ACROGYM 2ND ESO

ACROSPORT RULES

• GROUPS: 4 - 7 PEOPLE (MIXED, BOYS AND GIRLS)

• All members need to take active part in the choreography:
• you can be ACROBAT (get on top of structures)
• you can be BASE (you hold other people on top of you)
• you can be HELPER (you support on the sides, or the back and help the acrobat to climb up and down the structures.

• YOU NEED A CONTEXT (A STORY YOU TELL)

• MUSIC:  YOU NEED A 2´ SONG OR A MIX.

• 10 STRUCTURES: 
• 4 X 5 people
• 3 X 4 people
• 2 X 3 people
• 1 X 2 people

• TRANSITIONS:

• GYMNASTIC SKILLS
• DANCE

• EXTRA MATERIAL
• ROPES, BALLS, HOOPS...

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1 point. -  Number of structures (pyramids) 10  

2 p.       -  Creativity .

2.p        -  Posture alignement and corporal attitude .

2 p.       -  Stability and safety.

1,5 p     -  Transitions 

1 p        -  How you use extra material (hoola-hoops, skipping ropes, balls …)

0,5        -  Staging: (Dressing, make up, extra ).

DOCUMENT YOU HAVE TO PRESENT (50% OF THEORETICAL MARK)

-          ISSUES TO COVER:

o   

o                             o   COVER: Name of members of the group, GROUP (A,B,C,D,E,F) 

o   INTRODUCTION:

§  Tell the name of the song (also the singer) and why you have chosen your song and what you want to tell with your choreography

o   IMAGES:

§  Take pictures of your structures and paste them in the word document.

§  Follow the order you will do them in the choreography.

o   TRANSITIONS:

§  Describe the movements (gymnastic skills or dance step you do in between the structures).

·         Say what every member of the group do.

·         (Remember it is compulsory to use EXTRA MATERIAL (ropes, hoops, balls) (The more difficult skills you do with the material and in the transitions the better.

o   CONCLUSION:

§  Write down about:

·         Difficulties you found in the process of creating your choreography.

§  Positive points that you found during this type of work (what you liked the most)

§  Utility or uselessness of this type of unit (give an educated argument).

§  What would you change or keep in this way to work.

YOU HAVE TO SEND THE DOCUMENT VIA E-MAIL (one week after the first day of ACROGYM EXAMS) to 
  
SUBJECT (ASUNTO DEL MAIL): 

´(GROUP ) NAMES AND SURENAMES , ACROSPORT`

rmunozpena@educa.madrid.org

HERE YOU CAN FIND SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF A FORMER CHOREOGRAPHY AND ISOLATED PYRAMIDS.