Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance introduces students to 60 dance forms across the four categories. It features worksheets and teacher information sheets in the book and as printable PDFs on the bound-in DVD, and it includes 39 dance performances and resources for 21 more dance forms.
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Reference for dance, physical education, music, and classroom teachers K-12. Reference and supplemental text for university and college instructors of history of dance, dance appreciation, folk dance, world and cultural dance, and introduction to dance.
Exploring Dance Forms and Styles is excellent. The book should be part of every curriculum. It contains a wealth of information that can be used by educators at all levels and in many disciplines.
Estelle Aden, Gainesville, Florida-Retired professor at Hofstra University (theatre arts) and Professional Actor.
Exploring Dance Forms and Styles, is working very well with my 9th grade students in the South Bronx of NYC!!! I have adapted many of the lessons and worksheets to develop a small curriculum on the different forms and styles of dance.
Helene Scheff, RDE, is a conference planner for the National Dance Education Organization. She has taught all forms and styles of dance for about 50 years in all sectors and venues, including K-12, higher education, and the private sector. She has coauthored several other dance books and conducted presentations at local, regional, national, and international conferences and seminars.
Ms. Scheff is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. In her leisure time she enjoys viewing dance and theater and spending time with her family, including her 10 grandchildren.
Susan McGreevy-Nichols, BS, is a national consultant in arts education programming and curriculum. She was the founder and director of a nationally known middle school dance program in Providence, Rhode Island, and taught in public schools for 28 years before moving on to higher education. She is also a guest teaching artist at the elementary level in the Los AngelesUnifiedSchool District.
Ms. McGreevy-Nichols, who was the National Dance Teacher of the Year in 1995, serves as president of the National Dance Education Organization. She is a past president of the National Dance Association and a senior partner at the GriffinCenter for Inspired Instruction. Ms. McGreevy-Nichols is also the coauthor of many books, including Building Dances, Building More Dances,Experiencing Dance, and Dance About Anything. In her spare time, she likes to travel, read, and spend time with friends.
Marty Sprague, MA, teaches at the Providence Academy of International Studies in Providence, Rhode Island. She has taught and performed dance (concert, world, social, and historical) for more than 50 years, including various dance forms and styles at the elementary, middle, secondary, and university levels. A coauthor of several dance books, she has presented and consulted at the local, regional, national, and international levels.
Ms. Sprague has been a member of numerous dance companies and was artistic director of her own dance company. She codesigned graduate-level coursework in dance certification and has been a choreographer. In 2005, the National Dance Education Organization honored her with the K-12 Dance Educator of the Year award. In her leisure time, she enjoys taking dance classes, spending time with God and her family, and reading.
Contents
Dance Finder
Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book and DVD Package
Part I: Building Critical Thinking Skills in Dance
Chapter 1. Viewing: What Did You See?
Chapter 2. Connecting: What Do You Know?
Chapter 3. Responding: What Do You Think? What Do You Wonder?
Chapter 4. Performing: What Can You Do?
Part II: Sorting Dances Into Categories and Subcategories
Chapter 5. Concert or Theatrical Dance
Chapter 6. World Dance
Chapter 7. Social Dance
Chapter 8. Historical Dance
Part III: Using Dance Forms: Looking at Dance Through Different Lenses
Chapter 9. Helping Students Develop Aesthetic Values
Chapter 10. Comparing Dance Forms and Dances
Chapter 11. Focusing on Universal Themes and Sociopolitical Issues
Chapter 12. Reflecting on Diversity and Blending of Cultural Aspects
Appendix: Levels of Thinking
Glossary
References
About the Authors
DVD User Instructions