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Them’s marchin’ words!

August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Encouraging words from Rachel Maddow at Jacob’s Pillow… yeah, that’s why I do what I do!

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What a wedding dance!

August 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Check it out…

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Dance around the world

June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Look for “Dance Around the World” in The Big Picture.

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Guest voice: Post-performance blues

June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Guest Voices

It’s been my hope & intention that this blog might be a means for myself and others to converse with each other from our isolated locations as dance educators.  All for the purpose of sharing ideas, anxieties, questions, solutions, hopes, and humor as we hone our skills for the daily diet of dance we serve.  […]

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Poetry Out Loud: in American Sign Language

April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

At the recent Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington D.C. (April 26-28), Tiffany Hinano Hill, a student at Oregon School for the Deaf, represented Oregon State. As the first contestant to use sign language to express a poem, Hill challenged the judges’ concept of Poetry Out Loud, clearly demonstrating the expressive power and […]

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Sunday in Merida

April 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Saturday‘s sort of like every other day in Merida, in the Yucatan in Mexico… there’s dance that happens. But Sunday’s the real thing.  By 10:00 am in Santa Lucia Park, people are beginning to gather and claim their seats in the audience, most dressed in their Sunday best. The band sets up and starts to […]

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Merida: Saturday night on Paseo de Montejo

April 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

We arrived in Merida by bus on a Saturday, in plenty of time for wandering from our hotel down to the end of Paseo de Montejo, where the music and dancing are scheduled to start at 8.  Time is proximate in Mexico, so the performances didn’t start quite on cue, but the stage was up […]

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Domingo en Merida

March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Look for me in Merida in the Yucatan on Sunday. Frommers says, “Each Sunday there’s a fair called Merida en Domingo. The main plaza and a section of Calle 60 from El Centro to Parque Santa Lucia close to traffic. Parents come with their children to stroll around and take in the scene. At 11am […]

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Contagious fun: Liverpool Street Subway Station Dance

March 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

And the whole point was to infect people with dance: Liverpool Street Subway Station Dance, on January 15, 2009 and the creative impulse behind it Watch both videos!

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Music for Dancers — 1st & 2nd Grade

February 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Lesson Plans

January was all about music, by way of percussion (see my previous post on Arts Worriers). In planning classes (dance, theatre, or music), I keep in mind the 3 categories of Vocabulary & Concepts, Skills, & Ensembles.  It helps me keep track of my goals and our progress toward them. In a specific lesson, these […]

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