he's kneeling, but I also see

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that he coach is welcoming him back in.

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So I could be the coach for a part of the dance.

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"And into the game," and now he looks really focused.

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But I could do the same movement

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that I did at the beginning to show

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that he's playing soccer again.

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"From that day on, floating, fierce, and flying free."

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I could copy his movements, or I cold think

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about the words.

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Floating.

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Fierce.

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And flying free.

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"Owen always kept his eye on the ball."

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I see that he's happy, he's proud.

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I might not safely be able to do a back flip like Owen,

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but I could still jump for joy.

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And you can too.

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That is how I would finish the dance.

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Now if we had more time together,

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I would say, let's go through the book

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and dance without even reading the words,

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just doing the movements that we thought of.

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And we could have someone watch

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and see if our movements are clear,

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if they can see the water, or the tiger,

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or Owen's joy and pride at the end.

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You can do that on you own time,

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but you can also think about other stories.

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"On The Ball" is only one book that I love.

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There are so many books in the world

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that I think are important, and that tell important stories.

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Maybe you have a favorite book,

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or maybe your favorite story is something

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that you've heard a family member tell over

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and over again until you memorized it.

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That could be a dance.

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Maybe you love making up your own stories,

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and you think you could create a dance

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based on something that you invented.

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That's a wonderful way to create a dance.

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A lot of famous ballets are based on stories

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that people made up just for the dance itself.

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So, you can have a lot of fun playing with these ideas

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and creating new dances and new stories.

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I hope that you will.

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Again, I'm Ciara with Moving Minds Dance,

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and today we learned how to tell a story through movement

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and without words.

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I hope that you'll keep practicing

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those ideas on your own, and I hope

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that you'll come back and dance with me again soon.

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Thank you.

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