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PublisherHuman Kinetics

ISBN-100736080236

ISBN-139780736080231

eBay Product ID (ePID)102813650

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameExploring Dance Forms and Styles : a Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

Publication Year2010

SubjectDance / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

AuthorHelene Scheff, Marty Sprague, Susan Mcgreevy-Nichols

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight35.8 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2009-036947

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsExploring 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.

Grade FromNinth Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal793.3

Grade ToCollege Senior

Table Of ContentContents 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

SynopsisExploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance helps all teachers introduce students to a variety of dance forms and styles--without having to leave the classroom! This book-DVD package is an all-in-one resource that will help your students appreciate various dance forms and begin to recognize the characteristics that make each dance form or style distinct. And because of the way the information is packaged, you can be a dance novice yourself and still expertly guide your students in being both an effective audience member and an astute observer. Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance presents a systematic approach for building four critical thinking skills in dance: * Viewing: What did you see? * Connecting: What do you know? * Responding: What do you think? What do you wonder? * Performing: What can you do? Part I of the book outlines these four critical thinking skills and why they are important for viewing dance performances. In part II, the four critical thinking skills are incorporated on student-tested worksheets located in the book and available as printable PDFs from the bound-in DVD. Each worksheet template facilitates an understanding of the elements of dance, builds movement vocabulary, and guides students' recognition of cultural, historical, and artistic diversity. As students build their skills, they are introduced to selected dances in each of the four broad categories of dance: concert, world, social, and historical. These categories are constantly evolving, and many dances can be cross-linked across these four categories. For those students new to dance, the four broad categories provide a starting point from which to see the evolution of the forms. In part III, the authors provide specific suggestions for comparing and contrasting either within a category or across dance categories and for identifying selected dance forms and styles that present universal themes. These tasks require application of higher-level thinking skills, and they develop aesthetic values. Part III also offers lesson plan and unit ideas, using the dance forms and styles introduced earlier in the book. With Exploring Dance Forms and Styles , you can select individual dances as you like, or develop complete dance units; you can use the materials to meet state standards and national dance standards; and you can introduce various forms of dance to students in geographic areas where they would otherwise not be able to view live dance performances. But best of all, you can deepen students' understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of dance., 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: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance helps all teachers introduce students to a variety of dance forms and styles--without having to leave the classroom This book-DVD package is an all-in-one resource that will help your students appreciate various dance forms and begin to recognize the characteristics that make each dance form or style distinct. And because of the way the information is packaged, you can be a dance novice yourself and still expertly guide your students in being both an effective audience member and an astute observer. Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance presents a systematic approach for building four critical thinking skills in dance: - Viewing: What did you see? - Connecting: What do you know? - Responding: What do you think? What do you wonder? - Performing: What can you do? Part I of the book outlines these four critical thinking skills and why they are important for viewing dance performances. In part II, the four critical thinking skills are incorporated on student-tested worksheets located in the book and available as printable PDFs from the bound-in DVD. Each worksheet template facilitates an understanding of the elements of dance, builds movement vocabulary, and guides students' recognition of cultural, historical, and artistic diversity. As students build their skills, they are introduced to selected dances in each of the four broad categories of dance: concert, world, social, and historical. These categories are constantly evolving, and many dances can be cross-linked across these four categories. For those students new to dance, the four broad categories provide a starting point from which to see the evolution of the forms. In part III, the authors provide specific suggestions for comparing and contrasting either within a category or across dance categories and for identifying selected dance forms and styles that present universal themes. These tasks require application of higher-level thinking skills, and they develop aesthetic values. Part III also offers lesson plan and unit ideas, using the dance forms and styles introduced earlier in the book. With Exploring Dance Forms and Styles , you can select individual dances as you like, or develop complete dance units; you can use the materials to meet state standards and national dance standards; and you can introduce various forms of dance to students in geographic areas where they would otherwise not be able to view live dance performances. But best of all, you can deepen students' understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of dance.

LC Classification NumberGV1594.S38 2010