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The Dead Dance

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  • DISCUSSION: What’s something that helps you keep going when life is hard?
    (Open answer)
  • What can dancing help people do?
    Heal, release energy, or overcome challenges
  • Where did the Dancing Plague happen?
    Strasbourg
  • What does “mass hysteria” mean?
    When many people feel strong emotions or act strangely together
  • What brings Gaga back to life in the song?
    The music
  • What emotion do you think Lady Gaga wants to share in the song?
    Strength or resilience
  • VOCAB: What does “overcome challenges” mean?
    To deal with and win against difficulties
  • CHALLENGE: Say one metaphor you know in English!
    “It’s raining cats and dogs” "A piece of cake" "Break a leg" "Under the weather"
  • What is a metaphor?
    A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning
  • How is the Dancing Plague different from Gaga’s song?
    The plague was real and tragic; Gaga’s version is positive and symbolic
  • When did the Dancing Plague happen?
    In the summer of 1518
  • What does “uplifting” mean?
    Something that makes you feel happy or positive
  • What helps Gaga move forward?
    Music and movement
  • What does Gaga mean when she says “when you killed me inside”?
    When someone hurt her emotionally
  • DISCUSSION: Do you think dancing can make people feel better? Why or why not?
    (Open answer)
  • Do a 5-second dance move like you’re in the Dancing Plague!
    💃🕺
  • What does Lady Gaga mean when she sings “dancing until I’m dead”?
    It’s a metaphor for being strong and full of energy
  • What strange thing happened during the Dancing Plague?
    People danced and couldn’t stop
  • What things are compared in Gaga’s song?
    Dancing and feeling alive after pain
  • Complete the lyric: “Yeah, I’ll ______ ____ ________ until I’m dead.”
    keep on dancing
  • In the lyrics, what does she say she’ll do “until I’m dead”?
    Dance
  • VOCAB: What does “exhausted” mean?
    Very, very tired
  • Why couldn’t people stop dancing?
    Nobody knows for sure, maybe stress or hysteria
  • CHALLENGE: Sing one line of the chorus — or act it out!
    🎶 “I’ll dance until I’m dead!”
  • What kind of feeling does the song have ?
    Strong and empowering
  • VOCAB: What does “resilient” mean?
    Able to recover or stay strong after problems
  • What does “plague” mean?
    A serious disease or something that affects many people
  • What does “frightening” mean?
    Something that scares you
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