Three dance sessions based on Nick Butterworth's popular picture book about Percy the park keeper and the park animals.
1. Animals in the park. audio
Justin Fletcher has dances based on the story 'The rescue party'. Today we meet Percy the park keeper and the park animals.
2. Rabbit down the well! audio
Justin Fletcher has another session based on 'The rescue party'. Today disaster strikes as one of the park rabbits falls down a well.
3. All pull together! audio
In the final session the dances are based around the rescue of the rabbit who has fallen down the well.
The Rescue Party
The three sessions in this unit are based on one of Nick Butterworth’s well-known and much-loved Percy the Park Keeper stories, which provides a foundation for movement and dance in character and ‘in role’. The story reveals what happens when one of the park rabbits has an unfortunate accident and falls down a well. Percy and all the other animals form a rescue party.
Resources
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
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