Dance Lesson Ideas

Start when the song says "Off with your head"

Section One:
1-8 cts: Take left arm, circle it around your head (over face and back of head) 2 cts and then put arm out to left side straight with head tilted to left-2 cts. Hold four cts
1-4 cts: Pivot on right foot to move 4 cts to right (1/2 turn facing back)
5-8 cts: “Dance till you're dead” hold a “dead pose” for 4 cts REPEAT

Section Two: Start this section when the song says "Off with your head" for the third time
1-4 cts: 2 gallops forward, right then left, with arms out to sides shaking the hands low - "spirit fingers"
5-8 cts: In a wide stance, hands on knees, step back, right, left, right, left (4 of these steps back)
9-16 cts REPEAT cts 1-8
17-20 cts: Lead with right –step touch on a diagonal with the right leading, then left leading. rt hand “deal the cards”, and left hand “deal the cards” (hand shakes low as if dealing cards)
21-24 cts: Step back with left foot facing the side wall, perform two step touches as “breast stroke swim arms” 2 X’s
25-32 cts: REPEAT (cts 17-20)

Section Three: 1-8 cts: “You tried to scream.” Long slide step L and while the R comes together “shimmy” shoulders put arms by side on ct 4 (4 cts.) then clap overhead on ct. 5, arms down to side ct 6, clap overhead 7, then down ct 8.
9-16 cts: REPEAT to right side,
17-32 cts. Repeat two more times

Section Four: Chorus: Thriller
1-8 cts: Michael Jackson Thriller walk ~ Monster Claws…with hands in monster claws- walk to left 3 ct’s and hold on 4, turn claws to right (ct 5), to left (ct 6), to right for cts 7-8
9-16 cts: REPEAT other direction
17-32 cts REPEAT two more times

Repeat Section One-"Off with your head"

Repeat Section Two Shimmy forward, monster mash back, deal forward, swim back

Repeat Section Three MJ shimmy with claps

Repeat Section Four-Chorus Monster Claw walk

Repeat Section One: "Off with your head"
1-16 cts: “Darkness falls” Drop down to floor on ct 1. Take the next 16 cts to move body to a stand.
17-32 cts: Zombies walk
8 cts music has a fast beat section. Students can perform a quick jog with arms moving from sides of body to overhead. Children love to scream so allow them to add extra effects with their screams.

Repeat Section Four: Thriller

Repeat Section One: "Off with your head" to finish the dance.