Creative Dance for All Ages

Creative Dance for All Ages
Author: Anne Green Gilbert
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2015-02-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1492584673

Creative Dance for All Ages, Second Edition, has had a long history of providing a dance curriculum to teachers and students preparing to teach creative dance. Author Anne Gilbert demystifies expectations when teaching creative dance and provides the theory, methods, and lesson ideas for success in a variety of settings and with students of all ages. This one-stop resource offers dance teachers everything they need, including a sequential curriculum, lesson plans, instructional strategies, assessment, and other forms. It’s like having a seasoned dance teacher at your side offering inspiration and guidance all year long. Internationally recognized master teacher and author Anne Gilbert Green presents creative dance for everyone and tips on meeting the challenges of teaching it. She offers a complete package for teaching creative dance that includes the theory, methodology, and lesson plans for various age groups that can be used in a variety of settings. Gilbert also offers an entire dance curriculum for sequential teaching and learning. The second edition of her classic text has been revised, reorganized, and updated to meet all the needs of dance teachers. The second edition of Creative Dance for All Ages includes these new features: • An easy-to-navigate format helps you quickly access the material and find lesson planning and assessment tools. • Content reflects changes in the field of dance education to put you on the cutting edge. • Forty age-appropriate and brain-compatible lesson plans are accessible through the web resource, which save prep time and help ensure compliance with the latest standards. • Five downloadable video clips demonstrate the lesson plans and teaching strategies and how to put them to work in the classroom. • Suggestions for modifying lessons help you include students of all abilities. • Eight assessment forms and curriculum planning templates are adaptable to your needs. If you’re a novice teacher, the book also contains these features to ensure effective instruction: • The same conceptual approach to teaching dance was used in the first edition. • A sequential dance curriculum helps you systematically cover a 10-week quarter or 16-week semester. • Class management tips put you in control from the first day. Creative Dance for All Ages, Second Edition, is an unparalleled resource for dance educators who are looking for a conceptual creative dance curriculum that will support teaching to learners of all ages. Whether in a studio, company, recreational, or educational setting, you will discover a comprehensive and well-rounded approach to teaching dance, emphasizing the how as much as the why.

Creative Dance for All Ages

Creative Dance for All Ages
Author: Anne Green Gilbert
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1992
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

This publication presents ideas and educational activities that will assist teachers of creative dance with lesson planning. The volume is organized into three parts. Part 1--Theory consists of six chapters: (1) What Is Creative Dance: The Elements of Dance; (2) Why Learn Creative Dance: Learning Outcomes; (3) Where Is Creative Dance Taught: Places and Spaces; (4) When Is Creative Dance Taught: Times and Lengths of Lessons; (5) Who Experiences Creative Dance: Age Groupings, Developmental Stages, Special Populations; and (6) How Are Creative Dance Classes Structured: Starting Out, Planning Lessons, Helpful Hints, Performances. Part 2--Method includes two chapters on classroom techniques (Warming Up: Quick Warm-ups, Exercises; and Dance Technique) and a subsection--Exploring the Elements of Dance: Ideas and Lessons. Chapters 9-14 explore space, i.e., place, level, size, direction, pathway, and focus; chapters 15 and 16 discuss time, i.e., speed and rhythm. Chapters 17-19 cover force, i.e., energy, weight, and flow. Chapters 20-23 on the body deal with body parts, body shapes, relationships, and balance. Chapters 24-26 on movement cover locomotor movement, nonlocomotor movement, and cooling down. Chapter 27 provides additional lesson plans. Part 3 consists of eight appendices: (1) Assessment; (2) Teaching Academic Curriculum through the Kinesthetic Intelligence; (3) Exploring the Arts through Dance; (4) Props; (5) Accompaniment for Dance Classes; (6) Instrumental and Activity Music List; (7) Selection of Videos for Dance History; and (8) Bibliography (47 citations). (LL)

Brain-compatible Dance Education

Brain-compatible Dance Education
Author: Anne Green Gilbert
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This classic "must have" is NDA's most popular publication. Includes locomotor/nonlocomotor movement, assessment, and interdisciplinary topics.

