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Teaching Dance
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 1. Dance Composition - An Interrelated Arts Approach with music CD
Janice Pomer
Dance Composition will help students and teachers in secondary school and college programs create artistic work that inspires and empowers both performers and viewers.
The book and accompanying CD feature 28 improvisational exercises that provide persepctive on the shared characteristics among the arts leading to inspiration and motivation for dance making from a multi-disciplinary perspective.The book is divided into three section: Dance and the Visual Arts; Dance and Music; Dance and the Dramatic and Literary Arts with culminating exercises ending each section.
Totally user friendly, the book also offers a General Arts Glossary, a Music Glossary and a Music Finder. The accompanying CD contains original compositions that enrich the dance exercises and movement exploration. Book with CD. $50.95.
 2. Dancing
in Your School: A Guide for Preschool and Elementary School Teachers
Anne Dunkin
More than 70 dance activities in this handbook give educators the tools
to use dance in their classrooms, gyms, and playgrounds. Combining
theory with practice, introductions to the history of dance education
and to dance terminology provide the foundation for the lesson plans
and activities tailored for physical education, kinesthetic learning,
and arts education. Each lesson plan and activity can be customized
to fit into any curriculum. Includes extensive, helpful appendices
on equipment and dance-education networking resources. A specialized
list is categorized into age-appropriate dance activities, sample lesson
plans and group dances. Softcover. $31.95.
 3. Inclusive
Creative Movement and Dance
Karen A. Kaufmann
This book instructs and empowers teachers to use dance in inclusive
classrooms, to celebrate and value differences, and to help all students
discover the uniquely personal art form of dance. Included are five sample
units for creative movement and dance appropriate for grades K to 12.
Softcover. $41.95.
 4. Teaching Children Dance
Second Edition
Theresa Purcell Cone & Stephen J. Cone
Teaching Children Dance - Second Edition contains a practical framework and
approach for presenting creative dance lessons to children in kindergarten to
fifth grade. It combines essential dance content appropriate for an elementary-level
program with detailed descriptions of strategies. Featuring 20 dance learning
experiences, the book has been updated and expanded to reflect educators' renewed
commitment to making dance an integral part of children's education. Softcover,
$36.95.
 5.
First Steps in Teaching Creative Dance to Children
3rd edition
Mary Joyce
Theories and a full series of lesson plans to be used with children
between the ages of 5 and 10. $71.95.
 6. 101 Movement Games for Children
Huberta Wiertsema
This third book in the SmartFun series (which also includes 101 Dance Games for
Children, and 101 Drama Games for Children) offers a large selection of
noncompetitive games which focus on pure movement, rather than dance or music, and
stress excitement, humour, challenge, surprise and cooperation.
Softcover, $19.50.
 7. The Anatomy Coloring Book
Wynn Kapit
Co-authored with Lawrence M. Elson Anatomically accurate drawings help all "students" of the body understand the internal structure and related functions. $25.95.
 8. Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery
Eric Franklin
Images and exercises set to improve posture and alignment, all of which can be used in a variety of contexts. $32.95.
 9. Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History
Jack Anderson
2nd Edition. $29.95.
 10. Ballet and Modern Dance
Second Edition
Susan Au
Susan Au's text covers the great performers and performances of the past, as well as exploring, in detail, the dance world of today. A wonderful resource for anyone interested in dance. Softcover. $24.00.
 11. Encyclopedia
of Theatre Dance in Canada
Edited by Susan Macpherson
This is the first comprehensive French/English language dance book produced in Canada
reflecting through 300 entries, over 150 years of Canadian dance.Included are entries
on dancers (with photos), choreographers, significant Canadian choreographies with
original programme notes, histories of companies, compositions. This is the ideal
resource for the study of dance in Canada. Hardcover, $44.95;
Softcover $29.95.
 12. The Cambridge Companion to Ballet
Marion Kant
This Companion traces the evolution of ballet as a theatrical art form from the fifteenth to the end of the twentieth century. An international team of writers discuss important and interesting aspects of a much-loved art form that has many admirers but few historical reference books. The reader will find new and unexpected aspects of ballet, its history and aesthetics, the origin of plot and narrative, the choice of costume and the transformation of an old art in a modern world. Softcover, 350 pp. $28.95.
 13. Perpetual Motion: Creative Movement Exercises for Dance and Dramatic Arts
Janice Pomer
Perpetual Motion helps you get both female and male students excited about dance, build essential skills, and improve educational outcomes -- even if you’ve never taught movement exercises before. It introduces more than 100 movement exercises organized around six themes: rules, recipes, props, poetry and prose, objects and images, and integrated arts.
Everything you need is here to inspire students to step out of their movement comfort zones and develop their own potential. Each chapter identifies a theme, specific learning skills, recommended exercises, and a strategy for stimulating class discussion about the exercises. Plus, teachers have the convenience of being able to select exercises from 12 categories of learning skills.
You can adapt these versatile exercises with ease and success to challenge beginners as well as skilled dance students. Within each exercise you’ll find variations you can use to increase the difficulty, add variety, and create more than 90 entirely new exercises.
The book includes other features to make the movements easy to teach:
- A 15-minute warm-up routine builds teachers’ confidence.
- A glossary of movement terms ensures clear communication when integrating projects.
- A handy “finder” chart lets you quickly identify exercises that meet the learning skills you want.
Perpetual Motion will enable any teacher to successfully integrate creative movement exercises into general classroom, physical education, dramatic arts, and language arts classes. There is no better reference for overcoming students’ fears about dance and helping them develop vital learning skills that will pay off in any educational setting. 170 pp. $44.95.
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