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Dance Education Resources
The following is a list of reference materials I often use in my units:
- General Dance Education:
- Doug Lemov - Teach Like a Champion
- Brenda Pugh McCutchen - Teaching Dance as Art in Education
- NDEO Online Forum: "Higher Education", "K-12", "Men in Dance"
- Dance Education in Practice Magazine
- Journal of Education in Dance
- Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague & Susan McGreevy-Nichols - Experiencing Dance From Student to Dance Artist
- Constance A. Schrader - A Sense of Dance: Exploring Your Movement Potential
- Julia Thompson - The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day
- Inclusive Dance education:
- Karen A. Kaufmann - Inclusive Creative Movement and Dance
- Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance, Grades PreK - 12: Dance Education for Diverse Learners
- NDEO Online Forum: "Dance and Disability"
- Ana Rubinstein - Strategies for Teaching Dance to Children in a Public School Mixed-Ability Setting
- Axis Dance Theatre: www.axisdance.org
- Lynne T. Diaz-Rico - A Course for Teaching English Learners
- Lynne T. Diaz-Rico - The Crosscultural Language, and Academic Development Handbook, A Complete K-12 Reference Guide
- Jan W. Valle & David J. Connor - Rethinking Disability: A Disability Studies Approach to Inclusive Practices
- Spencer J. Salend - Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices
- Classroom Management:
- Fred Jones - Tools for Teaching
- Rafe Esquith - Real Talk for Real Teachers
- Rafe Esquith - Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire
- Kathleen Cushman & Laura Rodgers - Fires in the Middle School Bathroom
- Carol Cummings - Winning Strategies for Classroom Management
- Harry K. Wong & Rosemary T. Wong - The First Days of School: How To Be an Effective Teacher
- Rubrics:
- Rubric Maker "Rubistar": http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.ph
- Rick Smith - Visuals and Rubrics to Teach Procedures, Save Your Voice, and Love Your Students
- Germaine L. Taggart, Sandra J. Phifer, Judy A. Nixon, and Marilyn Wood - Rubrics, A Handbook for Construction and Use
- Improvisation/ Composition:
- Justine Reeve - Dance Improvisations: Warm-Ups, Games, and Choreographic Tasks
- Pamela Anderson Sofras - Dance Composition Basics: Capturing the Choreographer's Craft
- A. T. De Keersmaeker and B. Cvejic - Drumming and Rain
- Lynner Anne Blom & L. Tarin Chaplin - The Intimate Act of Choreography
- Dance Technique & Kinesiology:
- Eric Franklin - Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
- E. Gaynor Minden - The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide To the Techniques, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet
- Daniel Lewis - The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon
- Irene Dowd - Taking Root to Fly: Articles on Functional Anatomy
- Theodore Dimon, Jr. - Anatomy of the Moving Body: A Basic Course in Bones, Muscles, and Joints
- Language Skills: Writing and Classroom Dialogue:
- Mary Adler & Eija Rougle - Building Literacy Through Classroom Discussion
- Laurie Rozakis - Writing Great Research Papers
- William Zinsser - On Writing Well
- Wendy R. Oliver - Writing About Dance
- Technology:
- V. Anker - Digital Dance: The Effects of Interaction Between New Technologies and Dance Performance
- E. Brannigan - Dance Film: Choreography and the Moving Image
- D. Towers - Dance on Camera: A Guide to Dance Films and Videos
- Various Applied Education Standards:
- Common Core State Standards ELA: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
- Common Core State Standards Mathematics: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf
- National Core Arts Standards: http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/sites/default/files/Dance_resources/Dance%20at%20a%20Glance.pdf
- National Dance Education Organization Standards: http://www.ndeo.org/
- New York State Standards for the Arts: http://emsc32.nysed.gov/ciai/arts/pub/artlearn.pdf
- New York City Department of Education Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance Pre-K-12: http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/images/2007dancebp.pdf
- New York City Department of Education Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance Pre-K-12, Special Education Supplement: http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/Blueprints/Dance%20Spec%20Ed%20Supplement.pdf
- Other important info:
- United Federation of Teachers: 212-777-7500
- Facebook groups: "Dance Education Community Forum", "NYC Dance Teachers", "Dance Research Online Forum", "New York State Dance Education Association"
- Teachers Pay Teachers: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
- Joyce Theatre: http://www.joyce.org/
- City Center Theatre: http://www.nycitycenter.org/Home
- Music Sources: Spotify, Pandora, iTunes
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