Greek Religion and Mythology

Today in class we learned not only about Greek Religion and Mythology, but also about axial and locomotor movement. It seemed like the students immediately understood the difference between the two and were making connections to things they know about in their lives. At the end, Mrs. Bringhurst even asked them what kind of movement they do in The Brain Dance (I had no idea they were doing that!), and they immediately knew the answer.
The most fun part abut today was watching what the students created. We were creating movement (axial and locomotor) that showed either a trait or a story of a Greek god or goddess. There were groups of four or five students who created movement based on a god of their choosing, then the class had to identify which god/goddess/story they were showing. I am continually impressed with how creative these students are and love watching them become more comfortable in their body. I am also impressed with how much they remember. I asked what they remembered from last class, and almost everyone shot their hand up to answer. Hopefully we can keep that same excitement for the rest of our ArtsBridge lessons!