Are you bored tonight? Harry Potter questions

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Not a quiz but a plea for help. DC and their group at school need to do a project in which they explain every Harry Potter by movement or dance.

We saw HP 1 about 5 years ago but have never watched any others or read any (shocking I know!)

Have you watched or seen any and could you list off the books and films and the theme for each one? And even better could you suggest movement or dance which could express each theme?

You have no idea how grateful we would be!

Oh but he totally is. I have a visceral dislike for him (although enjoy the books and films!). He’s just such as….try hard. All the other characters are far better

Blimey. I'm a massive Harry Potter fan, read the books and seen the films multiple times. Been to the studio tour 3 times (I think, could be 4). Seen the Cursed Child play.
I've also danced many many styles in my life. Studied dance, including choreography, for years.

I think this homework sounds shit.

It isn't homework, it is a project to be done over about 6 weeks. But other than that, why do you think it is not a good project?

This made me laugh!

And is a useful summary, thank you!

Because there isn't any one theme for the books. Well ultimately good over evil and the power of friendship. But translating that to dance is crap. I think the storylines are actually far deeper than could be portrayed. Unless they are choreographing a full length production.

You mean anything done would be superficial and wouldn't do the books justice? I think the idea was to get groups to work together to choreograph or use movement, the groups all chose their own themes. Harry Potter was the majority vote in DC's group (not DC's vote! )

The overarching theme is that Harry grows, physically and in his powers while Voldemort starts very weak, then recovers his powers and is finally defeated by Harry in an epic battle. This happens in seven episodic stages corresponding to the books That could be shown in dance. Other themes are the value of friendship and, of course the triumph of good over evil.

This is a brilliant idea too, thank you

I am in awe of the helpfulness and humour in this thread!

I think if it's a project over 6 weeks your DC could watch the films in that time and come up with some ideas themselves? Thats presumably the point of the excercise is the students do the work?

Presumably the other group members who's actual idea Harry Potter was will have ideas and it'll be difficult combine a few random lines from MN with the rest of the group if they don't know the actual films

Its just the type of choreography I hate personally. But with 6 weeks, and the fact the children chose the topic themselves, they have time to watch the films imo.

What subject is this for out of interest?

I would think it would be hard to do something meaningful without watching the films themselves. As they have weeks to work on this, I would encourage them to do that and come up with their own ideas.

I would make cloaks that swirl magnificently when they dance. Also maybe some witches hats to twirl?

Harry has an invisibility cloak (it's used in all the books), so maybe have a "cloak" a child could wear and they are now "invisible" to the others they are dancing with.

However I'd avoid arming your dancing children with wands or broomsticks unless you want them all to loose an eye. Although perhaps the Harry Potter glasses could be sufficient eye protection?

Harry Potter's school has four houses:
Gryffindoor - Harry's house, brave, reckless, loud, showy, wear red.
Hufflepuff - quiet, nice, loyal, do gooders, bit of a laugh, wear yellow.
Ravenclaw - smart, geeky, serious, studious, occasionally dreamy, wear blue.
Slytherin - evil kids, wear green.

In the final book the school kids and a few parents and concerned citizens fight bad guys AKA death eaters Voldemort's lackeys, they wear black.

For the beginning part of the dance I'd stick with general school vibes, friendship vibes with the occasional fight with a scary dancer all in black, then gradually have more fights, some hiding under a cloak, then a big dance fight at the end.

If you want to show your frustration at the ridiculous homework this teacher has set, have the kids bring in a pink cardigan for the teacher to wear and tell them to stand in the back of the stage with a clipboard. This is in reference to Umbridge a rather nasty teacher and decided bad guy.