The Carnival of Animals

Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns.

In the Casa class, we marched to ‘Introduction et marche royale du lion’ (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion), and we swam to ‘Le cygne’ (The Swan). We have been using scarves through creative movement, and they look beautiful!

In Lower Elementary, we moved as Donkeys, and strutted as ‘Poules et coqs’ (Hens and Roosters). We even learned to waltz in  ’L’éléphant’ (The Elephant).

We will soon be Kangaroos, Tortoises, and even Fossils!

Check back to see which musical movement we move to next.

“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word”