Creative Dance for Learning: The Kinesthetic Link

Creative Dance for Learning: The Kinesthetic Link
Author: Mary Ann Brehm
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Creative Dance for Learning: The Kinesthetic Link is a comprehensive teaching guide that addresses the “what”, “why” and “how” of creative dance. It provides theoretical and practical guidance on teaching creative dance, particularly in educational settings. The authors’ approach is heavily influenced by Barbara Mettler, Margaret H’Doubler, and Rudolph Laban, all legendary figures in the field of creative dance. Their theories are combined with the authors’ insights from thirty years of dance teaching experience to: * validate dance as art education, adaptable to all ages and abilities * explain a conceptual framework for teaching dance in common language * highlight the kinesthetic sense as a guide for creating dance forms * provide methods of linking movement across the curriculum * address cultural material through creative dance * outline teaching progressions that develop student skill and understanding * guide readers into building and presenting lessons of their own * provide models for assessing student learning * relate creative dance instruction to achievement standards in dance and other disciplines * offer over 25 well-tested lesson plans and 40 adaptations that extend the lesson material.

Lesson Plans for Creative Dance

Lesson Plans for Creative Dance
Author: Sally Carline
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 9781492542285

Lesson Plans for Creative Dance: Connecting With Literature, Arts, and Music offers 28 age-appropriate dances with music for students ages 4 to 12. The lesson plans are based on Laban movement concepts that help you both teach and assess your students. You'll explore dance with words, rhymes, and other poetry, which you can incorporate in language arts, social studies, art, music, and science. Through this book, you can provide a progression of learning that creates a rich, extended experience for your students.

Kids on the Move

Kids on the Move
Author: Kassandra Schmutz Boyd
Publisher: Creative Pub
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780974483306

It's no secret that kids of all ages love to move! Kids on the Move: Creative Movement for Children of All Ages(c) is a wonderful resource to help further a child's love of movement, music and creativity. This book is an invaluable tool for childcare providers, music and movement teachers, or early childhood teachers who want to integrate music and movement into their program. Designed to help your children physically, musically, socially and mentally, this curriculum offers 45 lessons, each built around a kid-friendly theme, along with a materials needed list and 8-10 simple activities. Busy teachers can follow the step-by-step lesson plans straight from the book with very little preparation, and specific music is not required. The book also includes parent flyer ideas, suggestions for helping students with special needs participate, and tips on how to offer all of your students positive reinforcement. Click on our Seminars Page at www.creativekidsonthemove.com for discounts on our Educational training seminars offering Childhood Education hours towards Accreditation and Certificatio

Brain-Compatible Dance Education 2nd Edition

Brain-Compatible Dance Education 2nd Edition
Author: Gilbert, Anne Green
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2018-09-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1492561231

Anne Green Gilbert’s Brain-Compatible Dance Education, Second Edition, strikes the perfect balance between hard science and practicality, making it an ideal resource for dance educators working with dancers of all ages and abilities. Gilbert presents the latest brain research and its implications for dance educators and dancers. She makes the research findings accessible and easy to digest, always connecting the science to the teaching and learning that takes place in classrooms and studios.

Teaching Children Dance

Teaching Children Dance
Author: Theresa Purcell Cone
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1450402534

Teaching Children Dance, Third Edition, presents 31 ready-to-use lessons that bring fun and challenging dance experiences to elementary-aged children of all ability levels. The updated third edition includes 13 new learning experiences and two new chapters on teaching children with disabilities and making interdisciplinary connections.

Creative Ballet Teaching

Creative Ballet Teaching
Author: Cadence Whittier
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317209826

How do teachers create a classroom environment that promotes collaborative and inquiry-based approaches to learning ballet? How do teachers impart the stylistic qualities of ballet while also supporting each dancer’s artistic instincts and development of a personal style? How does ballet technique education develop the versatility and creativity needed in the contemporary dance environment? Creative Ballet Teaching draws on the fields of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis (L/BMA), dance pedagogy, and somatic education to explore these questions. Sample lesson plans, class exercises, movement explorations, and journal writing activities specifically designed for teachers bring these ideas into the studio and classroom. A complementary online manual, Creative Ballet Learning, provides students with tools for technical and artistic development, self-assessment, and reflection. Offering a practical, exciting approach, Creative Ballet Teaching is a must-read for those teaching and learning ballet.